Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'hand' occurs 1789 times in the standard works.

655 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'hand' in the standard works and contain 36.6% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 263 minutes to read the entire list.

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Ex. 3:19-4:7 (11 in 11 verses)

Gen. 48:13-22 (10 in 10 verses)

2 Chr. 32:13-22 (10 in 10 verses)

Ps. 144:7-11 (7 in 5 verses)

1 Sam. 24:10-15 (7 in 6 verses)

D&C 84:6-12 (7 in 7 verses)

Lev. 14:14-18 (6 in 5 verses)

Lev. 14:25-29 (6 in 5 verses)

Jer. 22:24-25 (5 in 2 verses)

Jer. 34:20-21 (5 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 12:9-11 (5 in 3 verses)

2 Sam. 21:20-22:1 (5 in 4 verses)

2 Sam. 24:14-17 (5 in 4 verses)

Deut. 15:7-11 (5 in 5 verses)

1 Chr. 21:13-17 (5 in 5 verses)

Ex. 18:9-10 (4 in 2 verses)

Josh. 8:18-19 (4 in 2 verses)

Gen. 38:28-30 (4 in 3 verses)

1 Kgs. 13:4-6 (4 in 3 verses)

2 Kgs. 18:33-35 (4 in 3 verses)

Isa. 36:18-20 (4 in 3 verses)

Jer. 21:5-7 (4 in 3 verses)

Jer. 46:24-26 (4 in 3 verses)

Gen. 9:2-5 (4 in 4 verses)

Judg. 7:6-9 (4 in 4 verses)

Judg. 15:15-18 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Sam. 26:23-27:1 (4 in 4 verses)

Neh. 9:27-30 (4 in 4 verses)

Jer. 38:16-19 (4 in 4 verses)

Ezek. 37:17-20 (4 in 4 verses)

Mark 10:37-40 (4 in 4 verses)

Gen. 19:16 (3 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 3:18 (3 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 18:2 (3 in 1 verse)

Jer. 44:30 (3 in 1 verse)

Zech. 11:6 (3 in 1 verse)

Zech. 14:13 (3 in 1 verse)

Deut. 25:11-12 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 14:26-27 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 21:3-4 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 14:10-11 (3 in 2 verses)

Ps. 118:15-16 (3 in 2 verses)

Isa. 9:20-21 (3 in 2 verses)

Jer. 32:3-4 (3 in 2 verses)

Jer. 34:2-3 (3 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 20:5-6 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 19:20-21 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 19:29-30 (3 in 2 verses)

Gen. 32:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 38:18-20 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 40:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 41:42-44 (3 in 3 verses)

Ex. 13:14-16 (3 in 3 verses)

Ex. 17:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)

Deut. 32:39-41 (3 in 3 verses)

Judg. 3:8-10 (3 in 3 verses)

Judg. 7:14-16 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Sam. 12:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Sam. 28:17-19 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Sam. 28:19-21 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Sam. 18:12-14 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Kgs. 13:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Chr. 20:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Chr. 26:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezra 8:31-33 (3 in 3 verses)

Ps. 80:15-17 (3 in 3 verses)

Prov. 6:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

Isa. 51:16-18 (3 in 3 verses)

Jer. 18:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 13:21-23 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 30:10-12 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 40:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

Mark 3:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

Luke 6:8-10 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 8:16-18 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 10:23-25 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 29:25-27 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 107:46-48 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 107:50-52 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 13:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 16:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 43:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 6:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 13:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 15:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 21:24 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 38:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 7:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 13:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 19:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 5:26 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 6:9 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 10:18 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 17:40 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 18:10 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 18:17 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 19:9 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 22:17 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 5:19 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 14:19 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 19:9 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 23:10 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 23:21 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 10:15 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 13:16 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 13:25 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 15:19 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 16:7 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 11:23 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 29:12 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 3:17 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 21:10 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 28:5 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 34:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Neh. 8:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Job 6:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Job 23:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 21:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 31:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 71:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 74:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 89:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 89:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 106:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 123:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 138:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 139:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Prov. 3:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Prov. 10:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Prov. 11:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Prov. 16:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Song. 2:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Song. 8:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 5:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 48:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 62:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 15:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 26:24 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 32:28 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 36:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 38:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 16:46 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 23:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 23:28 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 39:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Dan. 5:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Dan. 8:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Dan. 12:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Jonah 4:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 6:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Acts 13:11 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 20:13 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 15:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Jacob 5:47 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 4:4 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 13:3 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 26:5 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 36:2 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 49:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Abr. 3:12 (2 in 1 verse)

