Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'took' occurs 907 times in the standard works.

226 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'took' in the standard works and contain 24.9% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 101 minutes to read the entire list.

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Alma 31:6-7 (5 in 2 verses)

JS-H 1:63-65 (4 in 3 verses)

2 Sam. 13:8-11 (4 in 4 verses)

Jer. 38:11-14 (4 in 4 verses)

Matt. 25:1-4 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Kgs. 14:26 (3 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 16:7 (3 in 1 verse)


Deut. 2:34-35 (3 in 2 verses)

 2:34 And we took all his cities at that time, and utterly destroyed the men, and the women, and the little ones, of every city, we left none to remain:

 2:35 Only the cattle we took for a prey unto ourselves, and the spoil of the cities which we took.




Alma 62:14-15 (3 in 2 verses)

Ex. 24:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

Lev. 8:28-30 (3 in 3 verses)

Num. 31:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)

Judg. 9:48-50 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Sam. 5:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Kgs. 2:12-14 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Kgs. 25:18-20 (3 in 3 verses)

Jer. 52:24-26 (3 in 3 verses)

Luke 20:29-31 (3 in 3 verses)

Heb. 2:14-16 (3 in 3 verses)

Abr. 2:2-4 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 22:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 43:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 4:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 3:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 4:21 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 12:9 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 30:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 10:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Omni 1:29 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 14:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 15:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 55:24 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 56:57 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 62:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Abr. 2:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 14:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 24:67-25:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 31:45-46 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 32:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 34:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 34:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 13:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 14:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 8:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 8:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 3:49-50 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 10:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 24:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 32:41-42 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 3:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 7:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 10:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 11:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 7:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 12:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 19:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 31:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 1:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 8:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 12:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 20:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 3:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 6:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 10:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 12:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 14:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 16:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 25:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 11:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 25:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 32:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 37:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 52:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 14:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 15:36-37 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 16:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 26:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 27:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 27:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 8:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 12:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 14:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 10:34-35 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 18:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 21:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 23:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 24:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 27:35-36 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 4:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Jacob 5:55-56 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 19:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 43:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 44:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 46:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 47:34-35 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 49:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 50:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 50:35-36 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 53:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 63:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 587 13 600
Gen. 81 3 84
Ex. 32 1 33
Lev. 13 0 13
Num. 38 0 38
Deut. 18 0 18
Josh. 35 0 35
Judg. 48 2 50
Ruth 5 0 5
1 Sam. 42 0 42
2 Sam. 42 0 42
1 Kgs. 26 0 26
2 Kgs. 53 1 54
1 Chr. 20 0 20
2 Chr. 41 0 41
Ezra 4 0 4
Neh. 5 0 5
Esth. 5 1 6
Job 2 0 2
Ps. 8 1 9
Prov. 1 0 1
Eccl. 1 0 1
Song. 1 0 1
Isa. 4 0 4
Jer. 34 2 36
Lam. 1 1 2
Ezek. 15 1 16
Dan. 4 0 4
Hosea 3 0 3
Amos 1 0 1
Jonah 1 0 1
Zech. 3 0 3
NT 164 0 164
BM 130 3 133
DC 3 2 5
PGP 23 1 24
TOTAL 907 19 926

Deut. 1:15
So I took the chief of your tribes, wise men, and known, and made them heads over you, captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, and captains over fifties, and captains over tens, and officers among your tribes.

Deut. 1:23
And the saying pleased me well: and I took twelve men of you, one of a tribe:

Deut. 1:25
And they took of the fruit of the land in their hands, and brought it down unto us, and brought us word again, and said, It is a good land which the Lord our God doth give us.

Deut. 2:1
Then we turned, and took our journey into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea, as the Lord spake unto me: and we compassed mount Seir many days.

Deut. 2:34
And we took all his cities at that time, and utterly destroyed the men, and the women, and the little ones, of every city, we left none to remain:

Deut. 2:35
Only the cattle we took for a prey unto ourselves, and the spoil of the cities which we took.

Deut. 3:4
And we took all his cities at that time, there was not a city which we took not from them, threescore cities, all the region of Argob, the kingdom of Og in Bashan.

Deut. 3:7
But all the cattle, and the spoil of the cities, we took for a prey to ourselves.

Deut. 3:8
And we took at that time out of the hand of the two kings of the Amorites the land that was on this side Jordan, from the river of Arnon unto mount Hermon;

Deut. 3:14
Jair the son of Manasseh took all the country of Argob unto the coasts of Geshuri and Maachathi; and called them after his own name, Bashan-havoth-jair, unto this day.

Deut. 9:17
And I took the two tables, and cast them out of my two hands, and brake them before your eyes.

Deut. 9:21
And I took your sin, the calf which ye had made, and burnt it with fire, and stamped it, and ground it very small, even until it was as small as dust: and I cast the dust thereof into the brook that descended out of the mount.

Deut. 10:6
And the children of Israel took their journey from Beeroth of the children of Jaakan to Mosera: there Aaron died, and there he was buried; and Eleazar his son ministered in the priest's office in his stead.

Deut. 22:14
And give occasions of speech against her, and bring up an evil name upon her, and say, I took this woman, and when I came to her, I found her not a maid:

Deut. 24:3
And if the latter husband hate her, and write her a bill of divorcement, and giveth it in her hand, and sendeth her out of his house; or if the latter husband die, which took her to be his wife;

Deut. 29:8
And we took their land, and gave it for an inheritance unto the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to the half tribe of Manasseh.