Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'great' occurs 1841 times in the standard works.

663 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'great' in the standard works and contain 36% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 283 minutes to read the entire list.

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3 Ne. 8:10-25 (16 in 16 verses)

Alma 18:2-13 (14 in 12 verses)

JS-H 1:5-12 (9 in 8 verses)

Rev. 16:14-17:1 (9 in 9 verses)

Ezek. 17:3-9 (7 in 7 verses)

Hel. 13:12-18 (7 in 7 verses)

Alma 19:24-27 (6 in 4 verses)

Hel. 3:32-36 (6 in 5 verses)

Rev. 18:16-21 (6 in 6 verses)

3 Ne. 19:34-36 (5 in 3 verses)

JS-H 1:21-23 (5 in 3 verses)

Ether 11:4-7 (5 in 4 verses)

Alma 60:5-9 (5 in 5 verses)

Hel. 7:22-26 (5 in 5 verses)

3 Ne. 4:7-11 (5 in 5 verses)

1 Ne. 22:13-14 (4 in 2 verses)

Dan. 8:8-10 (4 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 2:26-28 (4 in 3 verses)

Mosiah 7:23-25 (4 in 3 verses)

Alma 26:1-3 (4 in 3 verses)

Alma 45:12-14 (4 in 3 verses)

Hel. 4:11-13 (4 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 10:18-11:1 (4 in 3 verses)

D&C 34:7-9 (4 in 3 verses)

Josh. 17:14-17 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Kgs. 3:6-9 (4 in 4 verses)

Rev. 11:17-12:1 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Ne. 13:26-29 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Ne. 14:12-15 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 14:26-29 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 14:29-15:3 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 34:13-16 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 46:6-9 (4 in 4 verses)

3 Ne. 8:3-6 (4 in 4 verses)

D&C 18:13-16 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Ne. 14:3 (3 in 1 verse)

Alma 51:11 (3 in 1 verse)

D&C 135:3 (3 in 1 verse)

Gen. 26:13-14 (3 in 2 verses)

Eccl. 9:13-14 (3 in 2 verses)

Jer. 51:54-55 (3 in 2 verses)

Mark 3:7-8 (3 in 2 verses)

James 3:4-5 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 4:25-26 (3 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 5:3-4 (3 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 21:9-10 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 28:13-14 (3 in 2 verses)

Hel. 11:26-27 (3 in 2 verses)

Hel. 13:21-22 (3 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 28:31-32 (3 in 2 verses)

Moses 7:13-14 (3 in 2 verses)

Abr. 3:2-3 (3 in 2 verses)

Deut. 4:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Sam. 7:21-23 (3 in 3 verses)

Eccl. 2:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

Jer. 32:17-19 (3 in 3 verses)

Joel 2:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

Luke 8:37-39 (3 in 3 verses)

Acts 8:8-10 (3 in 3 verses)

Rev. 11:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

Rev. 17:18-18:2 (3 in 3 verses)

Rev. 21:10-12 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 11:36-12:2 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 15:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 18:13-15 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 1:10-12 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 3:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 33:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 4:8-10 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 4:12-14 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 11:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 22:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 61:2-4 (3 in 3 verses)

Hel. 5:17-19 (3 in 3 verses)

Hel. 6:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

Hel. 11:32-34 (3 in 3 verses)

Hel. 12:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 6:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 6:10-12 (3 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 9:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 17:16-18 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 39:8-10 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 43:20-22 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 138:41-43 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 12:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 29:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 1:4 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 5:9 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 7:9 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 18:17 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 24:14 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 21:13 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 2:5 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 28:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezra 5:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Neh. 12:43 (2 in 1 verse)

Esth. 1:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 36:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 95:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 104:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 147:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Eccl. 1:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 10:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Dan. 2:31 (2 in 1 verse)

Dan. 2:48 (2 in 1 verse)

Dan. 11:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Zech. 8:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Zech. 9:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Mal. 1:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Luke 5:29 (2 in 1 verse)

Luke 21:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Acts 4:33 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Cor. 7:4 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 1:14 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 4:17 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 9:53 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 28:18 (2 in 1 verse)

