Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'ears' occurs 185 times in the standard works.

49 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'ears' in the standard works and contain 26.5% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 19 minutes to read the entire list.

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Gen. 41:22-27 (6 in 6 verses)

Gen. 41:5-7 (4 in 3 verses)

Jer. 36:13-15 (4 in 3 verses)


Jer. 36:20-21 (3 in 2 verses)

 36:20 And they went in to the king into the court, but they laid up the roll in the chamber of Elishama the scribe, and told all the words in the ears of the king.

 36:21 So the king sent Jehudi to fetch the roll: and he took it out of Elishama the scribe's chamber. And Jehudi read it in the ears of the king, and in the ears of all the princes which stood beside the king.




Matt. 13:15-16 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 128:2-4 (3 in 3 verses)

Lev. 2:14 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 3:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 6:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 17:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 28:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 36:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Acts 28:27 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 16:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 32:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 9:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 8:18-9:1 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Tim. 4:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 43:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 119 531 650
Gen. 14 113 127
Ex. 5 16 21
Lev. 3 26 29
Num. 2 40 42
Deut. 6 13 19
Josh. 1 7 8
Judg. 4 23 27
Ruth 1 1 2
1 Sam. 5 8 13
2 Sam. 4 16 20
1 Kgs. 0 26 26
2 Kgs. 5 49 54
1 Chr. 1 11 12
2 Chr. 3 57 60
Ezra 0 2 2
Neh. 1 6 7
Esth. 0 1 1
Job 6 9 15
Ps. 9 24 33
Prov. 4 4 8
Eccl. 0 7 7
Isa. 16 21 37
Jer. 18 16 34
Lam. 0 3 3
Ezek. 9 10 19
Dan. 0 7 7
Joel 0 3 3
Amos 0 4 4
Micah 1 1 2
Hab. 0 2 2
Zech. 1 3 4
Mal. 0 2 2
NT 32 72 104
BM 10 159 169
DC 23 51 74
PGP 1 48 49
TOTAL 185 861 1046

Jer. 2:2
Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the Lord; I remember thee, the kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals, when thou wentest after me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown.

Jer. 5:21
Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; which have eyes, and see not; which have ears, and hear not:

Jer. 9:1
Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!

Jer. 9:18
And let them make haste, and take up a wailing for us, that our eyes may run down with tears, and our eyelids gush out with waters.

Jer. 13:17
But if ye will not hear it, my soul shall weep in secret places for your pride; and mine eye shall weep sore, and run down with tears, because the Lord's flock is carried away captive.

Jer. 14:17
Therefore thou shalt say this word unto them; Let mine eyes run down with tears night and day, and let them not cease: for the virgin daughter of my people is broken with a great breach, with a very grievous blow.

Jer. 19:3
And say, Hear ye the word of the Lord, O kings of Judah, and inhabitants of Jerusalem; Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, the which whosoever heareth, his ears shall tingle.

Jer. 25:11
And this whole land shall be a desolation, and an astonishment; and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years.

Jer. 25:12
And it shall come to pass, when seventy years are accomplished, that I will punish the king of Babylon, and that nation, saith the Lord, for their iniquity, and the land of the Chaldeans, and will make it perpetual desolations.

Jer. 26:11
Then spake the priests and the prophets unto the princes and to all the people, saying, This man is worthy to die; for he hath prophesied against this city, as ye have heard with your ears.

Jer. 26:15
But know ye for certain, that if ye put me to death, ye shall surely bring innocent blood upon yourselves, and upon this city, and upon the inhabitants thereof: for of a truth the Lord hath sent me unto you to speak all these words in your ears.

Jer. 28:3
Within two full years will I bring again into this place all the vessels of the Lord's house, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took away from this place, and carried them to Babylon:

Jer. 28:7
Nevertheless hear thou now this word that I speak in thine ears, and in the ears of all the people;

Jer. 28:11
And Hananiah spake in the presence of all the people, saying, Thus saith the Lord; Even so will I break the yoke of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon from the neck of all nations within the space of two full years. And the prophet Jeremiah went his way.

Jer. 29:10
For thus saith the Lord, That after seventy years be accomplished at Babylon I will visit you, and perform my good word toward you, in causing you to return to this place.

Jer. 29:29
And Zephaniah the priest read this letter in the ears of Jeremiah the prophet.

Jer. 31:16
Thus saith the Lord; Refrain thy voice from weeping, and thine eyes from tears: for thy work shall be rewarded, saith the Lord; and they shall come again from the land of the enemy.

Jer. 34:14
At the end of seven years let ye go every man his brother an Hebrew, which hath been sold unto thee; and when he hath served thee six years, thou shalt let him go free from thee: but your fathers hearkened not unto me, neither inclined their ear.

Jer. 36:6
Therefore go thou, and read in the roll, which thou hast written from my mouth, the words of the Lord in the ears of the people in the Lord's house upon the fasting day: and also thou shalt read them in the ears of all Judah that come out of their cities.

Jer. 36:10
Then read Baruch in the book the words of Jeremiah in the house of the Lord, in the chamber of Gemariah the son of Shaphan the scribe, in the higher court, at the entry of the new gate of the Lord's house, in the ears of all the people.

Jer. 36:13
Then Michaiah declared unto them all the words that he had heard, when Baruch read the book in the ears of the people.

Jer. 36:14
Therefore all the princes sent Jehudi the son of Nethaniah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Cushi, unto Baruch, saying, Take in thine hand the roll wherein thou hast read in the ears of the people, and come. So Baruch the son of Neriah took the roll in his hand, and came unto them.

Jer. 36:15
And they said unto him, Sit down now, and read it in our ears. So Baruch read it in their ears.

Jer. 36:20
And they went in to the king into the court, but they laid up the roll in the chamber of Elishama the scribe, and told all the words in the ears of the king.

Jer. 36:21
So the king sent Jehudi to fetch the roll: and he took it out of Elishama the scribe's chamber. And Jehudi read it in the ears of the king, and in the ears of all the princes which stood beside the king.

Jer. 46:4
Harness the horses; and get up, ye horsemen, and stand forth with your helmets; furbish the spears, and put on the brigandines.

Jer. 48:34
From the cry of Heshbon even unto Elealeh, and even unto Jahaz, have they uttered their voice, from Zoar even unto Horonaim, as an heifer of three years old: for the waters also of Nimrim shall be desolate.

Jer. 52:1
Zedekiah was one and twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.