Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'sing' occurs 146 times in the standard works.

60 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'sing' in the standard works and contain 41.1% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 22 minutes to read the entire list.

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Ps. 47:6-7 (5 in 2 verses)

 47:6 Sing praises to God, sing praises: sing praises unto our King, sing praises.

 47:7 For God is the King of all the earth: sing ye praises with understanding.




Ps. 59:16-17 (3 in 2 verses)

Ps. 96:1-2 (3 in 2 verses)

Ps. 66:2-4 (3 in 3 verses)

Judg. 5:3 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 16:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 27:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 68:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 68:32 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 101:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 104:33 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 105:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 144:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 147:7 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Cor. 14:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 6:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 33:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 71:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 98:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 137:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 23:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 42:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 52:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 12:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 15:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 20:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 16:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 113 262 375
Gen. 0 19 19
Ex. 3 3 6
Lev. 0 16 16
Num. 1 6 7
Deut. 0 19 19
Josh. 0 10 10
Judg. 2 5 7
1 Sam. 1 5 6
2 Sam. 1 6 7
1 Kgs. 0 4 4
2 Kgs. 0 2 2
1 Chr. 4 8 12
2 Chr. 3 17 20
Ezra 0 8 8
Neh. 0 21 21
Esth. 0 2 2
Job 1 6 7
Ps. 70 22 92
Prov. 1 12 13
Eccl. 0 2 2
Song. 0 2 2
Isa. 17 21 38
Jer. 4 22 26
Lam. 0 1 1
Ezek. 1 9 10
Dan. 0 2 2
Hosea 1 2 3
Joel 0 1 1
Micah 0 1 1
Nahum 0 1 1
Hab. 0 1 1
Zeph. 2 2 4
Zech. 1 1 2
Mal. 0 3 3
NT 6 84 90
BM 24 140 164
DC 3 134 137
PGP 0 12 12
TOTAL 146 632 778

Ps. 3:8
Salvation belongeth unto the Lord: thy blessing is upon thy people. Selah.

Ps. 4:2
O ye sons of men, how long will ye turn my glory into shame? how long will ye love vanity, and seek after leasing? Selah.

Ps. 5:6
Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the Lord will abhor the bloody and deceitful man.

Ps. 7:17
I will praise the Lord according to his righteousness: and will sing praise to the name of the Lord most high.

Ps. 9:2
I will be glad and rejoice in thee: I will sing praise to thy name, O thou most High.

Ps. 9:11
Sing praises to the Lord, which dwelleth in Zion: declare among the people his doings.

Ps. 10:7
His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity.

Ps. 13:6
I will sing unto the Lord, because he hath dealt bountifully with me.

Ps. 18:49
Therefore will I give thanks unto thee, O Lord, among the heathen, and sing praises unto thy name.

Ps. 21:3
For thou preventest him with the blessings of goodness: thou settest a crown of pure gold on his head.

Ps. 21:13
Be thou exalted, Lord, in thine own strength: so will we sing and praise thy power.

Ps. 24:5
He shall receive the blessing from the Lord, and righteousness from the God of his salvation.

Ps. 27:6
And now shall mine head be lifted up above mine enemies round about me: therefore will I offer in his tabernacle sacrifices of joy; I will sing, yea, I will sing praises unto the Lord.

Ps. 30:4
Sing unto the Lord, O ye saints of his, and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness.

Ps. 30:12
To the end that my glory may sing praise to thee, and not be silent. O Lord my God, I will give thanks unto thee for ever.

Ps. 33:2
Praise the Lord with harp: sing unto him with the psaltery and an instrument of ten strings.

Ps. 33:3
Sing unto him a new song; play skilfully with a loud noise.

Ps. 39:3
My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned: then spake I with my tongue,

Ps. 47:6
Sing praises to God, sing praises: sing praises unto our King, sing praises.

Ps. 47:7
For God is the King of all the earth: sing ye praises with understanding.

Ps. 50:1
The mighty God, even the Lord, hath spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof.

Ps. 51:14
Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation: and my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness.

Ps. 57:7
My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed: I will sing and give praise.

Ps. 57:9
I will praise thee, O Lord, among the people: I will sing unto thee among the nations.

Ps. 59:12
For the sin of their mouth and the words of their lips let them even be taken in their pride: and for cursing and lying which they speak.

Ps. 59:16
But I will sing of thy power; yea, I will sing aloud of thy mercy in the morning: for thou hast been my defence and refuge in the day of my trouble.

Ps. 59:17
Unto thee, O my strength, will I sing: for God is my defence, and the God of my mercy.

Ps. 61:8
So will I sing praise unto thy name for ever, that I may daily perform my vows.

