Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'thus' occurs 1358 times in the standard works.

421 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'thus' in the standard works and contain 31% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 184 minutes to read the entire list.

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Ezek. 36:2-7 (6 in 6 verses)

Mosiah 11:17-20 (5 in 4 verses)

Alma 49:19-23 (5 in 5 verses)

D&C 10:23-27 (5 in 5 verses)

D&C 10:25-29 (5 in 5 verses)

2 Sam. 17:15 (4 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 6:17-7:1 (4 in 3 verses)

Alma 4:9-11 (4 in 3 verses)

2 Kgs. 22:15-18 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 1:28-31 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 24:19-22 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 42:23-26 (4 in 4 verses)

3 Ne. 2:16-19 (4 in 4 verses)

3 Ne. 6:14-17 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Kgs. 2:30 (3 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 9:12 (3 in 1 verse)

Gen. 31:8-9 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 14:22-23 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 28:13-14 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 51:21-22 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 56:19-20 (3 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 5:6-7 (3 in 2 verses)

Moses 5:58-59 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 14:5-7 (3 in 3 verses)

Jer. 27:2-4 (3 in 3 verses)

Jer. 34:2-4 (3 in 3 verses)

Jer. 35:17-19 (3 in 3 verses)

Jer. 37:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

Jer. 38:2-4 (3 in 3 verses)

Jer. 45:2-4 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 11:5-7 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 33:25-27 (3 in 3 verses)

Zech. 8:2-4 (3 in 3 verses)

Mosiah 11:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 13:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 19:34-36 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 22:27-29 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 22:31-33 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 35:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 46:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 52:24-26 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 53:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

Hel. 6:13-15 (3 in 3 verses)

Hel. 6:34-36 (3 in 3 verses)

Hel. 6:39-41 (3 in 3 verses)

Hel. 11:37-12:1 (3 in 3 verses)

Hel. 16:8-10 (3 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 1:30-2:2 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 114:1-115:1 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 32:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 7:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 18:4 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 12:10 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 21:19 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 5:4 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 19:6 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 17:7 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 10:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 37:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 14:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 51:64 (2 in 1 verse)

Nahum 1:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Luke 24:46 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 10:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 11:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 18:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 29:47 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 13:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 19:28 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 21:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 24:30 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 30:60 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 44:24 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 48:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 48:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 51:37 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 55:32 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 62:39 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 4:26 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 10:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 11:26 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 7:13 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 28:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Moro. 7:25 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 130:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Moses 6:65 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 31:40-41 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 3:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 14:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 20:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 3:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 9:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 21:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 24:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 34:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 49:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 52:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 5:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 6:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 7:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 9:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 11:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 13:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 18:23-19:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 19:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 21:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 23:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 23:37-38 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 25:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 26:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 28:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 29:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 29:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 29:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 31:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 32:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 33:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 36:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 48:47-49:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 5:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 6:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 11:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 23:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 23:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 25:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 25:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 34:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 35:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 38:23-39:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 39:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 46:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 2:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Amos 3:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Amos 5:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)


Amos 7:17-8:1 (2 in 2 verses)

 7:17 Therefore thus saith the Lord; Thy wife shall be an harlot in the city, and thy sons and thy daughters shall fall by the sword, and thy land shall be divided by line; and thou shalt die in a polluted land: and Israel shall surely go into captivity forth of his land.

 8:1 Thus hath the Lord God shewed unto me: and behold a basket of summer fruit.




Zech. 1:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Zech. 1:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Zech. 8:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Zech. 8:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 21:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 26:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 28:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 31:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 12:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 15:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 11:45-46 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 12:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 17:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 23:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 34:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 43:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 46:36-37 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 47:34-35 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 48:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 50:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 50:35-36 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 51:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 52:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 56:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 57:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 58:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 62:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 63:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 2:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 3:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 10:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 11:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 16:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 4:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 7:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

