Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'went' occurs 1632 times in the standard works.

592 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'went' in the standard works and contain 36.3% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 255 minutes to read the entire list.

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Ezek. 1:9-24 (16 in 16 verses)

Josh. 15:3-15 (13 in 13 verses)

Josh. 18:8-18 (11 in 11 verses)

2 Sam. 20:2-8 (7 in 7 verses)

Ezek. 10:6-11 (6 in 6 verses)

Ezek. 10:11-16 (6 in 6 verses)

2 Sam. 15:30 (5 in 1 verse)

Josh. 16:6-8 (5 in 3 verses)

Ex. 15:19-22 (5 in 4 verses)

Ex. 14:19-23 (5 in 5 verses)

2 Sam. 17:17-21 (5 in 5 verses)

2 Kgs. 4:33-37 (5 in 5 verses)

2 Kgs. 5:25-27 (4 in 3 verses)

Gen. 7:15-18 (4 in 4 verses)

Judg. 9:5-8 (4 in 4 verses)

Judg. 18:17-20 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Sam. 17:12-15 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Kgs. 18:42-45 (4 in 4 verses)

2 Kgs. 2:11-14 (4 in 4 verses)

Neh. 2:13-16 (4 in 4 verses)

Matt. 20:3-6 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Sam. 6:12 (3 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 16:13 (3 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 7:8 (3 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 48:11 (3 in 1 verse)

Gen. 28:9-10 (3 in 2 verses)

Gen. 41:45-46 (3 in 2 verses)

Judg. 1:16-17 (3 in 2 verses)

Judg. 4:9-10 (3 in 2 verses)

Judg. 9:26-27 (3 in 2 verses)

Judg. 14:18-19 (3 in 2 verses)

Judg. 19:14-15 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 19:22-23 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 30:21-22 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 19:39-40 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 20:13-14 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 8:28-29 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 20:20-21 (3 in 2 verses)

Dan. 6:18-19 (3 in 2 verses)

Gal. 1:17-18 (3 in 2 verses)

Gen. 34:24-26 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 50:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

Num. 22:21-23 (3 in 3 verses)

Num. 32:41-33:1 (3 in 3 verses)

Josh. 8:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)

Judg. 1:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)

Judg. 16:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Sam. 9:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Sam. 23:24-26 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Sam. 15:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Sam. 19:17-19 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Kgs. 13:10-12 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Kgs. 13:12-14 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Kgs. 2:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Kgs. 10:23-25 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Chr. 22:5-7 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 10:2-4 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 36:20-22 (3 in 3 verses)

Matt. 11:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

Matt. 13:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

Luke 7:24-26 (3 in 3 verses)

Luke 8:33-35 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 3:22-24 (3 in 3 verses)

Mosiah 9:5-7 (3 in 3 verses)

JS-H 1:56-58 (3 in 3 verses)

JS-H 1:64-66 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 31:33 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 21:33 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 24:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 2:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 6:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 19:47 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 18:26 (2 in 1 verse)

Ruth 1:7 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 10:26 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 14:46 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 15:34 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 18:30 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 25:42 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 11:13 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 18:9 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 18:33 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 2:40 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 17:5 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 18:6 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 18:16 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 22:24 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 4:21 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 9:21 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 23:29 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 7:23 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 14:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 39:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 41:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 52:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 23:44 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 44:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Dan. 2:24 (2 in 1 verse)

Amos 5:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Jonah 1:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Hab. 3:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Zech. 2:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 25:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Mark 2:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Luke 7:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Acts 10:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Heb. 11:8 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Jn. 2:19 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 4:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 20:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 15:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 30:59 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 47:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 51:33 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 62:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 9:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 14:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 8:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 12:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 25:34-26:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 38:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 38:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)


Ex. 33:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

 33:7 And Moses took the tabernacle, and pitched it without the camp, afar off from the camp, and called it the Tabernacle of the congregation. And it came to pass, that every one which sought the Lord went out unto the tabernacle of the congregation, which was without the camp.

 33:8 And it came to pass, when Moses went out unto the tabernacle, that all the people rose up, and stood every man at his tent door, and looked after Moses, until he was gone into the tabernacle.




Ex. 34:34-35 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 10:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 22:35-36 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 31:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 8:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 1:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 3:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 3:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 11:40-12:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 14:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 15:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 18:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 19:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 20:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 20:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 21:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Ruth 3:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 1:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 3:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 3:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 23:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 24:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 24:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 24:22-25:1 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 25:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 2:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 11:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 11:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 12:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 13:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 13:37-38 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 15:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 23:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 24:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 1:49-50 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 10:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 11:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 16:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 19:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 19:21-20:1 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 20:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 20:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 22:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 2:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 3:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 3:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 5:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 6:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 7:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 8:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 12:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 16:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 19:35-36 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 11:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 8:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 9:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 18:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 26:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezra 7:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Neh. 12:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

Neh. 12:37-38 (2 in 2 verses)

Esth. 3:15-4:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Esth. 7:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Esth. 8:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 37:36-37 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 41:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 8:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 11:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 2:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 4:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 8:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 9:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 21:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 1:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 2:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 5:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 16:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 2:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 2:41-42 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 8:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 9:56-57 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 24:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

John 2:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

John 6:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

John 6:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

John 7:53-8:1 (2 in 2 verses)

John 11:54-55 (2 in 2 verses)

John 18:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

John 18:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

John 20:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 8:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 8:38-39 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 12:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 18:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 21:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Gal. 2:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Heb. 9:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 11:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 13:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Omni 1:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 18:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 21:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 6:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 19:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 21:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 45:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 10:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 19:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 7:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 1062 331 1393
Gen. 110 13 123
Ex. 55 23 78
Lev. 6 4 10
Num. 55 32 87
Deut. 16 2 18
Josh. 66 2 68
Judg. 102 14 116
Ruth 12 0 12
1 Sam. 101 3 104
2 Sam. 97 12 109
1 Kgs. 71 24 95
2 Kgs. 91 19 110
1 Chr. 36 41 77
2 Chr. 48 36 84
Ezra 8 20 28
Neh. 15 21 36
Esth. 11 4 15
Job 8 0 8
Ps. 14 2 16
Prov. 2 0 2
Eccl. 1 0 1
Song. 2 0 2
Isa. 11 2 13
Jer. 29 7 36
Ezek. 63 37 100
Dan. 9 3 12
Hosea 5 0 5
Amos 3 0 3
Jonah 5 0 5
Nahum 1 0 1
Hab. 3 1 4
Hag. 0 7 7
Zech. 6 2 8
NT 338 14 352
BM 199 61 260
DC 7 11 18
PGP 26 12 38
TOTAL 1632 429 2061

Ex. 2:1
And there went a man of the house of Levi, and took to wife a daughter of Levi.

Ex. 2:8
And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, Go. And the maid went and called the child's mother.

Ex. 2:11
And it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown, that he went out unto his brethren, and looked on their burdens: and he spied an Egyptian smiting an Hebrew, one of his brethren.

Ex. 2:13
And when he went out the second day, behold, two men of the Hebrews strove together: and he said to him that did the wrong, Wherefore smitest thou thy fellow?

Ex. 4:18
And Moses went and returned to Jethro his father in law, and said unto him, Let me go, I pray thee, and return unto my brethren which are in Egypt, and see whether they be yet alive. And Jethro said to Moses, Go in peace.

Ex. 4:27
And the Lord said to Aaron, Go into the wilderness to meet Moses. And he went, and met him in the mount of God, and kissed him.

Ex. 4:29
And Moses and Aaron went and gathered together all the elders of the children of Israel:

Ex. 5:1
And afterward Moses and Aaron went in, and told Pharaoh, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Let my people go, that they may hold a feast unto me in the wilderness.

Ex. 5:10
And the taskmasters of the people went out, and their officers, and they spake to the people, saying, Thus saith Pharaoh, I will not give you straw.

Ex. 7:10
And Moses and Aaron went in unto Pharaoh, and they did so as the Lord had commanded: and Aaron cast down his rod before Pharaoh, and before his servants, and it became a serpent.

Ex. 7:23
And Pharaoh turned and went into his house, neither did he set his heart to this also.

Ex. 8:12
And Moses and Aaron went out from Pharaoh: and Moses cried unto the Lord because of the frogs which he had brought against Pharaoh.

Ex. 8:30
And Moses went out from Pharaoh, and entreated the Lord.

Ex. 9:33
And Moses went out of the city from Pharaoh, and spread abroad his hands unto the Lord: and the thunders and hail ceased, and the rain was not poured upon the earth.

Ex. 10:6
And they shall fill thy houses, and the houses of all thy servants, and the houses of all the Egyptians; which neither thy fathers, nor thy fathers' fathers have seen, since the day that they were upon the earth unto this day. And he turned himself, and went out from Pharaoh.

Ex. 10:14
And the locusts went up over all the land of Egypt, and rested in all the coasts of Egypt: very grievous were they; before them there were no such locusts as they, neither after them shall be such.

Ex. 10:18
And he went out from Pharaoh, and entreated the Lord.

Ex. 11:8
And all these thy servants shall come down unto me, and bow down themselves unto me, saying, Get thee out, and all the people that follow thee: and after that I will go out. And he went out from Pharaoh in a great anger.

Ex. 12:18
In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at even, ye shall eat unleavened bread, until the one and twentieth day of the month at even.

Ex. 12:28
And the children of Israel went away, and did as the Lord had commanded Moses and Aaron, so did they.

Ex. 12:38
And a mixed multitude went up also with them; and flocks, and herds, even very much cattle.

Ex. 12:41
And it came to pass at the end of the four hundred and thirty years, even the selfsame day it came to pass, that all the hosts of the Lord went out from the land of Egypt.

Ex. 13:18
But God led the people about, through the way of the wilderness of the Red sea: and the children of Israel went up harnessed out of the land of Egypt.

Ex. 13:21
And the Lord went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; to go by day and night:

Ex. 14:8
And the Lord hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he pursued after the children of Israel: and the children of Israel went out with an high hand.

Ex. 14:19
And the angel of God, which went before the camp of Israel, removed and went behind them; and the pillar of the cloud went from before their face, and stood behind them:

Ex. 14:22
And the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea upon the dry ground: and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left.

Ex. 14:23
And the Egyptians pursued, and went in after them to the midst of the sea, even all Pharaoh's horses, his chariots, and his horsemen.

Ex. 15:19
For the horse of Pharaoh went in with his chariots and with his horsemen into the sea, and the Lord brought again the waters of the sea upon them; but the children of Israel went on dry land in the midst of the sea.

Ex. 15:20
And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances.

Ex. 15:22
So Moses brought Israel from the Red sea, and they went out into the wilderness of Shur; and they went three days in the wilderness, and found no water.

Ex. 16:27
And it came to pass, that there went out some of the people on the seventh day for to gather, and they found none.

Ex. 17:10
So Joshua did as Moses had said to him, and fought with Amalek: and Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill.

Ex. 18:7
And Moses went out to meet his father in law, and did obeisance, and kissed him; and they asked each other of their welfare; and they came into the tent.

Ex. 18:27
And Moses let his father in law depart; and he went his way into his own land.

Ex. 19:3
And Moses went up unto God, and the Lord called unto him out of the mountain, saying, Thus shalt thou say to the house of Jacob, and tell the children of Israel;

Ex. 19:14
And Moses went down from the mount unto the people, and sanctified the people; and they washed their clothes.

Ex. 19:20
And the Lord came down upon mount Sinai, on the top of the mount: and the Lord called Moses up to the top of the mount; and Moses went up.

Ex. 19:25
So Moses went down unto the people, and spake unto them.

Ex. 24:9
Then went up Moses, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel:

Ex. 24:13
And Moses rose up, and his minister Joshua: and Moses went up into the mount of God.

