Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'make' occurs 1313 times in the standard works.

436 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'make' in the standard works and contain 33.2% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 183 minutes to read the entire list.

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Ex. 25:17-29 (13 in 13 verses)

Ex. 25:39-26:11 (13 in 13 verses)

Ex. 26:36-27:9 (12 in 11 verses)

Ex. 28:36-42 (7 in 7 verses)

Ex. 28:39-29:2 (7 in 7 verses)

1 Ne. 17:9-12 (6 in 4 verses)

Ex. 28:11-15 (6 in 5 verses)

Ex. 30:1-5 (6 in 5 verses)

Lev. 16:30-34 (6 in 5 verses)

1 Ne. 1:16-20 (6 in 5 verses)

Gen. 6:14-16 (5 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 1:1-3 (5 in 3 verses)

Ex. 22:11-15 (5 in 5 verses)

Ex. 28:2-6 (5 in 5 verses)

Isa. 17:11-12 (4 in 2 verses)

Ex. 20:23-25 (4 in 3 verses)

Dan. 5:15-17 (4 in 3 verses)

Ex. 25:8-11 (4 in 4 verses)

Ex. 30:35-38 (4 in 4 verses)

Lev. 14:18-21 (4 in 4 verses)

Deut. 20:9-12 (4 in 4 verses)

Ezek. 30:9-12 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Ne. 9:2-5 (4 in 4 verses)

3 Ne. 5:16-19 (4 in 4 verses)

JS-H 1:22-25 (4 in 4 verses)

3 Ne. 20:19 (3 in 1 verse)

Num. 5:21-22 (3 in 2 verses)

Isa. 42:15-16 (3 in 2 verses)

Jer. 30:10-11 (3 in 2 verses)

Jer. 46:27-28 (3 in 2 verses)

Nahum 3:14-15 (3 in 2 verses)

Matt. 23:14-15 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 3:17-18 (3 in 2 verses)

Morm. 2:17-18 (3 in 2 verses)

Ex. 26:17-19 (3 in 3 verses)

Ex. 34:15-17 (3 in 3 verses)

Ex. 36:5-7 (3 in 3 verses)

Lev. 5:16-18 (3 in 3 verses)

Lev. 16:16-18 (3 in 3 verses)

Ps. 98:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 13:18-20 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 26:12-14 (3 in 3 verses)

Rom. 9:21-23 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 4:31-33 (3 in 3 verses)

Ether 10:25-27 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 12:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 17:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 17:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 18:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 47:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 48:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 30:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 9:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 11:43 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 21:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 10:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 15:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 15:28 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 31:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 6:18 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 28:15 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 1:47 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 17:13 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 12:38 (2 in 1 verse)

Esth. 4:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Job 11:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Job 11:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Job 24:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 21:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 70:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 70:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 6:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 27:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 41:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 9:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 26:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 51:39 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 21:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Dan. 9:24 (2 in 1 verse)

Hosea 2:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Micah 4:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Hab. 3:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 12:33 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Cor. 8:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Heb. 8:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Rev. 3:9 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 13:40 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 16:10 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 63:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Abr. 2:9 (2 in 1 verse)


Gen. 11:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

 11:3 And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them throughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for mortar.

 11:4 And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.




Ex. 5:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 22:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 23:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 26:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 26:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 28:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 28:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 30:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 12:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 16:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 7:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 9:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 11:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 3:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 13:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 12:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 18:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 17:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 6:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 8:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezra 5:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Job 8:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Job 41:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 45:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 66:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 95:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 1:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 36:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 38:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 50:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 51:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 62:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 19:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 23:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 49:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 49:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 50:44-45 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 51:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 7:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 25:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 32:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 32:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 34:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 2:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 4:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Nahum 1:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Zech. 9:17-10:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Zech. 12:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 5:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 11:39-40 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Cor. 12:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 14:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 19:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 22:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 2:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 7:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 8:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 30:18-31:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 30:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 52:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 56:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Morm. 8:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 7:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 65:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 67:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 93:51-52 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 105:39-40 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 133:68-69 (2 in 2 verses)

