Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'yea' occurs 1753 times in the standard works.

911 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'yea' in the standard works and contain 52% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 407 minutes to read the entire list.

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Alma 60:3-32 (30 in 30 verses)

Alma 5:32-55 (24 in 24 verses)

Alma 48:8-49:6 (24 in 24 verses)

Alma 26:3-22 (22 in 20 verses)

Hel. 11:33-12:13 (20 in 19 verses)

Alma 36:13-29 (19 in 17 verses)

Alma 29:2-13 (13 in 12 verses)

Hel. 13:9-18 (11 in 10 verses)

Hel. 8:17-27 (11 in 11 verses)

Hel. 13:21-30 (10 in 10 verses)

Alma 5:3-10 (9 in 8 verses)

Hel. 14:14-22 (9 in 9 verses)

Alma 54:7-13 (8 in 7 verses)

Alma 45:5-12 (8 in 8 verses)

Hel. 15:2-9 (8 in 8 verses)

2 Cor. 7:11-13 (7 in 3 verses)

Alma 30:43-46 (7 in 4 verses)

Alma 28:1-6 (7 in 6 verses)

Hel. 5:8-13 (7 in 6 verses)

Alma 7:15-21 (7 in 7 verses)

Alma 26:31-37 (7 in 7 verses)

Alma 37:31-37 (7 in 7 verses)

2 Cor. 1:17-20 (6 in 4 verses)

Alma 47:35-48:2 (6 in 4 verses)

Mosiah 12:1-5 (6 in 5 verses)

Alma 32:27-31 (6 in 5 verses)

Hel. 7:14-18 (6 in 5 verses)

Hel. 7:24-28 (6 in 5 verses)

Alma 34:18-23 (6 in 6 verses)

Alma 37:5-10 (6 in 6 verses)

Alma 43:43-48 (6 in 6 verses)

Alma 46:22-27 (6 in 6 verses)

D&C 11:17-22 (6 in 6 verses)

2 Ne. 27:1-4 (5 in 4 verses)

2 Ne. 4:34-5:3 (5 in 5 verses)

Mosiah 29:36-40 (5 in 5 verses)

Alma 46:6-10 (5 in 5 verses)

Alma 53:5-9 (5 in 5 verses)

Alma 53:7-11 (5 in 5 verses)

Alma 58:39-59:2 (5 in 5 verses)

Hel. 5:42-46 (5 in 5 verses)

Morm. 8:28-32 (5 in 5 verses)

D&C 33:7-11 (5 in 5 verses)

D&C 33:9-13 (5 in 5 verses)

Alma 13:22 (4 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 10:4-5 (4 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 1:11-13 (4 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 31:13-15 (4 in 3 verses)

Mosiah 18:28-30 (4 in 3 verses)

Alma 22:15-17 (4 in 3 verses)

Alma 32:15-17 (4 in 3 verses)

Alma 33:8-10 (4 in 3 verses)

Alma 37:21-23 (4 in 3 verses)

Alma 39:4-6 (4 in 3 verses)

4 Ne. 1:6-8 (4 in 3 verses)

Isa. 41:23-26 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Ne. 15:13-16 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Ne. 17:43-46 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Ne. 20:8-11 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 4:4-7 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 10:19-22 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 31:29-32 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 44:4-7 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 58:8-11 (4 in 4 verses)

3 Ne. 29:5-8 (4 in 4 verses)

Isa. 40:24 (3 in 1 verse)

Isa. 48:8 (3 in 1 verse)

Isa. 44:15-16 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 18:17-18 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 19:16-17 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 20:14-15 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 7:1-2 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 12:12-13 (3 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 12:29-30 (3 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 15:17-18 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 34:9-10 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 40:22-23 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 44:17-18 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 61:2-3 (3 in 2 verses)

Morm. 8:23-24 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 10:62-63 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 7:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 11:21-23 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 17:20-22 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 28:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

Mosiah 7:24-26 (3 in 3 verses)

Mosiah 18:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

Mosiah 21:26-28 (3 in 3 verses)

Mosiah 23:21-23 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 7:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 8:16-18 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 9:20-22 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 30:28-30 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 34:2-4 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 40:13-15 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 42:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 43:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 49:30-50:2 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 52:40-53:2 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 56:54-56 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 57:19-21 (3 in 3 verses)

