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
Gen. 12 0 12
Ex. 1 0 1
Num. 4 0 4
Deut. 1 0 1
Judg. 6 0 6
1 Sam. 1 0 1
2 Kgs. 6 0 6
2 Chr. 1 0 1
Neh. 4 0 4
Job 5 0 5
Ps. 8 0 8
Song. 1 0 1
Isa. 7 0 7
Jer. 2 0 2
Lam. 2 0 2
Ezek. 10 0 10
Dan. 2 0 2
Nahum 1 0 1
Zech. 1 0 1
NT 62 0 62
BM 23 0 23
DC 34 0 34
PGP 6 0 6
TOTAL 200 0 200

Neh. 7:3
And I said unto them, Let not the gates of Jerusalem be opened until the sun be hot; and while they stand by, let them shut the doors, and bar them: and appoint watches of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, every one in his watch, and every one to be over against his house.

Neh. 8:5
And Ezra opened the book in the sight of all the people; (for he was above all the people;) and when he opened it, all the people stood up:

Neh. 13:19
And it came to pass, that when the gates of Jerusalem began to be dark before the sabbath, I commanded that the gates should be shut, and charged that they should not be opened till after the sabbath: and some of my servants set I at the gates, that there should no burden be brought in on the sabbath day.