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
Gen. 4 123 127
Ex. 0 31 31
Lev. 1 60 61
Num. 1 92 93
Deut. 1 29 30
Josh. 0 8 8
Judg. 1 27 28
Ruth 0 1 1
1 Sam. 3 17 20
2 Sam. 2 20 22
1 Kgs. 0 55 55
2 Kgs. 3 90 93
1 Chr. 1 14 15
2 Chr. 1 80 81
Ezra 1 10 11
Neh. 5 14 19
Esth. 1 5 6
Job 36 8 44
Ps. 59 15 74
Prov. 17 4 21
Eccl. 13 5 18
Song. 5 0 5
Isa. 46 28 74
Jer. 16 43 59
Lam. 1 0 1
Ezek. 19 27 46
Dan. 7 16 23
Hosea 8 0 8
Joel 5 2 7
Amos 1 4 5
Obad. 2 0 2
Jonah 1 0 1
Micah 1 1 2
Nahum 1 0 1
Hab. 1 2 3
Zeph. 1 0 1
Hag. 1 3 4
Zech. 5 8 13
Mal. 4 1 5
NT 65 76 141
BM 1248 414 1662
DC 152 57 209
PGP 13 57 70
TOTAL 1753 1447 3200

Deut. 1:3
And it came to pass in the fortieth year, in the eleventh month, on the first day of the month, that Moses spake unto the children of Israel, according unto all that the Lord had given him in commandment unto them;

Deut. 2:7
For the Lord thy God hath blessed thee in all the works of thy hand: he knoweth thy walking through this great wilderness: these forty years the Lord thy God hath been with thee; thou hast lacked nothing.

Deut. 2:14
And the space in which we came from Kadesh-barnea, until we were come over the brook Zered, was thirty and eight years; until all the generation of the men of war were wasted out from among the host, as the Lord sware unto them.

Deut. 8:2
And thou shalt remember all the way which the Lord thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no.

Deut. 8:4
Thy raiment waxed not old upon thee, neither did thy foot swell, these forty years.

Deut. 11:12
A land which the Lord thy God careth for: the eyes of the Lord thy God are always upon it, from the beginning of the year even unto the end of the year.

Deut. 14:22
Thou shalt truly tithe all the increase of thy seed, that the field bringeth forth year by year.

Deut. 14:28
At the end of three years thou shalt bring forth all the tithe of thine increase the same year, and shalt lay it up within thy gates:

Deut. 15:1
At the end of every seven years thou shalt make a release.

Deut. 15:9
Beware that there be not a thought in thy wicked heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thine eye be evil against thy poor brother, and thou givest him nought; and he cry unto the Lord against thee, and it be sin unto thee.

Deut. 15:12
And if thy brother, an Hebrew man, or an Hebrew woman, be sold unto thee, and serve thee six years; then in the seventh year thou shalt let him go free from thee.

Deut. 15:18
It shall not seem hard unto thee, when thou sendest him away free from thee; for he hath been worth a double hired servant to thee, in serving thee six years: and the Lord thy God shall bless thee in all that thou doest.

Deut. 15:20
Thou shalt eat it before the Lord thy God year by year in the place which the Lord shall choose, thou and thy household.

Deut. 16:16
Three times in a year shall all thy males appear before the Lord thy God in the place which he shall choose; in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles: and they shall not appear before the Lord empty:

Deut. 24:5
When a man hath taken a new wife, he shall not go out to war, neither shall he be charged with any business: but he shall be free at home one year, and shall cheer up his wife which he hath taken.

Deut. 26:12
When thou hast made an end of tithing all the tithes of thine increase the third year, which is the year of tithing, and hast given it unto the Levite, the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, that they may eat within thy gates, and be filled;

Deut. 29:5
And I have led you forty years in the wilderness: your clothes are not waxen old upon you, and thy shoe is not waxen old upon thy foot.

Deut. 31:2
And he said unto them, I am an hundred and twenty years old this day; I can no more go out and come in: also the Lord hath said unto me, Thou shalt not go over this Jordan.

Deut. 31:10
And Moses commanded them, saying, At the end of every seven years, in the solemnity of the year of release, in the feast of tabernacles,

Deut. 32:7
Remember the days of old, consider the years of many generations: ask thy father, and he will shew thee; thy elders, and they will tell thee.

Deut. 34:7
And Moses was an hundred and twenty years old when he died: his eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated.