Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'look' occurs 264 times in the standard works.

65 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'look' in the standard works and contain 24.6% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 26 minutes to read the entire list.

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Mosiah 8:13 (4 in 1 verse)

Alma 33:19-20 (4 in 2 verses)

Lev. 13:3-6 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 37:46-38:2 (4 in 4 verses)

Lev. 13:25-27 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 11:30-32 (3 in 3 verses)

Jacob 5:23-25 (3 in 3 verses)

Prov. 4:25 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 11:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 5:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 13:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 27:28 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 5:37 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 8:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Moses 1:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 13:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 13:50-51 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 13:55-56 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 8:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 17:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 51:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 7:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Pet. 3:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Rev. 5:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 8:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 18:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 25:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 128 159 287
NT 27 55 82
BM 88 41 129
DC 12 16 28
PGP 9 20 29
TOTAL 264 291 555

D&C 1:31
For I the Lord cannot look upon sin with the least degree of allowance;

D&C 6:36
Look unto me in every thought; doubt not, fear not.

D&C 19:27
Which is my word to the Gentile, that soon it may go to the Jew, of whom the Lamanites are a remnant, that they may believe the gospel, and look not for a Messiah to come who has already come.

D&C 35:3
Behold, verily, verily, I say unto my servant Sidney, I have looked upon thee and thy works. I have heard thy prayers, and prepared thee for a greater work.

D&C 35:15
And the poor and the meek shall have the gospel preached unto them, and they shall be looking forth for the time of my coming, for it is nigh at hand--

D&C 38:1
Thus saith the Lord your God, even Jesus Christ, the Great I Am, Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the same which looked upon the wide expanse of eternity, and all the seraphic hosts of heaven, before the world was made;

D&C 38:26
For what man among you having twelve sons, and is no respecter of them, and they serve him obediently, and he saith unto the one: Be thou clothed in robes and sit thou here; and to the other: Be thou clothed in rags and sit thou there-- and looketh upon his sons and saith I am just?

D&C 38:35
And they shall look to the poor and the needy, and administer to their relief that they shall not suffer; and send them forth to the place which I have commanded them;

D&C 39:7
And now, behold, I say unto you, my servant James, I have looked upon thy works and I know thee.

D&C 39:23
And again, it shall come to pass that on as many as ye shall baptize with water, ye shall lay your hands, and they shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost, and shall be looking forth for the signs of my coming, and shall know me.

D&C 42:23
And he that looketh upon a woman to lust after her shall deny the faith, and shall not have the Spirit; and if he repents not he shall be cast out.

D&C 45:17
For as ye have looked upon the long absence of your spirits from your bodies to be a bondage, I will show unto you how the day of redemption shall come, and also the restoration of the scattered Israel.

D&C 45:37
Ye look and behold the fig trees, and ye see them with your eyes, and ye say when they begin to shoot forth, and their leaves are yet tender, that summer is now nigh at hand;

D&C 45:39
And it shall come to pass that he that feareth me shall be looking forth for the great day of the Lord to come, even for the signs of the coming of the Son of Man.

D&C 45:44
And then they shall look for me, and, behold, I will come; and they shall see me in the clouds of heaven, clothed with power and great glory; with all the holy angels; and he that watches not for me shall be cut off.

D&C 45:51
And then shall the Jews look upon me and say: What are these wounds in thine hands and in thy feet?

D&C 49:23
Wherefore, be not deceived, but continue in steadfastness, looking forth for the heavens to be shaken, and the earth to tremble and to reel to and fro as a drunken man, and for the valleys to be exalted, and for the mountains to be made low, and for the rough places to become smooth-- and all this when the angel shall sound his trumpet.

D&C 50:4
Behold, I, the Lord, have looked upon you, and have seen abominations in the church that profess my name.

D&C 61:38
Gird up your loins and be watchful and be sober, looking forth for the coming of the Son of Man, for he cometh in an hour you think not.

D&C 62:3
Nevertheless, ye are blessed, for the testimony which ye have borne is recorded in heaven for the angels to look upon; and they rejoice over you, and your sins are forgiven you.

D&C 63:16
And verily I say unto you, as I have said before, he that looketh on a woman to lust after her, or if any shall commit adultery in their hearts, they shall not have the Spirit, but shall deny the faith and shall fear.

D&C 63:53
These things are the things that ye must look for; and, speaking after the manner of the Lord, they are now nigh at hand, and in a time to come, even in the day of the coming of the Son of Man.

D&C 101:45
And set watchmen round about them, and build a tower, that one may overlook the land round about, to be a watchman upon the tower, that mine olive trees may not be broken down when the enemy shall come to spoil and take upon themselves the fruit of my vineyard.

D&C 109:53
But inasmuch as they will repent, thou art gracious and merciful, and wilt turn away thy wrath when thou lookest upon the face of thine Anointed.

D&C 133:15
But verily, thus saith the Lord, let not your flight be in haste, but let all things be prepared before you; and he that goeth, let him not look back lest sudden destruction shall come upon him.

D&C 133:43
When thou doest terrible things, things they look not for;

D&C 138:21
Neither did the rebellious who rejected the testimonies and the warnings of the ancient prophets behold his presence, nor look upon his face.

D&C 138:50
For the dead had looked upon the long absence of their spirits from their bodies as a bondage.