Ex. 24:15
And Moses went up into the mount, and a cloud covered the mount.

Ex. 24:18
And Moses went into the midst of the cloud, and gat him up into the mount: and Moses was in the mount forty days and forty nights.

Ex. 26:2
The length of one curtain shall be eight and twenty cubits, and the breadth of one curtain four cubits: and every one of the curtains shall have one measure.

Ex. 26:18
And thou shalt make the boards for the tabernacle, twenty boards on the south side southward.

Ex. 26:19
And thou shalt make forty sockets of silver under the twenty boards; two sockets under one board for his two tenons, and two sockets under another board for his two tenons.

Ex. 26:20
And for the second side of the tabernacle on the north side there shall be twenty boards:

Ex. 27:10
And the twenty pillars thereof and their twenty sockets shall be of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets shall be of silver.

Ex. 27:11
And likewise for the north side in length there shall be hangings of an hundred cubits long, and his twenty pillars and their twenty sockets of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver.

Ex. 27:16
And for the gate of the court shall be an hanging of twenty cubits, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought with needlework: and their pillars shall be four, and their sockets four.

Ex. 30:13
This they shall give, every one that passeth among them that are numbered, half a shekel after the shekel of the sanctuary: (a shekel is twenty gerahs:) an half shekel shall be the offering of the Lord.

Ex. 30:14
Every one that passeth among them that are numbered, from twenty years old and above, shall give an offering unto the Lord.

Ex. 32:15
And Moses turned, and went down from the mount, and the two tables of the testimony were in his hand: the tables were written on both their sides; on the one side and on the other were they written.

Ex. 33:7
And Moses took the tabernacle, and pitched it without the camp, afar off from the camp, and called it the Tabernacle of the congregation. And it came to pass, that every one which sought the Lord went out unto the tabernacle of the congregation, which was without the camp.

Ex. 33:8
And it came to pass, when Moses went out unto the tabernacle, that all the people rose up, and stood every man at his tent door, and looked after Moses, until he was gone into the tabernacle.

Ex. 34:4
And he hewed two tables of stone like unto the first; and Moses rose up early in the morning, and went up unto mount Sinai, as the Lord had commanded him, and took in his hand the two tables of stone.

Ex. 34:34
But when Moses went in before the Lord to speak with him, he took the veil off, until he came out. And he came out, and spake unto the children of Israel that which he was commanded.

Ex. 34:35
And the children of Israel saw the face of Moses, that the skin of Moses' face shone: and Moses put the veil upon his face again, until he went in to speak with him.

Ex. 36:9
The length of one curtain was twenty and eight cubits, and the breadth of one curtain four cubits: the curtains were all of one size.

Ex. 36:23
And he made boards for the tabernacle; twenty boards for the south side southward:

Ex. 36:24
And forty sockets of silver he made under the twenty boards; two sockets under one board for his two tenons, and two sockets under another board for his two tenons.

Ex. 36:25
And for the other side of the tabernacle, which is toward the north corner, he made twenty boards,

Ex. 38:10
Their pillars were twenty, and their brasen sockets twenty; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets were of silver.

Ex. 38:11
And for the north side the hangings were an hundred cubits, their pillars were twenty, and their sockets of brass twenty; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver.

Ex. 38:18
And the hanging for the gate of the court was needlework, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: and twenty cubits was the length, and the height in the breadth was five cubits, answerable to the hangings of the court.

Ex. 38:24
All the gold that was occupied for the work in all the work of the holy place, even the gold of the offering, was twenty and nine talents, and seven hundred and thirty shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary.

Ex. 38:26
A bekah for every man, that is, half a shekel, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for every one that went to be numbered, from twenty years old and upward, for six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty men.

Ex. 40:32
When they went into the tent of the congregation, and when they came near unto the altar, they washed; as the Lord commanded Moses.

Ex. 40:36
And when the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the children of Israel went onward in all their journeys: