Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'help' occurs 147 times in the standard works.

34 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'help' in the standard works and contain 23.1% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 12 minutes to read the entire list.

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2 Kgs. 6:26-27 (3 in 2 verses)

Ps. 115:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)

Ex. 23:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 5:23 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 10:11 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 19:12 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 14:11 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 28:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 60:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 108:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Abr. 5:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 121:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 31:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 41:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 104:72-73 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 124:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 116 51 167
Gen. 3 1 4
Ex. 3 1 4
Deut. 5 1 6
Josh. 4 0 4
Judg. 2 0 2
1 Sam. 1 1 2
2 Sam. 4 1 5
1 Kgs. 0 2 2
2 Kgs. 3 1 4
1 Chr. 7 7 14
2 Chr. 13 5 18
Ezra 2 2 4
Esth. 0 1 1
Job 4 5 9
Ps. 42 8 50
Prov. 0 1 1
Eccl. 1 0 1
Isa. 13 3 16
Jer. 1 2 3
Lam. 2 0 2
Ezek. 2 4 6
Dan. 3 0 3
Hosea 1 1 2
Nahum 0 3 3
Zech. 0 1 1
NT 10 13 23
BM 9 2 11
DC 7 7 14
PGP 5 1 6
TOTAL 147 74 221

Gen. 2:18
And the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.

Gen. 2:20
And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him.

Gen. 49:25
Even by the God of thy father, who shall help thee; and by the Almighty, who shall bless thee with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that lieth under, blessings of the breasts, and of the womb:

Ex. 18:4
And the name of the other was Eliezer; for the God of my father, said he, was mine help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh:

Ex. 23:5
If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under his burden, and wouldest forbear to help him, thou shalt surely help with him.

Deut. 22:4
Thou shalt not see thy brother's ass or his ox fall down by the way, and hide thyself from them: thou shalt surely help him to lift them up again.

Deut. 32:38
Which did eat the fat of their sacrifices, and drank the wine of their drink offerings? let them rise up and help you, and be your protection.

Deut. 33:7
And this is the blessing of Judah: and he said, Hear, Lord, the voice of Judah, and bring him unto his people: let his hands be sufficient for him; and be thou an help to him from his enemies.

Deut. 33:26
There is none like unto the God of Jeshurun, who rideth upon the heaven in thy help, and in his excellency on the sky.

Deut. 33:29
Happy art thou, O Israel: who is like unto thee, O people saved by the Lord, the shield of thy help, and who is the sword of thy excellency! and thine enemies shall be found liars unto thee; and thou shalt tread upon their high places.

Josh. 1:14
Your wives, your little ones, and your cattle, shall remain in the land which Moses gave you on this side Jordan; but ye shall pass before your brethren armed, all the mighty men of valour, and help them;

Josh. 10:4
Come up unto me, and help me, that we may smite Gibeon: for it hath made peace with Joshua and with the children of Israel.

Josh. 10:6
And the men of Gibeon sent unto Joshua to the camp to Gilgal, saying, Slack not thy hand from thy servants; come up to us quickly, and save us, and help us: for all the kings of the Amorites that dwell in the mountains are gathered together against us.

Josh. 10:33
Then Horam king of Gezer came up to help Lachish; and Joshua smote him and his people, until he had left him none remaining.

Judg. 5:23
Curse ye Meroz, said the angel of the Lord, curse ye bitterly the inhabitants thereof; because they came not to the help of the Lord, to the help of the Lord against the mighty.

1 Sam. 11:9
And they said unto the messengers that came, Thus shall ye say unto the men of Jabesh-gilead, To morrow, by that time the sun be hot, ye shall have help. And the messengers came and shewed it to the men of Jabesh; and they were glad.

2 Sam. 10:11
And he said, If the Syrians be too strong for me, then thou shalt help me: but if the children of Ammon be too strong for thee, then I will come and help thee.

2 Sam. 10:19
And when all the kings that were servants to Hadarezer saw that they were smitten before Israel, they made peace with Israel, and served them. So the Syrians feared to help the children of Ammon any more.

2 Sam. 14:4
And when the woman of Tekoah spake to the king, she fell on her face to the ground, and did obeisance, and said, Help, O king.

2 Kgs. 6:26
And as the king of Israel was passing by upon the wall, there cried a woman unto him, saying, Help, my lord, O king.

2 Kgs. 6:27
And he said, If the Lord do not help thee, whence shall I help thee? out of the barnfloor, or out of the winepress?

1 Chr. 12:17
And David went out to meet them, and answered and said unto them, If ye be come peaceably unto me to help me, mine heart shall be knit unto you: but if ye be come to betray me to mine enemies, seeing there is no wrong in mine hands, the God of our fathers look thereon, and rebuke it.

