Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'built' occurs 283 times in the standard works.

109 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'built' in the standard works and contain 38.5% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 46 minutes to read the entire list.

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Mosiah 11:8-13 (6 in 6 verses)

3 Ne. 27:8-11 (5 in 4 verses)

Ether 13:5-8 (5 in 4 verses)

2 Chr. 8:1-5 (5 in 5 verses)

2 Chr. 27:3-4 (4 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 22:22-23 (4 in 2 verses)

Ether 2:16-17 (4 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 6:14-16 (4 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 18:12-13 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 21:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Chr. 33:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

Neh. 3:13-15 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 50:2-4 (3 in 3 verses)

Ether 8:23-25 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 84:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 97:10-12 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Sam. 14:35 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 12:25 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 16:24 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 5:16 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 28:3 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 28:28 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 101:53 (2 in 1 verse)

Abr. 2:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 22:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 6:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 9:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 15:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 6:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 8:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 11:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 14:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 26:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 33:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 16:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)


Luke 6:48-49 (2 in 2 verses)

 6:48 He is like a man which built an house, and digged deep, and laid the foundation on a rock: and when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently upon that house, and could not shake it: for it was founded upon a rock.

 6:49 But he that heareth, and doeth not, is like a man that without a foundation built an house upon the earth; against which the stream did beat vehemently, and immediately it fell; and the ruin of that house was great.




2 Ne. 26:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 31:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Morm. 8:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 95:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 156 0 156
NT 14 0 14
Matt. 3 0 3
Mark 1 0 1
Luke 4 0 4
Acts 1 0 1
1 Cor. 1 0 1
Eph. 1 0 1
Col. 1 0 1
Heb. 1 0 1
1 Pet. 1 0 1
BM 70 3 73
DC 36 0 36
PGP 7 0 7
TOTAL 283 3 286

Luke 4:29
And rose up, and thrust him out of the city, and led him unto the brow of the hill whereon their city was built, that they might cast him down headlong.

Luke 6:48
He is like a man which built an house, and digged deep, and laid the foundation on a rock: and when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently upon that house, and could not shake it: for it was founded upon a rock.

Luke 6:49
But he that heareth, and doeth not, is like a man that without a foundation built an house upon the earth; against which the stream did beat vehemently, and immediately it fell; and the ruin of that house was great.

Luke 7:5
For he loveth our nation, and he hath built us a synagogue.