Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'laid' occurs 355 times in the standard works.

47 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'laid' in the standard works and contain 13.2% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 19 minutes to read the entire list.

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Ezra 3:10-12 (3 in 3 verses)

Job 38:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

Luke 23:53-55 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 22:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 41:48 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 21:30 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 3:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 15:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 6:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Luke 23:26 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 12:25 (2 in 1 verse)

JS-H 1:71 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 3:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 13:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 4:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 12:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Esth. 9:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 15:46-47 (2 in 2 verses)

John 19:41-42 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 23:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 3:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 42:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 194 35 229
Gen. 13 0 13
Ex. 8 14 22
Lev. 3 0 3
Num. 4 0 4
Deut. 4 0 4
Josh. 5 0 5
Judg. 6 0 6
Ruth 3 0 3
1 Sam. 10 0 10
2 Sam. 3 0 3
1 Kgs. 12 10 22
2 Kgs. 10 1 11
2 Chr. 9 8 17
Ezra 8 0 8
Neh. 3 0 3
Esth. 5 0 5
Job 7 0 7
Ps. 19 1 20
Prov. 1 0 1
Song. 1 1 2
Isa. 20 0 20
Jer. 4 0 4
Lam. 1 0 1
Ezek. 16 0 16
Dan. 1 0 1
Hosea 1 0 1
Joel 2 0 2
Amos 2 0 2
Obad. 2 0 2
Jonah 1 0 1
Micah 1 0 1
Nahum 1 0 1
Hab. 1 0 1
Hag. 2 0 2
Zech. 4 0 4
Mal. 1 0 1
NT 85 1 86
BM 52 0 52
DC 15 0 15
PGP 9 0 9
TOTAL 355 36 391

Ezra 3:6
From the first day of the seventh month began they to offer burnt offerings unto the Lord. But the foundation of the temple of the Lord was not yet laid.

Ezra 3:10
And when the builders laid the foundation of the temple of the Lord, they set the priests in their apparel with trumpets, and the Levites the sons of Asaph with cymbals, to praise the Lord, after the ordinance of David king of Israel.

Ezra 3:11
And they sang together by course in praising and giving thanks unto the Lord; because he is good, for his mercy endureth for ever toward Israel. And all the people shouted with a great shout, when they praised the Lord, because the foundation of the house of the Lord was laid.

Ezra 3:12
But many of the priests and Levites and chief of the fathers, who were ancient men, that had seen the first house, when the foundation of this house was laid before their eyes, wept with a loud voice; and many shouted aloud for joy:

Ezra 5:8
Be it known unto the king, that we went into the province of Judea, to the house of the great God, which is builded with great stones, and timber is laid in the walls, and this work goeth fast on, and prospereth in their hands.

Ezra 5:16
Then came the same Sheshbazzar, and laid the foundation of the house of God which is in Jerusalem: and since that time even until now hath it been in building, and yet it is not finished.

Ezra 6:1
Then Darius the king made a decree, and search was made in the house of the rolls, where the treasures were laid up in Babylon.

Ezra 6:3
In the first year of Cyrus the king the same Cyrus the king made a decree concerning the house of God at Jerusalem, Let the house be builded, the place where they offered sacrifices, and let the foundations thereof be strongly laid; the height thereof threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof threescore cubits;