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

Ezra 1:1
Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying,

Ezra 3:8
Now in the second year of their coming unto the house of God at Jerusalem, in the second month, began Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and the remnant of their brethren the priests and the Levites, and all they that were come out of the captivity unto Jerusalem; and appointed the Levites, from twenty years old and upward, to set forward the work of the house of the Lord.

Ezra 4:24
Then ceased the work of the house of God which is at Jerusalem. So it ceased unto the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia.

Ezra 5:11
And thus they returned us answer, saying, We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and build the house that was builded these many years ago, which a great king of Israel builded and set up.

Ezra 5:13
But in the first year of Cyrus the king of Babylon the same king Cyrus made a decree to build this house of God.

Ezra 6:3
In the first year of Cyrus the king the same Cyrus the king made a decree concerning the house of God at Jerusalem, Let the house be builded, the place where they offered sacrifices, and let the foundations thereof be strongly laid; the height thereof threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof threescore cubits;

Ezra 6:15
And this house was finished on the third day of the month Adar, which was in the sixth year of the reign of Darius the king.

Ezra 7:7
And there went up some of the children of Israel, and of the priests, and the Levites, and the singers, and the porters, and the Nethinims, unto Jerusalem, in the seventh year of Artaxerxes the king.

Ezra 7:8
And he came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, which was in the seventh year of the king.

Ezra 9:2
For they have taken of their daughters for themselves, and for their sons: so that the holy seed have mingled themselves with the people of those lands: yea, the hand of the princes and rulers hath been chief in this trespass.