Ps. 65:13
The pastures are clothed with flocks; the valleys also are covered over with corn; they shout for joy, they also sing.

Ps. 66:2
Sing forth the honour of his name: make his praise glorious.

Ps. 66:4
All the earth shall worship thee, and shall sing unto thee; they shall sing to thy name. Selah.

Ps. 67:4
O let the nations be glad and sing for joy: for thou shalt judge the people righteously, and govern the nations upon earth. Selah.

Ps. 68:4
Sing unto God, sing praises to his name: extol him that rideth upon the heavens by his name Jah, and rejoice before him.

Ps. 68:25
The singers went before, the players on instruments followed after; among them were the damsels playing with timbrels.

Ps. 68:32
Sing unto God, ye kingdoms of the earth; O sing praises unto the Lord; Selah:

Ps. 71:22
I will also praise thee with the psaltery, even thy truth, O my God: unto thee will I sing with the harp, O thou Holy One of Israel.

Ps. 71:23
My lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing unto thee; and my soul, which thou hast redeemed.

Ps. 75:9
But I will declare for ever; I will sing praises to the God of Jacob.

Ps. 81:1
Sing aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob.

Ps. 84:4
Blessed are they that dwell in thy house: they will be still praising thee. Selah.

Ps. 84:6
Who passing through the valley of Baca make it a well; the rain also filleth the pools.

Ps. 87:7
As well the singers as the players on instruments shall be there: all my springs are in thee.

Ps. 89:1
I will sing of the mercies of the Lord for ever: with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations.

Ps. 92:1
It is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord, and to sing praises unto thy name, O most High:

Ps. 95:1
O come, let us sing unto the Lord: let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation.

Ps. 96:1
O sing unto the Lord a new song: sing unto the Lord, all the earth.

Ps. 96:2
Sing unto the Lord, bless his name; shew forth his salvation from day to day.

Ps. 98:1
O sing unto the Lord a new song; for he hath done marvellous things: his right hand, and his holy arm, hath gotten him the victory.

Ps. 98:4
Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all the earth: make a loud noise, and rejoice, and sing praise.

Ps. 98:5
Sing unto the Lord with the harp; with the harp, and the voice of a psalm.

Ps. 100:2
Serve the Lord with gladness: come before his presence with singing.

Ps. 101:1
I will sing of mercy and judgment: unto thee, O Lord, will I sing.

Ps. 104:12
By them shall the fowls of the heaven have their habitation, which sing among the branches.

Ps. 104:33
I will sing unto the Lord as long as I live: I will sing praise to my God while I have my being.

Ps. 105:2
Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him: talk ye of all his wondrous works.

Ps. 108:1
O God, my heart is fixed; I will sing and give praise, even with my glory.

Ps. 108:3
I will praise thee, O Lord, among the people: and I will sing praises unto thee among the nations.

Ps. 109:17
As he loved cursing, so let it come unto him: as he delighted not in blessing, so let it be far from him.

Ps. 109:18
As he clothed himself with cursing like as with his garment, so let it come into his bowels like water, and like oil into his bones.

Ps. 113:3
From the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same the Lord's name is to be praised.

Ps. 126:2
Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing: then said they among the heathen, The Lord hath done great things for them.

Ps. 129:8
Neither do they which go by say, The blessing of the Lord be upon you: we bless you in the name of the Lord.

Ps. 133:3
As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion: for there the Lord commanded the blessing, even life for evermore.

Ps. 135:3
Praise the Lord; for the Lord is good: sing praises unto his name; for it is pleasant.

Ps. 137:3
For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion.

Ps. 137:4
How shall we sing the Lord's song in a strange land?

Ps. 138:1
I will praise thee with my whole heart: before the gods will I sing praise unto thee.

Ps. 138:5
Yea, they shall sing in the ways of the Lord: for great is the glory of the Lord.

Ps. 139:2
Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off.

Ps. 144:9
I will sing a new song unto thee, O God: upon a psaltery and an instrument of ten strings will I sing praises unto thee.

Ps. 145:7
They shall abundantly utter the memory of thy great goodness, and shall sing of thy righteousness.

Ps. 146:2
While I live will I praise the Lord: I will sing praises unto my God while I have any being.

Ps. 147:1
Praise ye the Lord: for it is good to sing praises unto our God; for it is pleasant; and praise is comely.

Ps. 147:7
Sing unto the Lord with thanksgiving; sing praise upon the harp unto our God:

Ps. 149:1
Praise ye the Lord. Sing unto the Lord a new song, and his praise in the congregation of saints.

Ps. 149:3
Let them praise his name in the dance: let them sing praises unto him with the timbrel and harp.

Ps. 149:5
Let the saints be joyful in glory: let them sing aloud upon their beds.