Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'tell' occurs 296 times in the standard works.

72 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'tell' in the standard works and contain 24.3% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 29 minutes to read the entire list.

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Alma 18:20-22 (4 in 3 verses)

Matt. 21:24-27 (4 in 4 verses)

Moses 5:29 (3 in 1 verse)

2 Cor. 12:2-3 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 54:6-7 (3 in 2 verses)

Job 1:15-17 (3 in 3 verses)

Mosiah 2:15-17 (3 in 3 verses)

Mosiah 3:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 15:14-16 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 6:15-17 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 24:49 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 12:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Eccl. 10:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Joel 1:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Mark 11:33 (2 in 1 verse)

Luke 22:67 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 20:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 9:20 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 24:1 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 9:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 20:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 18:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 48:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 23:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 36:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 28:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 20:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Jacob 2:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 4:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 28:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 133 12 145
Gen. 18 0 18
Ex. 4 0 4
Lev. 1 0 1
Num. 3 0 3
Deut. 2 0 2
Josh. 1 0 1
Judg. 5 1 6
Ruth 2 0 2
1 Sam. 14 0 14
2 Sam. 10 2 12
1 Kgs. 11 0 11
2 Kgs. 7 2 9
1 Chr. 3 0 3
2 Chr. 2 0 2
Job 7 0 7
Ps. 5 4 9
Prov. 1 0 1
Eccl. 5 0 5
Song. 2 0 2
Isa. 6 1 7
Jer. 11 1 12
Ezek. 4 0 4
Dan. 5 1 6
Joel 2 0 2
Jonah 2 0 2
NT 84 2 86
BM 53 12 65
DC 18 8 26
PGP 8 13 21
TOTAL 296 47 343

2 Kgs. 4:2
And Elisha said unto her, What shall I do for thee? tell me, what hast thou in the house? And she said, Thine handmaid hath not any thing in the house, save a pot of oil.

2 Kgs. 7:9
Then they said one to another, We do not well: this day is a day of good tidings, and we hold our peace: if we tarry till the morning light, some mischief will come upon us: now therefore come, that we may go and tell the king's household.

2 Kgs. 8:4
And the king talked with Gehazi the servant of the man of God, saying, Tell me, I pray thee, all the great things that Elisha hath done.

2 Kgs. 9:12
And they said, It is false; tell us now. And he said, Thus and thus spake he to me, saying, Thus saith the Lord, I have anointed thee king over Israel.

2 Kgs. 9:15
But king Joram was returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians had given him, when he fought with Hazael king of Syria.) And Jehu said, If it be your minds, then let none go forth nor escape out of the city to go to tell it in Jezreel.

2 Kgs. 20:5
Turn again, and tell Hezekiah the captain of my people, Thus saith the Lord, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will heal thee: on the third day thou shalt go up unto the house of the Lord.

2 Kgs. 22:15
And she said unto them, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Tell the man that sent you to me,