Abr. 3:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 909 145 1054
Gen. 47 0 47
Ex. 140 1 141
Lev. 65 3 68
Num. 37 0 37
Deut. 39 7 46
Josh. 14 0 14
Judg. 5 1 6
Ruth 2 0 2
1 Sam. 24 3 27
2 Sam. 14 2 16
1 Kgs. 21 0 21
2 Kgs. 14 0 14
1 Chr. 13 0 13
2 Chr. 20 0 20
Ezra 8 0 8
Neh. 7 0 7
Esth. 7 0 7
Job 33 19 52
Ps. 69 30 99
Prov. 13 21 34
Eccl. 3 5 8
Song. 2 1 3
Isa. 85 25 110
Jer. 73 11 84
Lam. 1 0 1
Ezek. 70 2 72
Dan. 28 5 33
Hosea 11 1 12
Joel 1 0 1
Amos 4 3 7
Micah 11 0 11
Nahum 9 1 10
Hab. 5 4 9
Zeph. 4 0 4
Hag. 1 0 1
Zech. 7 0 7
Mal. 2 0 2
NT 146 30 176
BM 176 15 191
DC 63 12 75
PGP 19 1 20
TOTAL 1313 203 1516

Gen. 1:26
And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

Gen. 2:18
And the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.

Gen. 3:6
And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.

Gen. 3:21
Unto Adam also and to his wife did the Lord God make coats of skins, and clothed them.

Gen. 6:14
Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch.

Gen. 6:15
And this is the fashion which thou shalt make it of: The length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits.

Gen. 6:16
A window shalt thou make to the ark, and in a cubit shalt thou finish it above; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side thereof; with lower, second, and third stories shalt thou make it.

Gen. 9:12
And God said, This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations:

Gen. 11:3
And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them throughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for mortar.

Gen. 11:4
And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.

Gen. 12:2
And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:

Gen. 13:16
And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered.

Gen. 17:2
And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly.

Gen. 17:6
And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee.

Gen. 17:20
And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee: Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly; twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation.

Gen. 18:6
And Abraham hastened into the tent unto Sarah, and said, Make ready quickly three measures of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes upon the hearth.

Gen. 19:32
Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.

Gen. 19:34
And it came to pass on the morrow, that the firstborn said unto the younger, Behold, I lay yesternight with my father: let us make him drink wine this night also; and go thou in, and lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.

Gen. 21:13
And also of the son of the bondwoman will I make a nation, because he is thy seed.

Gen. 21:18
Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand; for I will make him a great nation.

Gen. 24:3
And I will make thee swear by the Lord, the God of heaven, and the God of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife unto my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell:

Gen. 26:4
And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed;

Gen. 26:28
And they said, We saw certainly that the Lord was with thee: and we said, Let there be now an oath betwixt us, even betwixt us and thee, and let us make a covenant with thee;

Gen. 27:4
And make me savoury meat, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I may eat; that my soul may bless thee before I die.

Gen. 27:7
Bring me venison, and make me savoury meat, that I may eat, and bless thee before the Lord before my death.

Gen. 27:9
Go now to the flock, and fetch me from thence two good kids of the goats; and I will make them savoury meat for thy father, such as he loveth:

Gen. 28:3
And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest be a multitude of people;

Gen. 31:44
Now therefore come thou, let us make a covenant, I and thou; and let it be for a witness between me and thee.

Gen. 32:12
And thou saidst, I will surely do thee good, and make thy seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.

Gen. 34:9
And make ye marriages with us, and give your daughters unto us, and take our daughters unto you.

Gen. 34:30
And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, Ye have troubled me to make me to stink among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites: and I being few in number, they shall gather themselves together against me, and slay me; and I shall be destroyed, I and my house.

Gen. 35:1
And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Beth-el, and dwell there: and make there an altar unto God, that appeared unto thee when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother.

Gen. 35:3
And let us arise, and go up to Beth-el; and I will make there an altar unto God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way which I went.

Gen. 40:14
But think on me when it shall be well with thee, and shew kindness, I pray thee, unto me, and make mention of me unto Pharaoh, and bring me out of this house:

Gen. 43:16
And when Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the ruler of his house, Bring these men home, and slay, and make ready; for these men shall dine with me at noon.

Gen. 46:3
And he said, I am God, the God of thy father: fear not to go down into Egypt; for I will there make of thee a great nation:

Gen. 47:6
The land of Egypt is before thee; in the best of the land make thy father and brethren to dwell; in the land of Goshen let them dwell: and if thou knowest any men of activity among them, then make them rulers over my cattle.

Gen. 48:4
And said unto me, Behold, I will make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, and I will make of thee a multitude of people; and will give this land to thy seed after thee for an everlasting possession.

Gen. 48:20
And he blessed them that day, saying, In thee shall Israel bless, saying, God make thee as Ephraim and as Manasseh: and he set Ephraim before Manasseh.