W of M 1:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 2:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 12:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 11:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 58:32 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 62:41 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 4:26 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 7:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 11:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 14:23 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 3:24 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 12:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Morm. 8:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Morm. 9:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 6:30 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 7:27 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 8:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 14:1 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 43:25 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 64:33 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 124:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Abr. 2:9 (2 in 1 verse)

JS-H 1:45 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 50:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 32:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 32:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 8:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 14:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 34:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 9:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 25:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 10:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 1:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 5:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 16:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 4:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 6:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 6:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 12:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 7:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 10:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 21:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 24:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Neh. 9:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Neh. 9:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Neh. 9:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

Job 37:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 40:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 48:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 71:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 99:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 126:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 145:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 21:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 3:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)


Ezek. 31:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

 31:6 All the fowls of heaven made their nests in his boughs, and under his branches did all the beasts of the field bring forth their young, and under his shadow dwelt all great nations.

 31:7 Thus was he fair in his greatness, in the length of his branches: for his root was by great waters.




Ezek. 47:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 47:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 7:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 7:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 10:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 11:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Joel 2:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Jonah 3:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Zech. 14:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 20:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 24:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 5:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 10:42-43 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 6:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 8:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 19:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 19:34-35 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 23:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Rev. 17:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Rev. 19:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Rev. 19:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Rev. 19:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Rev. 20:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 14:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 9:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 10:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 10:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 26:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Jacob 1:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Jacob 4:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 8:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 27:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 29:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 2:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 2:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 7:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 13:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 17:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 18:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 24:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 24:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 26:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 29:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 31:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 34:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 37:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 38:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 56:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 57:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 1:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 3:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 3:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 8:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 12:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 12:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 13:37-38 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 16:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 16:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 3:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 3:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 6:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 7:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Morm. 3:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 4:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 10:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 14:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 15:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 88:93-94 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 110:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 133:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 138:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 8:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Abr. 4:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

JS-M 1:36-37 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 708 143 851
Gen. 35 10 45
Ex. 15 4 19
Lev. 7 0 7
Num. 12 4 16
Deut. 38 13 51
Josh. 29 2 31
Judg. 15 2 17
1 Sam. 34 8 42
2 Sam. 24 5 29
1 Kgs. 27 5 32
2 Kgs. 25 0 25
1 Chr. 17 11 28
2 Chr. 43 5 48
Ezra 10 0 10
Neh. 28 1 29
Esth. 8 3 11
Job 20 4 24
Ps. 69 25 94
Prov. 12 2 14
Eccl. 13 0 13
Song. 1 0 1
Isa. 28 5 33
Jer. 47 11 58
Lam. 4 1 5
Ezek. 51 9 60
Dan. 41 7 48
Hosea 6 0 6
Joel 10 0 10
Amos 6 1 7
Obad. 0 1 1
Jonah 8 1 9
Micah 3 0 3
Nahum 4 0 4
Hab. 1 0 1
Zeph. 2 1 3
Hag. 0 1 1
Zech. 11 1 12
Mal. 4 0 4
NT 254 74 328
BM 682 80 762
DC 138 33 171
PGP 59 19 78
TOTAL 1841 349 2190

Ezek. 1:4
And I looked, and, behold, a whirlwind came out of the north, a great cloud, and a fire infolding itself, and a brightness was about it, and out of the midst thereof as the colour of amber, out of the midst of the fire.

Ezek. 1:24
And when they went, I heard the noise of their wings, like the noise of great waters, as the voice of the Almighty, the voice of speech, as the noise of an host: when they stood, they let down their wings.

Ezek. 3:12
Then the spirit took me up, and I heard behind me a voice of a great rushing, saying, Blessed be the glory of the Lord from his place.

Ezek. 3:13
I heard also the noise of the wings of the living creatures that touched one another, and the noise of the wheels over against them, and a noise of a great rushing.

Ezek. 8:6
He said furthermore unto me, Son of man, seest thou what they do? even the great abominations that the house of Israel committeth here, that I should go far off from my sanctuary? but turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see greater abominations.

Ezek. 8:13
He said also unto me, Turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see greater abominations that they do.

Ezek. 8:15
Then said he unto me, Hast thou seen this, O son of man? turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see greater abominations than these.

