Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'heart' occurs 1095 times in the standard works.

321 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'heart' in the standard works and contain 29.3% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 122 minutes to read the entire list.

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Ezek. 28:2-6 (6 in 5 verses)

Eccl. 1:16-2:3 (6 in 6 verses)

1 Kgs. 11:2-4 (5 in 3 verses)

1 Chr. 29:17-19 (5 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 11:19-21 (5 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 4:15-19 (5 in 5 verses)

Ex. 9:34-10:1 (4 in 3 verses)

Prov. 15:13-15 (4 in 3 verses)

Eccl. 7:2-4 (4 in 3 verses)

Hel. 13:3-5 (4 in 3 verses)

Ex. 35:34-36:2 (4 in 4 verses)

Judg. 16:15-18 (4 in 4 verses)

Deut. 30:6 (3 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 10:15 (3 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 36:26 (3 in 1 verse)

Luke 6:45 (3 in 1 verse)

Ex. 28:29-30 (3 in 2 verses)

Deut. 29:18-19 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 8:17-18 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 6:7-8 (3 in 2 verses)

Eccl. 11:9-10 (3 in 2 verses)

Jer. 4:18-19 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Jn. 3:20-21 (3 in 2 verses)

Moro. 7:43-44 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 8:1-2 (3 in 2 verses)

Prov. 23:15-17 (3 in 3 verses)

Eccl. 9:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 14:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

Dan. 5:20-22 (3 in 3 verses)

Rom. 10:8-10 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 4:26-28 (3 in 3 verses)

Jacob 3:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 121:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 8:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 20:8 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 14:7 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 17:10 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 19:14 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 15:3 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 12:38 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 28:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 57:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 73:26 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 104:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Prov. 23:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Eccl. 2:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Eccl. 2:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Eccl. 10:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Song. 4:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 6:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 7:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 10:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 65:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 4:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 23:26 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 24:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 48:36 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 49:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Dan. 4:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Obad. 1:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Zech. 10:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Mal. 2:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Mal. 4:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 13:15 (2 in 1 verse)

John 12:40 (2 in 1 verse)

Acts 28:27 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Cor. 7:37 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 1:21 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 16:10 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 17:2 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 20:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Jacob 2:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 10:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 12:10 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 9:20 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 25:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 4:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 8:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Moro. 8:26 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 128:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Moses 8:25 (2 in 1 verse)

JS-H 1:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 6:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 20:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 7:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 7:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 14:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 6:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)


Deut. 9:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

 9:4 Speak not thou in thine heart, after that the Lord thy God hath cast them out from before thee, saying, For my righteousness the Lord hath brought me in to possess this land: but for the wickedness of these nations the Lord doth drive them out from before thee.

 9:5 Not for thy righteousness, or for the uprightness of thine heart, dost thou go to possess their land: but for the wickedness of these nations the Lord thy God doth drive them out from before thee, and that he may perform the word which the Lord sware unto thy fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.




Deut. 15:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 14:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 5:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 19:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 19:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 25:36-37 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 8:38-39 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 9:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 12:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 10:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 7:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 32:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 86:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 101:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 112:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 119:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 119:69-70 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 119:111-112 (2 in 2 verses)

Prov. 14:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Prov. 28:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Eccl. 2:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Eccl. 3:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Eccl. 7:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 44:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 47:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 5:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 17:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 23:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Lam. 2:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Joel 2:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 12:34-35 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 15:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 5:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 8:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Eph. 6:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 12:34-35 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 31:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 32:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 37:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 37:36-37 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 2:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 12:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 18:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 23:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 25:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 727 78 805
Gen. 11 2 13
Ex. 37 10 47
Lev. 2 2 4
Num. 3 0 3
Deut. 47 3 50
Josh. 5 4 9
Judg. 12 3 15
Ruth 1 0 1
1 Sam. 23 5 28
2 Sam. 15 2 17
1 Kgs. 34 2 36
2 Kgs. 14 0 14
1 Chr. 18 1 19
2 Chr. 35 5 40
Ezra 3 0 3
Neh. 5 0 5
Esth. 4 0 4
Job 23 1 24
Ps. 125 10 135
Prov. 81 5 86
Eccl. 40 0 40
Song. 5 0 5
Isa. 40 6 46
Jer. 58 8 66
Lam. 9 0 9
Ezek. 38 4 42
Dan. 14 1 15
Hosea 9 1 10
Joel 2 0 2
Obad. 2 0 2
Nahum 1 0 1
Zeph. 3 0 3
Zech. 4 3 7
Mal. 4 0 4
NT 106 64 170
BM 162 289 451
DC 85 109 194
PGP 15 10 25
TOTAL 1095 550 1645

Deut. 1:28
Whither shall we go up? our brethren have discouraged our heart, saying, The people is greater and taller than we; the cities are great and walled up to heaven; and moreover we have seen the sons of the Anakims there.

Deut. 2:30
But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass by him: for the Lord thy God hardened his spirit, and made his heart obstinate, that he might deliver him into thy hand, as appeareth this day.

Deut. 4:9
Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons' sons;

Deut. 4:29
But if from thence thou shalt seek the Lord thy God, thou shalt find him, if thou seek him with all thy heart and with all thy soul.

Deut. 4:39
Know therefore this day, and consider it in thine heart, that the Lord he is God in heaven above, and upon the earth beneath: there is none else.