JS-H 1:60 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 24:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 39:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 39:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 39:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 4:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 7:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 8:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 10:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 14:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 14:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 14:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 33:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 12:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 23:25-24:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 33:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 9:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 24:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 2:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 6:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 6:36-37 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 8:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 15:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 5:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 17:49-50 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 23:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 23:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 23:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 26:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 13:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 20:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 11:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 11:34-35 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 18:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 13:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 4:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 16:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 34:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)


Job 1:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

 1:11 But put forth thine hand now, and touch all that he hath, and he will curse thee to thy face.

 1:12 And the Lord said unto Satan, Behold, all that he hath is in thy power; only upon himself put not forth thine hand. So Satan went forth from the presence of the Lord.




Job 2:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Job 12:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 44:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 106:41-42 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 109:31-110:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Eccl. 5:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 10:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 10:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 11:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 14:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 51:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 20:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 32:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Lam. 2:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Lam. 2:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 9:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 10:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 20:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 20:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 25:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 28:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 30:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 36:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 5:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 11:41-42 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 25:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 26:45-46 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 21:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

John 10:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 2:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 7:55-56 (2 in 2 verses)

Rev. 1:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Rev. 1:20-2:1 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 17:53-54 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 1:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 8:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 20:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 20:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 21:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 24:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 5:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 17:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 26:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 5:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 9:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 15:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 30:51-52 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 1:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 39:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 85:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 129:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 7:56-57 (2 in 2 verses)

Abr. 1:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Abr. 2:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 1310 464 1774
Gen. 88 31 119
Ex. 88 20 108
Lev. 31 18 49
Num. 36 7 43
Deut. 68 21 89
Josh. 36 1 37
Judg. 65 29 94
Ruth 3 5 8
1 Sam. 102 23 125
2 Sam. 54 20 74
1 Kgs. 36 10 46
2 Kgs. 56 16 72
1 Chr. 32 6 38
2 Chr. 59 14 73
Ezra 16 6 22
Neh. 14 7 21
Esth. 9 4 13
Job 45 20 65
Ps. 97 52 149
Prov. 25 20 45
Eccl. 8 7 15
Song. 5 4 9
Isa. 82 30 112
Jer. 88 30 118
Lam. 11 9 20
Ezek. 96 32 128
Dan. 21 4 25
Hosea 3 1 4
Joel 3 1 4
Amos 4 1 5
Obad. 0 1 1
Jonah 2 1 3
Micah 5 2 7
Nahum 0 1 1
Hab. 2 1 3
Zeph. 4 1 5
Hag. 0 3 3
Zech. 13 5 18
Mal. 3 0 3
NT 158 128 286
BM 195 220 415
DC 105 150 255
PGP 21 31 52
TOTAL 1789 993 2782

Job 1:10
Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every side? thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land.

Job 1:11
But put forth thine hand now, and touch all that he hath, and he will curse thee to thy face.

Job 1:12
And the Lord said unto Satan, Behold, all that he hath is in thy power; only upon himself put not forth thine hand. So Satan went forth from the presence of the Lord.

Job 2:5
But put forth thine hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse thee to thy face.

Job 2:6
And the Lord said unto Satan, Behold, he is in thine hand; but save his life.

Job 2:10
But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips.

Job 4:3
Behold, thou hast instructed many, and thou hast strengthened the weak hands.

Job 5:12
He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.

Job 5:15
But he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.

Job 5:18
For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole.

Job 6:9
Even that it would please God to destroy me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!

Job 6:23
Or, Deliver me from the enemy's hand? or, Redeem me from the hand of the mighty?