Ezek. 9:9
Then said he unto me, The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceeding great, and the land is full of blood, and the city full of perverseness: for they say, The Lord hath forsaken the earth, and the Lord seeth not.

Ezek. 13:11
Say unto them which daub it with untempered mortar, that it shall fall: there shall be an overflowing shower; and ye, O great hailstones, shall fall; and a stormy wind shall rend it.

Ezek. 13:13
Therefore thus saith the Lord God; I will even rend it with a stormy wind in my fury; and there shall be an overflowing shower in mine anger, and great hailstones in my fury to consume it.

Ezek. 16:7
I have caused thee to multiply as the bud of the field, and thou hast increased and waxen great, and thou art come to excellent ornaments: thy breasts are fashioned, and thine hair is grown, whereas thou wast naked and bare.

Ezek. 16:26
Thou hast also committed fornication with the Egyptians thy neighbours, great of flesh; and hast increased thy whoredoms, to provoke me to anger.

Ezek. 17:3
And say, Thus saith the Lord God; A great eagle with great wings, longwinged, full of feathers, which had divers colours, came unto Lebanon, and took the highest branch of the cedar:

Ezek. 17:5
He took also of the seed of the land, and planted it in a fruitful field; he placed it by great waters, and set it as a willow tree.

Ezek. 17:7
There was also another great eagle with great wings and many feathers: and, behold, this vine did bend her roots toward him, and shot forth her branches toward him, that he might water it by the furrows of her plantation.

Ezek. 17:8
It was planted in a good soil by great waters, that it might bring forth branches, and that it might bear fruit, that it might be a goodly vine.

Ezek. 17:9
Say thou, Thus saith the Lord God; Shall it prosper? shall he not pull up the roots thereof, and cut off the fruit thereof, that it wither? it shall wither in all the leaves of her spring, even without great power or many people to pluck it up by the roots thereof.

Ezek. 17:17
Neither shall Pharaoh with his mighty army and great company make for him in the war, by casting up mounts, and building forts, to cut off many persons:

Ezek. 20:13
But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness: they walked not in my statutes, and they despised my judgments, which if a man do, he shall even live in them; and my sabbaths they greatly polluted: then I said, I would pour out my fury upon them in the wilderness, to consume them.

Ezek. 21:14
Thou therefore, son of man, prophesy, and smite thine hands together, and let the sword be doubled the third time, the sword of the slain: it is the sword of the great men that are slain, which entereth into their privy chambers.

Ezek. 23:23
The Babylonians, and all the Chaldeans, Pekod, and Shoa, and Koa, and all the Assyrians with them: all of them desirable young men, captains and rulers, great lords and renowned, all of them riding upon horses.

Ezek. 24:9
Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Woe to the bloody city! I will even make the pile for fire great.

Ezek. 24:12
She hath wearied herself with lies, and her great scum went not forth out of her: her scum shall be in the fire.

Ezek. 25:12
Thus saith the Lord God; Because that Edom hath dealt against the house of Judah by taking vengeance, and hath greatly offended, and revenged himself upon them;

Ezek. 25:17
And I will execute great vengeance upon them with furious rebukes; and they shall know that I am the Lord, when I shall lay my vengeance upon them.

Ezek. 26:19
For thus saith the Lord God; When I shall make thee a desolate city, like the cities that are not inhabited; when I shall bring up the deep upon thee, and great waters shall cover thee;

Ezek. 27:26
Thy rowers have brought thee into great waters: the east wind hath broken thee in the midst of the seas.

Ezek. 28:5
By thy great wisdom and by thy traffick hast thou increased thy riches, and thine heart is lifted up because of thy riches:

Ezek. 29:3
Speak, and say, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I am against thee, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great dragon that lieth in the midst of his rivers, which hath said, My river is mine own, and I have made it for myself.

Ezek. 29:18
Son of man, Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon caused his army to serve a great service against Tyrus: every head was made bald, and every shoulder was peeled: yet had he no wages, nor his army, for Tyrus, for the service that he had served against it:

Ezek. 30:4
And the sword shall come upon Egypt, and great pain shall be in Ethiopia, when the slain shall fall in Egypt, and they shall take away her multitude, and her foundations shall be broken down.

Ezek. 30:9
In that day shall messengers go forth from me in ships to make the careless Ethiopians afraid, and great pain shall come upon them, as in the day of Egypt: for, lo, it cometh.