Deut. 5:29
O that there were such an heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their children for ever!

Deut. 6:5
And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.

Deut. 6:6
And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart:

Deut. 7:17
If thou shalt say in thine heart, These nations are more than I; how can I dispossess them?

Deut. 8:2
And thou shalt remember all the way which the Lord thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no.

Deut. 8:5
Thou shalt also consider in thine heart, that, as a man chasteneth his son, so the Lord thy God chasteneth thee.

Deut. 8:14
Then thine heart be lifted up, and thou forget the Lord thy God, which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage;

Deut. 8:17
And thou say in thine heart, My power and the might of mine hand hath gotten me this wealth.

Deut. 9:4
Speak not thou in thine heart, after that the Lord thy God hath cast them out from before thee, saying, For my righteousness the Lord hath brought me in to possess this land: but for the wickedness of these nations the Lord doth drive them out from before thee.

Deut. 9:5
Not for thy righteousness, or for the uprightness of thine heart, dost thou go to possess their land: but for the wickedness of these nations the Lord thy God doth drive them out from before thee, and that he may perform the word which the Lord sware unto thy fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

Deut. 10:12
And now, Israel, what doth the Lord thy God require of thee, but to fear the Lord thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the Lord thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul,

Deut. 10:16
Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no more stiffnecked.

Deut. 11:13
And it shall come to pass, if ye shall hearken diligently unto my commandments which I command you this day, to love the Lord your God, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul,

Deut. 11:16
Take heed to yourselves, that your heart be not deceived, and ye turn aside, and serve other gods, and worship them;

Deut. 11:18
Therefore shall ye lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul, and bind them for a sign upon your hand, that they may be as frontlets between your eyes.

Deut. 13:3
Thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams: for the Lord your God proveth you, to know whether ye love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul.

Deut. 15:7
If there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren within any of thy gates in thy land which the Lord thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thine heart, nor shut thine hand from thy poor brother:

Deut. 15:9
Beware that there be not a thought in thy wicked heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thine eye be evil against thy poor brother, and thou givest him nought; and he cry unto the Lord against thee, and it be sin unto thee.

Deut. 15:10
Thou shalt surely give him, and thine heart shall not be grieved when thou givest unto him: because that for this thing the Lord thy God shall bless thee in all thy works, and in all that thou puttest thine hand unto.

Deut. 17:17
Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart turn not away: neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold.

Deut. 17:20
That his heart be not lifted up above his brethren, and that he turn not aside from the commandment, to the right hand, or to the left: to the end that he may prolong his days in his kingdom, he, and his children, in the midst of Israel.

Deut. 18:21
And if thou say in thine heart, How shall we know the word which the Lord hath not spoken?

Deut. 19:6
Lest the avenger of the blood pursue the slayer, while his heart is hot, and overtake him, because the way is long, and slay him; whereas he was not worthy of death, inasmuch as he hated him not in time past.

Deut. 20:3
And shall say unto them, Hear, O Israel, ye approach this day unto battle against your enemies: let not your hearts faint, fear not, and do not tremble, neither be ye terrified because of them;

Deut. 20:8
And the officers shall speak further unto the people, and they shall say, What man is there that is fearful and fainthearted? let him go and return unto his house, lest his brethren's heart faint as well as his heart.

Deut. 24:15
At his day thou shalt give him his hire, neither shall the sun go down upon it; for he is poor, and setteth his heart upon it: lest he cry against thee unto the Lord, and it be sin unto thee.

Deut. 26:16
This day the Lord thy God hath commanded thee to do these statutes and judgments: thou shalt therefore keep and do them with all thine heart, and with all thy soul.

Deut. 28:28
The Lord shall smite thee with madness, and blindness, and astonishment of heart:

Deut. 28:47
Because thou servedst not the Lord thy God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, for the abundance of all things;

Deut. 28:65
And among these nations shalt thou find no ease, neither shall the sole of thy foot have rest: but the Lord shall give thee there a trembling heart, and failing of eyes, and sorrow of mind:

Deut. 28:67
In the morning thou shalt say, Would God it were even! and at even thou shalt say, Would God it were morning! for the fear of thine heart wherewith thou shalt fear, and for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see.

Deut. 29:4
Yet the Lord hath not given you an heart to perceive, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, unto this day.

Deut. 29:18
Lest there should be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart turneth away this day from the Lord our God, to go and serve the gods of these nations; lest there should be among you a root that beareth gall and wormwood;

Deut. 29:19
And it come to pass, when he heareth the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the imagination of mine heart, to add drunkenness to thirst:

Deut. 30:2
And shalt return unto the Lord thy God, and shalt obey his voice according to all that I command thee this day, thou and thy children, with all thine heart, and with all thy soul;

Deut. 30:6
And the Lord thy God will circumcise thine heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live.

Deut. 30:10
If thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which are written in this book of the law, and if thou turn unto the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul.

Deut. 30:14
But the word is very nigh unto thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart, that thou mayest do it.

Deut. 30:17
But if thine heart turn away, so that thou wilt not hear, but shalt be drawn away, and worship other gods, and serve them;

Deut. 32:46
And he said unto them, Set your hearts unto all the words which I testify among you this day, which ye shall command your children to observe to do, all the words of this law.