Hel. 3:28-30 (3 in 3 verses)

Hel. 6:29-31 (3 in 3 verses)

Hel. 12:25-13:1 (3 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 21:26-28 (3 in 3 verses)

Morm. 3:18-20 (3 in 3 verses)

Ether 8:23-25 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 59:17-19 (3 in 3 verses)

Eccl. 4:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 41:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 12:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Mal. 3:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 5:37 (2 in 1 verse)

James 5:12 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 2:20 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 4:11 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 13:29 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 17:14 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 18:9 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 26:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 11:24 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 16:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 25:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 27:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 27:31 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 2:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 3:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 5:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 17:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 19:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 50:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 50:39 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 53:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 4:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 14:9 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 1:25 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 7:1 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 12:37 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 19:3 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 24:15 (2 in 1 verse)

4 Ne. 1:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Morm. 9:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 9:12 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 10:56 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 21:12 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 24:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Neh. 5:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Job 11:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Job 30:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 7:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 84:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Prov. 8:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 26:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 46:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 16:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

John 21:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 1:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 1:20-2:1 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 3:31-4:1 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 7:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 8:36-37 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 10:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 11:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 14:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 15:35-36 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 16:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 19:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 1:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 4:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 9:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 9:42-43 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 25:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 28:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Jacob 2:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 8:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 9:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 9:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 11:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 13:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 13:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 13:35-14:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 15:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 15:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 23:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 24:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 24:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 27:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 28:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 29:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 29:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 1:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 1:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 9:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 9:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 10:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 12:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 13:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 17:36-37 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 22:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 23:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 23:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 26:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 28:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 29:17-30:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 30:52-53 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 31:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 31:38-32:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 32:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 32:34-35 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 32:41-42 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 33:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 34:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 34:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 37:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 42:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 43:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 43:51-52 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 45:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 45:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 49:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 50:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 50:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 56:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 57:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 57:35-36 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 59:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 62:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 3:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 4:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 8:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 8:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 9:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 9:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 11:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 12:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 12:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 13:37-38 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 15:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 4:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 6:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 10:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 12:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 20:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Morm. 6:22-7:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Moro. 10:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 10:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 10:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 19:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 19:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 19:37-38 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 21:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 30:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 58:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 58:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 59:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 63:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 76:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 110:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 121:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 275 843 1118
NT 65 76 141
Matt. 7 2 9
Mark 0 2 2
Luke 7 18 25
John 5 6 11
Acts 6 18 24
Rom. 5 2 7
1 Cor. 6 0 6
2 Cor. 15 3 18
Gal. 1 4 5
Philip. 3 0 3
1 Tim. 0 1 1
2 Tim. 1 0 1
Philem. 1 0 1
Heb. 1 9 10
James 3 2 5
1 Pet. 1 0 1
2 Pet. 1 2 3
3 Jn. 1 0 1
Rev. 1 7 8
BM 1248 414 1662
DC 152 57 209
PGP 13 57 70
TOTAL 1753 1447 3200

Matt. 5:37
But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil.

Matt. 9:28
And when he was come into the house, the blind men came to him: and Jesus saith unto them, Believe ye that I am able to do this? They said unto him, Yea, Lord.

Matt. 11:9
But what went ye out for to see? A prophet? yea, I say unto you, and more than a prophet.

Matt. 13:51
Jesus saith unto them, Have ye understood all these things? They say unto him, Yea, Lord.

Matt. 21:16
And said unto him, Hearest thou what these say? And Jesus saith unto them, Yea; have ye never read, Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings thou hast perfected praise?

Matt. 26:60
But found none: yea, though many false witnesses came, yet found they none. At the last came two false witnesses,

Luke 2:35
(Yea, a sword shall pierce through thy own soul also,) that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed.

Luke 7:26
But what went ye out for to see? A prophet? Yea, I say unto you, and much more than a prophet.

Luke 11:28
But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.

Luke 12:5
But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him.

Luke 12:57
Yea, and why even of yourselves judge ye not what is right?

Luke 14:26
If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.

Luke 24:22
Yea, and certain women also of our company made us astonished, which were early at the sepulchre;

John 11:27
She saith unto him, Yea, Lord: I believe that thou art the Christ, the Son of God, which should come into the world.

