Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'know' occurs 1398 times in the standard works.

490 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'know' in the standard works and contain 35.1% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 200 minutes to read the entire list.

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1 Ne. 17:22-29 (10 in 8 verses)

Alma 5:45-48 (7 in 4 verses)

2 Ne. 9:1-5 (7 in 5 verses)

Moro. 7:15-19 (7 in 5 verses)

Alma 32:30-36 (7 in 7 verses)

John 7:26-29 (6 in 4 verses)

Alma 12:7-11 (6 in 5 verses)

Alma 36:26-30 (6 in 5 verses)

John 9:20-25 (6 in 6 verses)

1 Jn. 5:15-20 (6 in 6 verses)

2 Ne. 25:3-8 (6 in 6 verses)

Alma 18:3-4 (5 in 2 verses)

John 14:4-7 (5 in 4 verses)

1 Ne. 17:42-46 (5 in 5 verses)

Hel. 9:12-16 (5 in 5 verses)

Morm. 7:1-5 (5 in 5 verses)

Alma 8:11-12 (4 in 2 verses)

Hel. 14:11-12 (4 in 2 verses)

John 9:29-31 (4 in 3 verses)

1 Jn. 2:3-5 (4 in 3 verses)

Alma 29:4-6 (4 in 3 verses)

Alma 30:13-15 (4 in 3 verses)

Alma 58:34-36 (4 in 3 verses)

Hel. 15:7-9 (4 in 3 verses)

John 8:52-55 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Jn. 2:18-21 (4 in 4 verses)

Mosiah 12:30-33 (4 in 4 verses)

Jer. 16:21 (3 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 15:14 (3 in 1 verse)

D&C 19:15 (3 in 1 verse)

Ex. 33:12-13 (3 in 2 verses)

Deut. 8:2-3 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 25:26-27 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 29:7-8 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 32:16-17 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 40:9-10 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 45:18-19 (3 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 21:6-7 (3 in 2 verses)

Ether 4:10-11 (3 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 28:22-24 (3 in 3 verses)

Mark 4:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Thes. 3:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Jn. 2:29-3:2 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 17:53-55 (3 in 3 verses)

Mosiah 24:12-14 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 38:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

Hel. 9:21-23 (3 in 3 verses)

Hel. 9:34-36 (3 in 3 verses)

Ether 4:15-17 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 11:14-16 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 18:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 20:29-31 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 132:22-24 (3 in 3 verses)

JS-H 1:10-12 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 29:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 48:19 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 3:25 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 8:43 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 17:26 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 6:33 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezra 7:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Job 13:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 39:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 139:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Eccl. 1:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Eccl. 7:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Eccl. 9:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 47:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 52:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 59:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 31:34 (2 in 1 verse)

Hosea 6:3 (2 in 1 verse)

John 4:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Acts 19:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Rom. 7:1 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Cor. 13:12 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Cor. 5:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Philip. 4:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Heb. 8:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Jude 1:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Rev. 2:9 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 4:3 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 5:8 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 11:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 9:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 7:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 7:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 8:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 30:52 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 54:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 60:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 60:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 60:33 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 7:29 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 14:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 16:20 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 20:39 (2 in 1 verse)

Morm. 5:23 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 42:65 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 45:22 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 93:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Moses 6:45 (2 in 1 verse)

JS-H 1:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 20:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 42:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 9:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 23:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 17:46-47 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 28:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Job 5:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Job 24:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Job 37:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)


Eccl. 8:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

 8:16 When I applied mine heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done upon the earth: (for also there is that neither day nor night seeth sleep with his eyes:)

 8:17 Then I beheld all the work of God, that a man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun: because though a man labour to seek it out, yet he shall not find it; yea further; though a wise man think to know it, yet shall he not be able to find it.




Isa. 7:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 41:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 44:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 40:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 44:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 6:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 12:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 30:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 37:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 39:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 39:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 2:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Hosea 13:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 24:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 24:42-43 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 25:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 13:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 21:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

John 10:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

John 10:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

John 13:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 17:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 26:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 6:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 6:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 8:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Cor. 13:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Eph. 6:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Thes. 2:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Thes. 4:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Jn. 3:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Rev. 3:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 5:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 17:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 19:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 4:34-35 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 6:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 17:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 31:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 33:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Jacob 7:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

W of M 1:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 1:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 5:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 9:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 10:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 36:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 39:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 8:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 16:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 11:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 12:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 15:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 18:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 21:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 28:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 28:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 29:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Morm. 5:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Morm. 7:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Morm. 8:35-36 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 3:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 12:34-35 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 12:38-39 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 6:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 45:72-73 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 46:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 49:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 50:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 67:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 123:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 6:55-56 (2 in 2 verses)