1 Chr. 12:22
For at that time day by day there came to David to help him, until it was a great host, like the host of God.

1 Chr. 18:5
And when the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadarezer king of Zobah, David slew of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men.

1 Chr. 19:12
And he said, If the Syrians be too strong for me, then thou shalt help me: but if the children of Ammon be too strong for thee, then I will help thee.

1 Chr. 19:19
And when the servants of Hadarezer saw that they were put to the worse before Israel, they made peace with David, and became his servants: neither would the Syrians help the children of Ammon any more.

1 Chr. 22:17
David also commanded all the princes of Israel to help Solomon his son, saying,

2 Chr. 14:11
And Asa cried unto the Lord his God, and said, Lord, it is nothing with thee to help, whether with many, or with them that have no power: help us, O Lord our God; for we rest on thee, and in thy name we go against this multitude. O Lord, thou art our God; let not man prevail against thee.

2 Chr. 19:2
And Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him, and said to king Jehoshaphat, Shouldest thou help the ungodly, and love them that hate the Lord? therefore is wrath upon thee from before the Lord.

2 Chr. 20:4
And Judah gathered themselves together, to ask help of the Lord: even out of all the cities of Judah they came to seek the Lord.

2 Chr. 20:9
If, when evil cometh upon us, as the sword, judgment, or pestilence, or famine, we stand before this house, and in thy presence, (for thy name is in this house,) and cry unto thee in our affliction, then thou wilt hear and help.

2 Chr. 25:8
But if thou wilt go, do it, be strong for the battle: God shall make thee fall before the enemy: for God hath power to help, and to cast down.

2 Chr. 26:13
And under their hand was an army, three hundred thousand and seven thousand and five hundred, that made war with mighty power, to help the king against the enemy.

2 Chr. 28:16
At that time did king Ahaz send unto the kings of Assyria to help him.

2 Chr. 28:23
For he sacrificed unto the gods of Damascus, which smote him: and he said, Because the gods of the kings of Syria help them, therefore will I sacrifice to them, that they may help me. But they were the ruin of him, and of all Israel.

2 Chr. 29:34
But the priests were too few, so that they could not flay all the burnt offerings: wherefore their brethren the Levites did help them, till the work was ended, and until the other priests had sanctified themselves: for the Levites were more upright in heart to sanctify themselves than the priests.

2 Chr. 32:3
He took counsel with his princes and his mighty men to stop the waters of the fountains which were without the city: and they did help him.

2 Chr. 32:8
With him is an arm of flesh; but with us is the Lord our God to help us, and to fight our battles. And the people rested themselves upon the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.

Ezra 1:4
And whosoever remaineth in any place where he sojourneth, let the men of his place help him with silver, and with gold, and with goods, and with beasts, beside the freewill offering for the house of God that is in Jerusalem.

Ezra 8:22
For I was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way: because we had spoken unto the king, saying, The hand of our God is upon all them for good that seek him; but his power and his wrath is against all them that forsake him.

Job 6:13
Is not my help in me? and is wisdom driven quite from me?

Job 8:20
Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man, neither will he help the evil doers:

Job 29:12
Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him.

Job 31:21
If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate:

Ps. 3:2
Many there be which say of my soul, There is no help for him in God. Selah.

Ps. 12:1
Help, Lord; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men.

Ps. 20:2
Send thee help from the sanctuary, and strengthen thee out of Zion;

Ps. 22:11
Be not far from me; for trouble is near; for there is none to help.

Ps. 22:19
But be not thou far from me, O Lord: O my strength, haste thee to help me.

Ps. 27:9
Hide not thy face far from me; put not thy servant away in anger: thou hast been my help; leave me not, neither forsake me, O God of my salvation.

Ps. 33:20
Our soul waiteth for the Lord: he is our help and our shield.

Ps. 35:2
Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for mine help.

Ps. 37:40
And the Lord shall help them, and deliver them: he shall deliver them from the wicked, and save them, because they trust in him.

Ps. 38:22
Make haste to help me, O Lord my salvation.

Ps. 40:13
Be pleased, O Lord, to deliver me: O Lord, make haste to help me.

Ps. 40:17
But I am poor and needy; yet the Lord thinketh upon me: thou art my help and my deliverer; make no tarrying, O my God.

Ps. 42:5
Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted in me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him for the help of his countenance.

Ps. 44:26
Arise for our help, and redeem us for thy mercies' sake.

Ps. 46:1
God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.

Ps. 46:5
God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God shall help her, and that right early.

Ps. 59:4
They run and prepare themselves without my fault: awake to help me, and behold.

Ps. 60:11
Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man.

Ps. 63:7
Because thou hast been my help, therefore in the shadow of thy wings will I rejoice.

Ps. 70:1
Make haste, O God, to deliver me; make haste to help me, O Lord.

