Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'though' occurs 267 times in the standard works.

68 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'though' in the standard works and contain 25.5% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 23 minutes to read the entire list.

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Amos 9:2-4 (5 in 3 verses)

1 Cor. 13:1-3 (5 in 3 verses)

Ps. 46:2-3 (4 in 2 verses)


1 Cor. 7:29-30 (4 in 2 verses)

 7:29 But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none;

 7:30 And they that weep, as though they wept not; and they that rejoice, as though they rejoiced not; and they that buy, as though they possessed not;




Jer. 4:30-5:2 (4 in 4 verses)

2 Cor. 7:8 (3 in 1 verse)

Job 20:12-13 (3 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 32:25-27 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Pet. 1:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

Josh. 17:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Job 16:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 27:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Eccl. 8:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 1:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 5:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 51:53 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 2:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Obad. 1:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Nahum 1:12 (2 in 1 verse)

JS-H 1:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Job 19:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 138:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 45:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 16:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 11:35-36 (2 in 2 verses)

JS-H 1:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 149 107 256
NT 84 48 132
Matt. 3 11 14
Mark 0 4 4
Luke 6 13 19
John 6 2 8
Acts 10 7 17
Rom. 5 1 6
1 Cor. 15 2 17
2 Cor. 18 2 20
Gal. 3 0 3
Philip. 2 1 3
Col. 2 0 2
1 Thes. 0 1 1
Philem. 1 0 1
Heb. 4 3 7
James 2 1 3
1 Pet. 4 0 4
2 Pet. 1 0 1
2 Jn. 1 0 1
Jude 1 0 1
BM 21 64 85
DC 6 22 28
PGP 7 5 12
TOTAL 267 246 513

1 Cor. 3:20
And again, The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain.

1 Cor. 4:15
For though ye have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet have ye not many fathers: for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel.

1 Cor. 4:18
Now some are puffed up, as though I would not come to you.

1 Cor. 5:3
For I verily, as absent in body, but present in spirit, have judged already, as though I were present, concerning him that hath so done this deed,

1 Cor. 7:29
But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none;

1 Cor. 7:30
And they that weep, as though they wept not; and they that rejoice, as though they rejoiced not; and they that buy, as though they possessed not;

1 Cor. 8:5
For though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or in earth, (as there be gods many, and lords many,)

1 Cor. 9:16
For though I preach the gospel, I have nothing to glory of: for necessity is laid upon me; yea, woe is unto me, if I preach not the gospel!

1 Cor. 9:19
For though I be free from all men, yet have I made myself servant unto all, that I might gain the more.

1 Cor. 13:1
Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.

1 Cor. 13:2
And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.

1 Cor. 13:3
And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing.

1 Cor. 13:11
When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.