Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'lift' occurs 174 times in the standard works.

17 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'lift' in the standard works and contain 9.8% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 7 minutes to read the entire list.

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Ps. 24:7-25:1 (5 in 5 verses)

Isa. 10:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 40:9 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 20:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 75:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 7:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 43:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 96 158 254
NT 8 27 35
BM 35 66 101
1 Ne. 2 7 9
2 Ne. 13 7 20
Jacob 1 2 3
Mosiah 5 5 10
Alma 5 21 26
Hel. 3 7 10
3 Ne. 4 12 16
4 Ne. 0 1 1
Morm. 1 2 3
Ether 0 2 2
Moro. 1 0 1
DC 34 19 53
PGP 1 8 9
TOTAL 174 278 452

Mosiah 7:18
And it came to pass that when they had gathered themselves together that he spake unto them in this wise, saying: O ye, my people, lift up your heads and be comforted; for behold, the time is at hand, or is not far distant, when we shall no longer be in subjection to our enemies, notwithstanding our many strugglings, which have been in vain; yet I trust there remaineth an effectual struggle to be made.

Mosiah 7:19
Therefore, lift up your heads, and rejoice, and put your trust in God, in that God who was the God of Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob; and also, that God who brought the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt, and caused that they should walk through the Red Sea on dry ground, and fed them with manna that they might not perish in the wilderness; and many more things did he do for them.

Mosiah 11:5
For he put down all the priests that had been consecrated by his father, and consecrated new ones in their stead, such as were lifted up in the pride of their hearts.

Mosiah 11:19
And now, because of this great victory they were lifted up in the pride of their hearts; they did boast in their own strength, saying that their fifty could stand against thousands of the Lamanites; and thus they did boast, and did delight in blood, and the shedding of the blood of their brethren, and this because of the wickedness of their king and priests.

Mosiah 12:22
Thy watchmen shall lift up the voice; with the voice together shall they sing; for they shall see eye to eye when the Lord shall bring again Zion;

Mosiah 15:29
Yea, Lord, thy watchmen shall lift up their voice; with the voice together shall they sing; for they shall see eye to eye, when the Lord shall bring again Zion.

Mosiah 17:12
But the priests lifted up their voices against him, and began to accuse him, saying: He has reviled the king. Therefore the king was stirred up in anger against him, and he delivered him up that he might be slain.

Mosiah 23:22
Nevertheless-- whosoever putteth his trust in him the same shall be lifted up at the last day. Yea, and thus it was with this people.

Mosiah 24:13
And it came to pass that the voice of the Lord came to them in their afflictions, saying: Lift up your heads and be of good comfort, for I know of the covenant which ye have made unto me; and I will covenant with my people and deliver them out of bondage.

Mosiah 24:22
And they gave thanks to God, yea, all their men and all their women and all their children that could speak lifted their voices in the praises of their God.