JS-M 1:38-39 (2 in 2 verses)

JS-M 1:46-47 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 464 397 861
Gen. 24 13 37
Ex. 29 8 37
Lev. 1 6 7
Num. 4 9 13
Deut. 16 20 36
Josh. 9 3 12
Judg. 7 4 11
Ruth 4 4 8
1 Sam. 18 8 26
2 Sam. 8 8 16
1 Kgs. 13 14 27
2 Kgs. 12 3 15
1 Chr. 4 3 7
2 Chr. 10 7 17
Ezra 3 3 6
Neh. 1 3 4
Esth. 3 2 5
Job 40 35 75
Ps. 34 51 85
Prov. 11 56 67
Eccl. 12 24 36
Song. 1 0 1
Isa. 36 32 68
Jer. 40 23 63
Lam. 0 1 1
Ezek. 84 8 92
Dan. 16 29 45
Hosea 10 9 19
Joel 2 1 3
Amos 2 1 3
Jonah 2 0 2
Micah 3 0 3
Nahum 0 2 2
Hab. 0 2 2
Zeph. 0 1 1
Zech. 4 3 7
Mal. 1 1 2
NT 299 277 576
BM 474 359 833
DC 130 146 276
PGP 31 23 54
TOTAL 1398 1202 2600

Eccl. 1:16
I communed with mine own heart, saying, Lo, I am come to great estate, and have gotten more wisdom than all they that have been before me in Jerusalem: yea, my heart had great experience of wisdom and knowledge.

Eccl. 1:17
And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit.

Eccl. 1:18
For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.

Eccl. 2:19
And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured, and wherein I have shewed myself wise under the sun. This is also vanity.

Eccl. 2:21
For there is a man whose labour is in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in equity; yet to a man that hath not laboured therein shall he leave it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil.

Eccl. 2:26
For God giveth to a man that is good in his sight wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him that is good before God. This also is vanity and vexation of spirit.

Eccl. 3:12
I know that there is no good in them, but for a man to rejoice, and to do good in his life.

Eccl. 3:14
I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God doeth it, that men should fear before him.

Eccl. 3:21
Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth?

Eccl. 5:3
For a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool's voice is known by multitude of words.

Eccl. 6:5
Moreover he hath not seen the sun, nor known any thing: this hath more rest than the other.

Eccl. 6:8
For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living?

Eccl. 6:10
That which hath been is named already, and it is known that it is man: neither may he contend with him that is mightier than he.

Eccl. 6:12
For who knoweth what is good for man in this life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun?

Eccl. 7:12
For wisdom is a defence, and money is a defence: but the excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom giveth life to them that have it.

Eccl. 7:22
For oftentimes also thine own heart knoweth that thou thyself likewise hast cursed others.

Eccl. 7:25
I applied mine heart to know, and to search, and to seek out wisdom, and the reason of things, and to know the wickedness of folly, even of foolishness and madness:

Eccl. 8:1
Who is as the wise man? and who knoweth the interpretation of a thing? a man's wisdom maketh his face to shine, and the boldness of his face shall be changed.

Eccl. 8:7
For he knoweth not that which shall be: for who can tell him when it shall be?

Eccl. 8:12
Though a sinner do evil an hundred times, and his days be prolonged, yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that fear God, which fear before him:

Eccl. 8:16
When I applied mine heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done upon the earth: (for also there is that neither day nor night seeth sleep with his eyes:)

Eccl. 8:17
Then I beheld all the work of God, that a man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun: because though a man labour to seek it out, yet he shall not find it; yea further; though a wise man think to know it, yet shall he not be able to find it.

Eccl. 9:1
For all this I considered in my heart even to declare all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God: no man knoweth either love or hatred by all that is before them.

Eccl. 9:5
For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.

Eccl. 9:10
Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.

Eccl. 9:12
For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare; so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them.

Eccl. 10:15
The labour of the foolish wearieth every one of them, because he knoweth not how to go to the city.

Eccl. 11:2
Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth.

Eccl. 11:5
As thou knowest not what is the way of the spirit, nor how the bones do grow in the womb of her that is with child: even so thou knowest not the works of God who maketh all.

Eccl. 11:6
In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good.

Eccl. 11:9
Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.

Eccl. 12:9
And moreover, because the preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge; yea, he gave good heed, and sought out, and set in order many proverbs.