Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'right' occurs 482 times in the standard works.

132 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'right' in the standard works and contain 27.4% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 50 minutes to read the entire list.

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Lev. 8:23-26 (8 in 4 verses)

Lev. 14:14-17 (7 in 4 verses)

Lev. 14:25-28 (7 in 4 verses)

D&C 134:7-12 (6 in 6 verses)

Ex. 29:20-22 (5 in 3 verses)

D&C 107:8-12 (5 in 5 verses)

D&C 9:8-9 (4 in 2 verses)

Ps. 144:8-11 (4 in 4 verses)

Gen. 48:13-14 (3 in 2 verses)

Ps. 118:15-16 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 25:28-29 (3 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 29:8-9 (3 in 2 verses)

Abr. 1:2-3 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 4:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 68:16-18 (3 in 3 verses)

JS-H 1:8-10 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 13:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 15:6 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 7:39 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 22:2 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 3:17 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 34:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 9:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Zech. 11:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Jacob 7:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 29:26 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 7:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 56:40 (2 in 1 verse)

JS-H 1:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 24:48-49 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 48:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 7:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)


Job 42:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

 42:7 And it was so, that after the Lord had spoken these words unto Job, the Lord said to Eliphaz the Temanite, My wrath is kindled against thee, and against thy two friends: for ye have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job hath.

 42:8 Therefore take unto you now seven bullocks and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering; and my servant Job shall pray for you: for him will I accept: lest I deal with you after your folly, in that ye have not spoken of me the thing which is right, like my servant Job.




Ps. 16:11-17:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 109:31-110:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 32:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Lam. 2:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 47:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 5:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 25:33-34 (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)

Mosiah 26:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 134:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 7:56-57 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 293 583 876
Gen. 10 20 30
Ex. 11 5 16
Lev. 25 16 41
Num. 4 1 5
Deut. 14 13 27
Josh. 5 0 5
Judg. 8 2 10
Ruth 1 0 1
1 Sam. 3 4 7
2 Sam. 9 7 16
1 Kgs. 13 7 20
2 Kgs. 14 1 15
1 Chr. 3 5 8
2 Chr. 19 6 25
Ezra 1 1 2
Neh. 5 1 6
Esth. 1 0 1
Job 12 36 48
Ps. 55 173 228
Prov. 19 101 120
Eccl. 2 9 11
Song. 2 2 4
Isa. 14 76 90
Jer. 10 17 27
Lam. 3 1 4
Ezek. 17 41 58
Dan. 1 13 14
Hosea 1 3 4
Amos 2 6 8
Jonah 1 0 1
Micah 0 5 5
Nahum 0 1 1
Hab. 1 4 5
Zeph. 0 1 1
Zech. 6 2 8
Mal. 1 3 4
NT 66 182 248
BM 52 281 333
DC 55 100 155
PGP 16 24 40
TOTAL 482 1170 1652

Job 1:1
There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.

Job 1:8
And the Lord said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil?

Job 2:3
And the Lord said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil? and still he holdeth fast his integrity, although thou movedst me against him, to destroy him without cause.

Job 4:6
Is not this thy fear, thy confidence, thy hope, and the uprightness of thy ways?

Job 4:7
Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished, being innocent? or where were the righteous cut off?

Job 6:25
How forcible are right words! but what doth your arguing reprove?

Job 6:29
Return, I pray you, let it not be iniquity; yea, return again, my righteousness is in it.

Job 8:6
If thou wert pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.

Job 9:15
Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer, but I would make supplication to my judge.

Job 10:15
If I be wicked, woe unto me; and if I be righteous, yet will I not lift up my head. I am full of confusion; therefore see thou mine affliction;

Job 12:4
I am as one mocked of his neighbour, who calleth upon God, and he answereth him: the just upright man is laughed to scorn.

Job 15:14
What is man, that he should be clean? and he which is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?

Job 17:8
Upright men shall be astonied at this, and the innocent shall stir up himself against the hypocrite.

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

Job 18:20
They that come after him shall be astonied at his day, as they that went before were affrighted.

Job 22:3
Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous? or is it gain to him, that thou makest thy ways perfect?

Job 22:19
The righteous see it, and are glad: and the innocent laugh them to scorn.

Job 23:7
There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge.

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 27:6
My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart shall not reproach me so long as I live.

Job 27:7
Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and he that riseth up against me as the unrighteous.

Job 29:14
I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment was as a robe and a diadem.

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 31:26
If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness;

Job 32:1
So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.

Job 33:3
My words shall be of the uprightness of my heart: and my lips shall utter knowledge clearly.

Job 33:23
If there be a messenger with him, an interpreter, one among a thousand, to shew unto man his uprightness:

Job 33:26
He shall pray unto God, and he will be favourable unto him: and he shall see his face with joy: for he will render unto man his righteousness.

Job 33:27
He looketh upon men, and if any say, I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it profited me not;

Job 34:5
For Job hath said, I am righteous: and God hath taken away my judgment.

Job 34:6
Should I lie against my right? my wound is incurable without transgression.

Job 34:17
Shall even he that hateth right govern? and wilt thou condemn him that is most just?

Job 34:23
For he will not lay upon man more than right; that he should enter into judgment with God.

Job 35:2
Thinkest thou this to be right, that thou saidst, My righteousness is more than God's?

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

Job 35:8
Thy wickedness may hurt a man as thou art; and thy righteousness may profit the son of man.

Job 36:3
I will fetch my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe righteousness to my Maker.

Job 36:6
He preserveth not the life of the wicked: but giveth right to the poor.

Job 36:7
He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous: but with kings are they on the throne; yea, he doth establish them for ever, and they are exalted.

Job 37:11
Also by watering he wearieth the thick cloud: he scattereth his bright cloud:

Job 37:21
And now men see not the bright light which is in the clouds: but the wind passeth, and cleanseth them.

Job 39:22
He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted; neither turneth he back from the sword.

Job 40:8
Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous?

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

Job 42:7
And it was so, that after the Lord had spoken these words unto Job, the Lord said to Eliphaz the Temanite, My wrath is kindled against thee, and against thy two friends: for ye have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job hath.

Job 42:8
Therefore take unto you now seven bullocks and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering; and my servant Job shall pray for you: for him will I accept: lest I deal with you after your folly, in that ye have not spoken of me the thing which is right, like my servant Job.