Job 9:24
The earth is given into the hand of the wicked: he covereth the faces of the judges thereof; if not, where, and who is he?

Job 9:30
If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands never so clean;

Job 9:33
Neither is there any daysman betwixt us, that might lay his hand upon us both.

Job 10:3
Is it good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress, that thou shouldest despise the work of thine hands, and shine upon the counsel of the wicked?

Job 10:7
Thou knowest that I am not wicked; and there is none that can deliver out of thine hand.

Job 10:8
Thine hands have made me and fashioned me together round about; yet thou dost destroy me.

Job 11:13
If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward him;

Job 11:14
If iniquity be in thine hand, put it far away, and let not wickedness dwell in thy tabernacles.

Job 12:6
The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are secure; into whose hand God bringeth abundantly.

Job 12:9
Who knoweth not in all these that the hand of the Lord hath wrought this?

Job 12:10
In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind.

Job 13:14
Wherefore do I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in mine hand?

Job 13:21
Withdraw thine hand far from me: and let not thy dread make me afraid.

Job 14:15
Thou shalt call, and I will answer thee: thou wilt have a desire to the work of thine hands.

Job 15:23
He wandereth abroad for bread, saying, Where is it? he knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.

Job 15:25
For he stretcheth out his hand against God, and strengtheneth himself against the Almighty.

Job 16:11
God hath delivered me to the ungodly, and turned me over into the hands of the wicked.

Job 16:17
Not for any injustice in mine hands: also my prayer is pure.

Job 17:3
Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who is he that will strike hands with me?

Job 17:9
The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.

Job 19:21
Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; for the hand of God hath touched me.

Job 20:10
His children shall seek to please the poor, and his hands shall restore their goods.

Job 20:22
In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: every hand of the wicked shall come upon him.

Job 21:5
Mark me, and be astonished, and lay your hand upon your mouth.

Job 21:16
Lo, their good is not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

Job 22:30
He shall deliver the island of the innocent: and it is delivered by the pureness of thine hands.

Job 23:9
On the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him: he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him:

Job 26:13
By his spirit he hath garnished the heavens; his hand hath formed the crooked serpent.

Job 27:11
I will teach you by the hand of God: that which is with the Almighty will I not conceal.

Job 27:22
For God shall cast upon him, and not spare: he would fain flee out of his hand.

Job 27:23
Men shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place.

Job 28:9
He putteth forth his hand upon the rock; he overturneth the mountains by the roots.

Job 29:9
The princes refrained talking, and laid their hand on their mouth.

Job 29:20
My glory was fresh in me, and my bow was renewed in my hand.

Job 30:2
Yea, whereto might the strength of their hands profit me, in whom old age was perished?

Job 30:12
Upon my right hand rise the youth; they push away my feet, and they raise up against me the ways of their destruction.

Job 30:21
Thou art become cruel to me: with thy strong hand thou opposest thyself against me.

Job 30:24
Howbeit he will not stretch out his hand to the grave, though they cry in his destruction.

Job 31:7
If my step hath turned out of the way, and mine heart walked after mine eyes, and if any blot hath cleaved to mine hands;

Job 31:21
If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate:

Job 31:25
If I rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because mine hand had gotten much;

Job 31:27
And my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand:

Job 33:7
Behold, my terror shall not make thee afraid, neither shall my hand be heavy upon thee.

Job 34:19
How much less to him that accepteth not the persons of princes, nor regardeth the rich more than the poor? for they all are the work of his hands.

Job 34:20
In a moment shall they die, and the people shall be troubled at midnight, and pass away: and the mighty shall be taken away without hand.

Job 34:37
For he addeth rebellion unto his sin, he clappeth his hands among us, and multiplieth his words against God.

Job 35:7
If thou be righteous, what givest thou him? or what receiveth he of thine hand?

Job 37:7
He sealeth up the hand of every man; that all men may know his work.

Job 40:4
Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth.

Job 40:14
Then will I also confess unto thee that thine own right hand can save thee.

Job 41:8
Lay thine hand upon him, remember the battle, do no more.