Ezek. 30:16
And I will set fire in Egypt: Sin shall have great pain, and No shall be rent asunder, and Noph shall have distresses daily.

Ezek. 31:2
Son of man, speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, and to his multitude; Whom art thou like in thy greatness?

Ezek. 31:4
The waters made him great, the deep set him up on high with her rivers running round about his plants, and sent out her little rivers unto all the trees of the field.

Ezek. 31:6
All the fowls of heaven made their nests in his boughs, and under his branches did all the beasts of the field bring forth their young, and under his shadow dwelt all great nations.

Ezek. 31:7
Thus was he fair in his greatness, in the length of his branches: for his root was by great waters.

Ezek. 31:15
Thus saith the Lord God; In the day when he went down to the grave I caused a mourning: I covered the deep for him, and I restrained the floods thereof, and the great waters were stayed: and I caused Lebanon to mourn for him, and all the trees of the field fainted for him.

Ezek. 31:18
To whom art thou thus like in glory and in greatness among the trees of Eden? yet shalt thou be brought down with the trees of Eden unto the nether parts of the earth: thou shalt lie in the midst of the uncircumcised with them that be slain by the sword. This is Pharaoh and all his multitude, saith the Lord God.

Ezek. 32:13
I will destroy also all the beasts thereof from beside the great waters; neither shall the foot of man trouble them any more, nor the hoofs of beasts trouble them.

Ezek. 36:23
And I will sanctify my great name, which was profaned among the heathen, which ye have profaned in the midst of them; and the heathen shall know that I am the Lord, saith the Lord God, when I shall be sanctified in you before their eyes.

Ezek. 37:10
So I prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they lived, and stood up upon their feet, an exceeding great army.

Ezek. 38:4
And I will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws, and I will bring thee forth, and all thine army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed with all sorts of armour, even a great company with bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords:

Ezek. 38:13
Sheba, and Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish, with all the young lions thereof, shall say unto thee, Art thou come to take a spoil? hast thou gathered thy company to take a prey? to carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to take a great spoil?

Ezek. 38:15
And thou shalt come from thy place out of the north parts, thou, and many people with thee, all of them riding upon horses, a great company, and a mighty army:

Ezek. 38:19
For in my jealousy and in the fire of my wrath have I spoken, Surely in that day there shall be a great shaking in the land of Israel;

Ezek. 38:22
And I will plead against him with pestilence and with blood; and I will rain upon him, and upon his bands, and upon the many people that are with him, an overflowing rain, and great hailstones, fire, and brimstone.

Ezek. 39:17
And, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord God; Speak unto every feathered fowl, and to every beast of the field, Assemble yourselves, and come; gather yourselves on every side to my sacrifice that I do sacrifice for you, even a great sacrifice upon the mountains of Israel, that ye may eat flesh, and drink blood.

Ezek. 41:8
I saw also the height of the house round about: the foundations of the side chambers were a full reed of six great cubits.

Ezek. 43:14
And from the bottom upon the ground even to the lower settle shall be two cubits, and the breadth one cubit; and from the lesser settle even to the greater settle shall be four cubits, and the breadth one cubit.

Ezek. 47:9
And it shall come to pass, that every thing that liveth, which moveth, whithersoever the rivers shall come, shall live: and there shall be a very great multitude of fish, because these waters shall come thither: for they shall be healed; and every thing shall live whither the river cometh.

Ezek. 47:10
And it shall come to pass, that the fishers shall stand upon it from En-gedi even unto En-eglaim; they shall be a place to spread forth nets; their fish shall be according to their kinds, as the fish of the great sea, exceeding many.

Ezek. 47:15
And this shall be the border of the land toward the north side, from the great sea, the way of Hethlon, as men go to Zedad;

Ezek. 47:19
And the south side southward, from Tamar even to the waters of strife in Kadesh, the river to the great sea. And this is the south side southward.

Ezek. 47:20
The west side also shall be the great sea from the border, till a man come over against Hamath. This is the west side.

Ezek. 48:28
And by the border of Gad, at the south side southward, the border shall be even from Tamar unto the waters of strife in Kadesh, and to the river toward the great sea.