Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'touch' occurs 63 times in the standard works.

8 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'touch' in the standard works and contain 12.7% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 4 minutes to read the entire list.

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Ex. 19:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 5:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Lam. 4:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Hag. 2:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 32 76 108
NT 16 43 59
Matt. 2 9 11
Mark 5 7 12
Luke 3 10 13
John 1 0 1
Acts 0 5 5
Rom. 0 1 1
1 Cor. 1 2 3
2 Cor. 1 1 2
Philip. 0 2 2
Col. 1 1 2
1 Thes. 0 1 1
2 Thes. 0 1 1
Heb. 2 2 4
1 Jn. 0 1 1
BM 12 10 22
DC 1 9 10
PGP 2 0 2
TOTAL 63 138 201

Matt. 8:3
And Jesus put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will; be thou clean. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed.

Matt. 8:15
And he touched her hand, and the fever left her: and she arose, and ministered unto them.

Matt. 9:20
And, behold, a woman, which was diseased with an issue of blood twelve years, came behind him, and touched the hem of his garment:

Matt. 9:21
For she said within herself, If I may but touch his garment, I shall be whole.

Matt. 9:29
Then touched he their eyes, saying, According to your faith be it unto you.

Matt. 14:36
And besought him that they might only touch the hem of his garment: and as many as touched were made perfectly whole.

Matt. 17:7
And Jesus came and touched them, and said, Arise, and be not afraid.

Matt. 18:19
Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven.

Matt. 20:34
So Jesus had compassion on them, and touched their eyes: and immediately their eyes received sight, and they followed him.

Matt. 22:31
But as touching the resurrection of the dead, have ye not read that which was spoken unto you by God, saying,

Mark 1:41
And Jesus, moved with compassion, put forth his hand, and touched him, and saith unto him, I will; be thou clean.

Mark 3:10
For he had healed many; insomuch that they pressed upon him for to touch him, as many as had plagues.

Mark 5:27
When she had heard of Jesus, came in the press behind, and touched his garment.

Mark 5:28
For she said, If I may touch but his clothes, I shall be whole.

Mark 5:30
And Jesus, immediately knowing in himself that virtue had gone out of him, turned him about in the press, and said, Who touched my clothes?

Mark 5:31
And his disciples said unto him, Thou seest the multitude thronging thee, and sayest thou, Who touched me?

Mark 6:56
And whithersoever he entered, into villages, or cities, or country, they laid the sick in the streets, and besought him that they might touch if it were but the border of his garment: and as many as touched him were made whole.

Mark 7:33
And he took him aside from the multitude, and put his fingers into his ears, and he spit, and touched his tongue;

Mark 8:22
And he cometh to Bethsaida; and they bring a blind man unto him, and besought him to touch him.

Mark 10:13
And they brought young children to him, that he should touch them: and his disciples rebuked those that brought them.

Mark 12:26
And as touching the dead, that they rise: have ye not read in the book of Moses, how in the bush God spake unto him, saying, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?

Luke 5:13
And he put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will: be thou clean. And immediately the leprosy departed from him.

Luke 6:19
And the whole multitude sought to touch him: for there went virtue out of him, and healed them all.

Luke 7:14
And he came and touched the bier: and they that bare him stood still. And he said, Young man, I say unto thee, Arise.

Luke 7:39
Now when the Pharisee which had bidden him saw it, he spake within himself, saying, This man, if he were a prophet, would have known who and what manner of woman this is that toucheth him: for she is a sinner.

Luke 8:44
Came behind him, and touched the border of his garment: and immediately her issue of blood stanched.

Luke 8:45
And Jesus said, Who touched me? When all denied, Peter and they that were with him said, Master, the multitude throng thee and press thee, and sayest thou, Who touched me?

Luke 8:46
And Jesus said, Somebody hath touched me: for I perceive that virtue is gone out of me.

Luke 8:47
And when the woman saw that she was not hid, she came trembling, and falling down before him, she declared unto him before all the people for what cause she had touched him, and how she was healed immediately.

Luke 11:46
And he said, Woe unto you also, ye lawyers! for ye lade men with burdens grievous to be borne, and ye yourselves touch not the burdens with one of your fingers.

Luke 18:15
And they brought unto him also infants, that he would touch them: but when his disciples saw it, they rebuked them.

Luke 22:51
And Jesus answered and said, Suffer ye thus far. And he touched his ear, and healed him.

Luke 23:14
Said unto them, Ye have brought this man unto me, as one that perverteth the people: and, behold, I, having examined him before you, have found no fault in this man touching those things whereof ye accuse him:

John 20:17
Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God.

Acts 5:35
And said unto them, Ye men of Israel, take heed to yourselves what ye intend to do as touching these men.

Acts 21:25
As touching the Gentiles which believe, we have written and concluded that they observe no such thing, save only that they keep themselves from things offered to idols, and from blood, and from strangled, and from fornication.

Acts 24:21
Except it be for this one voice, that I cried standing among them, Touching the resurrection of the dead I am called in question by you this day.

Acts 26:2
I think myself happy, king Agrippa, because I shall answer for myself this day before thee touching all the things whereof I am accused of the Jews:

Acts 27:3
And the next day we touched at Sidon. And Julius courteously entreated Paul, and gave him liberty to go unto his friends to refresh himself.

Rom. 11:28
As concerning the gospel, they are enemies for your sakes: but as touching the election, they are beloved for the fathers' sakes.

1 Cor. 7:1
Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.

1 Cor. 8:1
Now as touching things offered unto idols, we know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffeth up, but charity edifieth.

1 Cor. 16:12
As touching our brother Apollos, I greatly desired him to come unto you with the brethren: but his will was not at all to come at this time; but he will come when he shall have convenient time.

2 Cor. 6:17
Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you,

2 Cor. 9:1
For as touching the ministering to the saints, it is superfluous for me to write to you:

Philip. 3:5
Circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, an Hebrew of the Hebrews; as touching the law, a Pharisee;

Philip. 3:6
Concerning zeal, persecuting the church; touching the righteousness which is in the law, blameless.

Col. 2:21
(Touch not; taste not; handle not;

Col. 4:10
Aristarchus my fellowprisoner saluteth you, and Marcus, sister's son to Barnabas, (touching whom ye received commandments: if he come unto you, receive him;)

1 Thes. 4:9
But as touching brotherly love ye need not that I write unto you: for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another.

2 Thes. 3:4
And we have confidence in the Lord touching you, that ye both do and will do the things which we command you.

Heb. 4:15
For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.

Heb. 11:28
Through faith he kept the passover, and the sprinkling of blood, lest he that destroyed the firstborn should touch them.

Heb. 12:18
For ye are not come unto the mount that might be touched, and that burned with fire, nor unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest,

Heb. 12:20
(For they could not endure that which was commanded, And if so much as a beast touch the mountain, it shall be stoned, or thrust through with a dart:

1 Jn. 5:18
We know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not; but he that is begotten of God keepeth himself, and that wicked one toucheth him not.