Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'certain' occurs 213 times in the standard works.

26 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'certain' in the standard works and contain 12.2% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 12 minutes to read the entire list.

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Luke 10:38 (2 in 1 verse)

Acts 16:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 11:24 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 38:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)


Deut. 13:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

 13:13 Certain men, the children of Belial, are gone out from among you, and have withdrawn the inhabitants of their city, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which ye have not known;

 13:14 Then shalt thou inquire, and make search, and ask diligently; and, behold, if it be truth, and the thing certain, that such abomination is wrought among you;




Jer. 52:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 10:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 16:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

John 5:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 5:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 15:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 17:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 25:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 60 34 94
Gen. 4 5 9
Ex. 1 2 3
Lev. 0 2 2
Num. 2 0 2
Deut. 4 0 4
Josh. 0 2 2
Judg. 4 1 5
Ruth 1 0 1
1 Sam. 2 5 7
2 Sam. 1 0 1
1 Kgs. 6 1 7
2 Kgs. 2 1 3
1 Chr. 3 0 3
2 Chr. 4 1 5
Ezra 1 0 1
Neh. 7 0 7
Esth. 2 0 2
Prov. 0 2 2
Jer. 6 8 14
Lam. 0 1 1
Ezek. 2 0 2
Dan. 8 3 11
NT 136 7 143
BM 11 1 12
DC 4 4 8
PGP 2 0 2
TOTAL 213 46 259

Deut. 13:13
Certain men, the children of Belial, are gone out from among you, and have withdrawn the inhabitants of their city, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which ye have not known;

Deut. 13:14
Then shalt thou inquire, and make search, and ask diligently; and, behold, if it be truth, and the thing certain, that such abomination is wrought among you;

Deut. 17:4
And it be told thee, and thou hast heard of it, and inquired diligently, and, behold, it be true, and the thing certain, that such abomination is wrought in Israel:

Deut. 25:2
And it shall be, if the wicked man be worthy to be beaten, that the judge shall cause him to lie down, and to be beaten before his face, according to his fault, by a certain number.