John 16:2
They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service.

John 16:32
Behold, the hour cometh, yea, is now come, that ye shall be scattered, every man to his own, and shall leave me alone: and yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me.

John 21:15
So when they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my lambs.

John 21:16
He saith to him again the second time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my sheep.

Acts 3:16
And his name through faith in his name hath made this man strong, whom ye see and know: yea, the faith which is by him hath given him this perfect soundness in the presence of you all.

Acts 3:24
Yea, and all the prophets from Samuel and those that follow after, as many as have spoken, have likewise foretold of these days.

Acts 5:8
And Peter answered unto her, Tell me whether ye sold the land for so much? And she said, Yea, for so much.

Acts 7:43
Yea, ye took up the tabernacle of Moloch, and the star of your god Remphan, figures which ye made to worship them: and I will carry you away beyond Babylon.

Acts 20:34
Yea, ye yourselves know, that these hands have ministered unto my necessities, and to them that were with me.

Acts 22:27
Then the chief captain came, and said unto him, Tell me, art thou a Roman? He said, Yea.

Rom. 3:4
God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged.

Rom. 3:31
Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law.

Rom. 8:34
Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us.

Rom. 14:4
Who art thou that judgest another man's servant? to his own master he standeth or falleth. Yea, he shall be holden up: for God is able to make him stand.

Rom. 15:20
Yea, so have I strived to preach the gospel, not where Christ was named, lest I should build upon another man's foundation:

1 Cor. 1:28
And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are:

1 Cor. 2:10
But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.

1 Cor. 4:3
But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged of you, or of man's judgment: yea, I judge not mine own self.

1 Cor. 9:16
For though I preach the gospel, I have nothing to glory of: for necessity is laid upon me; yea, woe is unto me, if I preach not the gospel!

1 Cor. 15:15
Yea, and we are found false witnesses of God; because we have testified of God that he raised up Christ: whom he raised not up, if so be that the dead rise not.

1 Cor. 16:6
And it may be that I will abide, yea, and winter with you, that ye may bring me on my journey whithersoever I go.

2 Cor. 1:17
When I therefore was thus minded, did I use lightness? or the things that I purpose, do I purpose according to the flesh, that with me there should be yea yea, and nay nay?

2 Cor. 1:18
But as God is true, our word toward you was not yea and nay.

2 Cor. 1:19
For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by us, even by me and Silvanus and Timotheus, was not yea and nay, but in him was yea.

2 Cor. 1:20
For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us.

2 Cor. 5:16
Wherefore henceforth know we no man after the flesh: yea, though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now henceforth know we him no more.

2 Cor. 7:11
For behold this selfsame thing, that ye sorrowed after a godly sort, what carefulness it wrought in you, yea, what clearing of yourselves, yea, what indignation, yea, what fear, yea, what vehement desire, yea, what zeal, yea, what revenge! In all things ye have approved yourselves to be clear in this matter.

2 Cor. 7:13
Therefore we were comforted in your comfort: yea, and exceedingly the more joyed we for the joy of Titus, because his spirit was refreshed by you all.

2 Cor. 8:3
For to their power, I bear record, yea, and beyond their power they were willing of themselves;

Gal. 4:17
They zealously affect you, but not well; yea, they would exclude you, that ye might affect them.

Philip. 1:18
What then? notwithstanding, every way, whether in pretence, or in truth, Christ is preached; and I therein do rejoice, yea, and will rejoice.

Philip. 2:17
Yea, and if I be offered upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I joy, and rejoice with you all.

Philip. 3:8
Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ,

2 Tim. 3:12
Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.

Philem. 1:20
Yea, brother, let me have joy of thee in the Lord: refresh my bowels in the Lord.

Heb. 11:36
And others had trial of cruel mockings and scourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment:

James 2:18
Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works.

James 5:12
But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath: but let your yea be yea; and your nay, nay; lest ye fall into condemnation.

1 Pet. 5:5
Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.

2 Pet. 1:13
Yea, I think it meet, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting you in remembrance;

3 Jn. 1:12
Demetrius hath good report of all men, and of the truth itself: yea, and we also bear record; and ye know that our record is true.

Rev. 14:13
And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them.