4 Ne. 1:40-41 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 6:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 52:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 76:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 76:91-92 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 115:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 695 8 703
Gen. 19 7 26
Ex. 27 0 27
Lev. 2 0 2
Num. 17 0 17
Deut. 5 0 5
Josh. 12 0 12
Judg. 10 0 10
1 Sam. 12 0 12
2 Sam. 17 0 17
1 Kgs. 28 0 28
2 Kgs. 36 0 36
1 Chr. 11 1 12
2 Chr. 24 0 24
Ezra 6 0 6
Neh. 3 0 3
Esth. 5 0 5
Job 2 0 2
Ps. 8 0 8
Isa. 51 0 51
Jer. 180 0 180
Ezek. 154 0 154
Dan. 10 0 10
Hosea 1 0 1
Amos 21 0 21
Obad. 1 0 1
Micah 3 0 3
Nahum 2 0 2
Hag. 5 0 5
Zech. 21 0 21
Mal. 2 0 2
NT 42 1 43
BM 478 0 478
DC 119 3 122
PGP 24 8 32
TOTAL 1358 20 1378

Amos 1:3
Thus saith the Lord; For three transgressions of Damascus, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have threshed Gilead with threshing instruments of iron:

Amos 1:6
Thus saith the Lord; For three transgressions of Gaza, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they carried away captive the whole captivity, to deliver them up to Edom:

Amos 1:9
Thus saith the Lord; For three transgressions of Tyrus, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they delivered up the whole captivity to Edom, and remembered not the brotherly covenant:

Amos 1:11
Thus saith the Lord; For three transgressions of Edom, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he did pursue his brother with the sword, and did cast off all pity, and his anger did tear perpetually, and he kept his wrath for ever:

Amos 1:13
Thus saith the Lord; For three transgressions of the children of Ammon, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have ripped up the women with child of Gilead, that they might enlarge their border:

Amos 2:1
Thus saith the Lord; For three transgressions of Moab, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he burned the bones of the king of Edom into lime:

Amos 2:4
Thus saith the Lord; For three transgressions of Judah, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have despised the law of the Lord, and have not kept his commandments, and their lies caused them to err, after the which their fathers have walked:

Amos 2:6
Thus saith the Lord; For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they sold the righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes;

Amos 2:11
And I raised up of your sons for prophets, and of your young men for Nazarites. Is it not even thus, O ye children of Israel? saith the Lord.

Amos 3:11
Therefore thus saith the Lord God; An adversary there shall be even round about the land; and he shall bring down thy strength from thee, and thy palaces shall be spoiled.

Amos 3:12
Thus saith the Lord; As the shepherd taketh out of the mouth of the lion two legs, or a piece of an ear; so shall the children of Israel be taken out that dwell in Samaria in the corner of a bed, and in Damascus in a couch.

Amos 4:12
Therefore thus will I do unto thee, O Israel: and because I will do this unto thee, prepare to meet thy God, O Israel.

Amos 5:3
For thus saith the Lord God; The city that went out by a thousand shall leave an hundred, and that which went forth by an hundred shall leave ten, to the house of Israel.

Amos 5:4
For thus saith the Lord unto the house of Israel, Seek ye me, and ye shall live:

Amos 5:16
Therefore the Lord, the God of hosts, the Lord, saith thus; Wailing shall be in all streets; and they shall say in all the highways, Alas! alas! and they shall call the husbandman to mourning, and such as are skilful of lamentation to wailing.

Amos 7:1
Thus hath the Lord God shewed unto me; and, behold, he formed grasshoppers in the beginning of the shooting up of the latter growth; and, lo, it was the latter growth after the king's mowings.

Amos 7:4
Thus hath the Lord God shewed unto me: and, behold, the Lord God called to contend by fire, and it devoured the great deep, and did eat up a part.

Amos 7:7
Thus he shewed me: and, behold, the Lord stood upon a wall made by a plumbline, with a plumbline in his hand.

Amos 7:11
For thus Amos saith, Jeroboam shall die by the sword, and Israel shall surely be led away captive out of their own land.

Amos 7:17
Therefore thus saith the Lord; Thy wife shall be an harlot in the city, and thy sons and thy daughters shall fall by the sword, and thy land shall be divided by line; and thou shalt die in a polluted land: and Israel shall surely go into captivity forth of his land.

Amos 8:1
Thus hath the Lord God shewed unto me: and behold a basket of summer fruit.