Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'opened' occurs 200 times in the standard works.

34 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'opened' in the standard works and contain 17% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 12 minutes to read the entire list.

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D&C 128:6-7 (4 in 2 verses)

Judg. 3:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Neh. 8:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 33:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 46:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Rev. 20:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 14:7 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 27:29 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 136:32 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 11:35-36 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 7:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 7:34-35 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 11:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 24:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 14:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 23:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 75 0 75
NT 62 0 62
BM 23 0 23
1 Ne. 1 0 1
2 Ne. 5 0 5
Mosiah 6 0 6
Alma 2 0 2
Hel. 2 0 2
3 Ne. 6 0 6
Ether 1 0 1
DC 34 0 34
PGP 6 0 6
TOTAL 200 0 200

1 Ne. 20:8
Yea, and thou heardest not; yea, thou knewest not; yea, from that time thine ear was not opened; for I knew that thou wouldst deal very treacherously, and wast called a transgressor from the womb.

2 Ne. 1:27
And it must needs be that the power of God must be with him, even unto his commanding you that ye must obey. But behold, it was not he, but it was the Spirit of the Lord which was in him, which opened his mouth to utterance that he could not shut it.

2 Ne. 7:5
The Lord God hath opened mine ear, and I was not rebellious, neither turned away back.

2 Ne. 15:14
Therefore, hell hath enlarged herself, and opened her mouth without measure; and their glory, and their multitude, and their pomp, and he that rejoiceth, shall descend into it.

2 Ne. 20:14
And my hand hath found as a nest the riches of the people; and as one gathereth eggs that are left have I gathered all the earth; and there was none that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or peeped.

2 Ne. 24:17
And made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof, and opened not the house of his prisoners?

Mosiah 4:4
And king Benjamin again opened his mouth and began to speak unto them, saying: My friends and my brethren, my kindred and my people, I would again call your attention, that ye may hear and understand the remainder of my words which I shall speak unto you.

Mosiah 14:7
He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth; he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb so he opened not his mouth.

Mosiah 15:6
And after all this, after working many mighty miracles among the children of men, he shall be led, yea, even as Isaiah said, as a sheep before the shearer is dumb, so he opened not his mouth.

Mosiah 15:13
Yea, and are not the prophets, every one that has opened his mouth to prophesy, that has not fallen into transgression, I mean all the holy prophets ever since the world began? I say unto you that they are his seed.

Mosiah 27:22
And he caused that the priests should assemble themselves together; and they began to fast, and to pray to the Lord their God that he would open the mouth of Alma, that he might speak, and also that his limbs might receive their strength-- that the eyes of the people might be opened to see and know of the goodness and glory of God.

Alma 12:1
Now Alma, seeing that the words of Amulek had silenced Zeezrom, for he beheld that Amulek had caught him in his lying and deceiving to destroy him, and seeing that he began to tremble under a consciousness of his guilt, he opened his mouth and began to speak unto him, and to establish the words of Amulek, and to explain things beyond, or to unfold the scriptures beyond that which Amulek had done.

Alma 24:8
And behold, I thank my great God that he has given us a portion of his Spirit to soften our hearts, that we have opened a correspondence with these brethren, the Nephites.

Hel. 7:13
And it came to pass that he opened his mouth and said unto them: Behold, why have ye gathered yourselves together? That I may tell you of your iniquities?

Hel. 14:25
And many graves shall be opened, and shall yield up many of their dead; and many saints shall appear unto many.

3 Ne. 14:7
Ask, and it shall be given unto you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.

3 Ne. 14:8
For every one that asketh, receiveth; and he that seeketh, findeth; and to him that knocketh, it shall be opened.

3 Ne. 26:15
And it came to pass that after he had ascended into heaven-- the second time that he showed himself unto them, and had gone unto the Father, after having healed all their sick, and their lame, and opened the eyes of their blind and unstopped the ears of the deaf, and even had done all manner of cures among them, and raised a man from the dead, and had shown forth his power unto them, and had ascended unto the Father--

3 Ne. 27:29
Therefore, ask, and ye shall receive; knock, and it shall be opened unto you; for he that asketh, receiveth; and unto him that knocketh, it shall be opened.

3 Ne. 28:13
And behold, the heavens were opened, and they were caught up into heaven, and saw and heard unspeakable things.

Ether 4:9
And at my command the heavens are opened and are shut; and at my word the earth shall shake; and at my command the inhabitants thereof shall pass away, even so as by fire.