Ps. 70:5
But I am poor and needy: make haste unto me, O God: thou art my help and my deliverer; O Lord, make no tarrying.

Ps. 71:12
O God, be not far from me: O my God, make haste for my help.

Ps. 79:9
Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of thy name: and deliver us, and purge away our sins, for thy name's sake.

Ps. 89:19
Then thou spakest in vision to thy holy one, and saidst, I have laid help upon one that is mighty; I have exalted one chosen out of the people.

Ps. 94:17
Unless the Lord had been my help, my soul had almost dwelt in silence.

Ps. 107:12
Therefore he brought down their heart with labour; they fell down, and there was none to help.

Ps. 108:12
Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man.

Ps. 109:26
Help me, O Lord my God: O save me according to thy mercy:

Ps. 115:9
O Israel, trust thou in the Lord: he is their help and their shield.

Ps. 115:10
O house of Aaron, trust in the Lord: he is their help and their shield.

Ps. 115:11
Ye that fear the Lord, trust in the Lord: he is their help and their shield.

Ps. 118:7
The Lord taketh my part with them that help me: therefore shall I see my desire upon them that hate me.

Ps. 119:86
All thy commandments are faithful: they persecute me wrongfully; help thou me.

Ps. 119:173
Let thine hand help me; for I have chosen thy precepts.

Ps. 119:175
Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee; and let thy judgments help me.

Ps. 121:1
I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.

Ps. 121:2
My help cometh from the Lord, which made heaven and earth.

Ps. 124:8
Our help is in the name of the Lord, who made heaven and earth.

Ps. 146:3
Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help.

Ps. 146:5
Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the Lord his God:

Eccl. 4:10
For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up.

Isa. 10:3
And what will ye do in the day of visitation, and in the desolation which shall come from far? to whom will ye flee for help? and where will ye leave your glory?

Isa. 20:6
And the inhabitant of this isle shall say in that day, Behold, such is our expectation, whither we flee for help to be delivered from the king of Assyria: and how shall we escape?

Isa. 30:5
They were all ashamed of a people that could not profit them, nor be an help nor profit, but a shame, and also a reproach.

Isa. 30:7
For the Egyptians shall help in vain, and to no purpose: therefore have I cried concerning this, Their strength is to sit still.

Isa. 31:1
Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help; and stay on horses, and trust in chariots, because they are many; and in horsemen, because they are very strong; but they look not unto the Holy One of Israel, neither seek the Lord!

Isa. 31:2
Yet he also is wise, and will bring evil, and will not call back his words: but will arise against the house of the evildoers, and against the help of them that work iniquity.

Isa. 41:10
Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.

Isa. 41:13
For I the Lord thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee.

Isa. 41:14
Fear not, thou worm Jacob, and ye men of Israel; I will help thee, saith the Lord, and thy redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.

Isa. 44:2
Thus saith the Lord that made thee, and formed thee from the womb, which will help thee; Fear not, O Jacob, my servant; and thou, Jesurun, whom I have chosen.

Isa. 50:7
For the Lord God will help me; therefore shall I not be confounded: therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be ashamed.

Isa. 50:9
Behold, the Lord God will help me; who is he that shall condemn me? lo, they all shall wax old as a garment; the moth shall eat them up.

Isa. 63:5
And I looked, and there was none to help; and I wondered that there was none to uphold: therefore mine own arm brought salvation unto me; and my fury, it upheld me.

Jer. 37:7
Thus saith the Lord, the God of Israel; Thus shall ye say to the king of Judah, that sent you unto me to inquire of me; Behold, Pharaoh's army, which is come forth to help you, shall return to Egypt into their own land.

Lam. 1:7
Jerusalem remembered in the days of her affliction and of her miseries all her pleasant things that she had in the days of old, when her people fell into the hand of the enemy, and none did help her: the adversaries saw her, and did mock at her sabbaths.

Lam. 4:17
As for us, our eyes as yet failed for our vain help: in our watching we have watched for a nation that could not save us.

Ezek. 12:14
And I will scatter toward every wind all that are about him to help him, and all his bands; and I will draw out the sword after them.

Ezek. 32:21
The strong among the mighty shall speak to him out of the midst of hell with them that help him: they are gone down, they lie uncircumcised, slain by the sword.

Dan. 10:13
But the prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me one and twenty days: but, lo, Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me; and I remained there with the kings of Persia.

Dan. 11:34
Now when they shall fall, they shall be holpen with a little help: but many shall cleave to them with flatteries.

Dan. 11:45
And he shall plant the tabernacles of his palace between the seas in the glorious holy mountain; yet he shall come to his end, and none shall help him.

Hosea 13:9
O Israel, thou hast destroyed thyself; but in me is thine help.