Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'very' occurs 396 times in the standard works.

67 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'very' in the standard works and contain 16.9% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 24 minutes to read the entire list.

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Jer. 24:2-3 (4 in 2 verses)

D&C 128:3-6 (4 in 4 verses)

D&C 97:18 (3 in 1 verse)

D&C 123:16 (3 in 1 verse)

Luke 18:23-24 (3 in 2 verses)

Deut. 28:43 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 22:8 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 19:32 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 10:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezra 10:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 37:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Joel 2:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Hab. 2:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Morm. 3:21 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 95:10 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 100:6 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 101:44 (2 in 1 verse)

JS-H 1:28 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 50:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 9:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Tim. 1:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 28:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 2:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 11:38-39 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 103:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 105:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 123:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Abr. 2:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

JS-H 1:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

JS-H 1:55-56 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 210 960 1170
NT 47 280 327
Matt. 8 26 34
Mark 5 9 14
Luke 11 28 39
John 4 16 20
Acts 4 32 36
Rom. 2 18 20
1 Cor. 1 35 36
2 Cor. 4 12 16
Gal. 0 5 5
Eph. 0 8 8
Philip. 1 11 12
Col. 0 7 7
1 Thes. 2 4 6
2 Thes. 0 4 4
1 Tim. 0 3 3
2 Tim. 2 3 5
Titus 0 3 3
Philem. 0 1 1
Heb. 1 17 18
James 2 6 8
1 Pet. 0 4 4
1 Jn. 0 7 7
Rev. 0 21 21
BM 73 233 306
DC 46 139 185
PGP 20 53 73
TOTAL 396 1665 2061

Titus 1:5
For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things that are wanting, and ordain elders in every city, as I had appointed thee:

Titus 1:16
They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.

Titus 3:1
Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work,