Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'head' occurs 455 times in the standard works.

124 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'head' in the standard works and contain 27.3% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 47 minutes to read the entire list.

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1 Cor. 11:3-10 (9 in 8 verses)

Lev. 13:40-45 (7 in 6 verses)

Gen. 48:14-18 (6 in 5 verses)

Num. 6:5-9 (5 in 5 verses)

Isa. 7:8-9 (4 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 17:8-9 (4 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 4:7-8 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 14:25-26 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 2:32-33 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 4:18-19 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 50:33-34 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 15:30-32 (3 in 3 verses)

Hel. 1:28-30 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 49:26 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 16:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 21:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 6:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 33:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 2:19 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 12:30 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 13:19 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 2:23 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 4:19 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 20:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Song. 7:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Zech. 3:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Eph. 5:23 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 8:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 5:8 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 28:6 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 124:57 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 40:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 40:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 29:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 13:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)


Judg. 11:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

 11:8 And the elders of Gilead said unto Jephthah, Therefore we turn again to thee now, that thou mayest go with us, and fight against the children of Ammon, and be our head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.

 11:9 And Jephthah said unto the elders of Gilead, If ye bring me home again to fight against the children of Ammon, and the Lord deliver them before me, shall I be your head?




2 Sam. 20:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 6:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 10:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 1:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 9:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Hab. 3:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 27:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 6:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 6:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 19:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 15:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 305 115 420
Gen. 17 2 19
Ex. 11 6 17
Lev. 41 6 47
Num. 13 7 20
Deut. 9 5 14
Josh. 4 9 13
Judg. 11 3 14
1 Sam. 16 4 20
2 Sam. 25 1 26
1 Kgs. 9 3 12
2 Kgs. 15 3 18
1 Chr. 5 15 20
2 Chr. 2 6 8
Ezra 2 0 2
Neh. 1 1 2
Esth. 4 0 4
Job 7 3 10
Ps. 21 8 29
Prov. 7 0 7
Eccl. 2 0 2
Song. 6 0 6
Isa. 18 3 21
Jer. 10 3 13
Lam. 3 2 5
Ezek. 17 20 37
Dan. 12 1 13
Hosea 1 0 1
Joel 2 0 2
Amos 3 0 3
Obad. 1 0 1
Jonah 3 0 3
Micah 1 3 4
Hab. 2 0 2
Zech. 4 1 5
NT 59 38 97
BM 66 44 110
DC 19 26 45
PGP 6 6 12
TOTAL 455 229 684

Judg. 5:26
She put her hand to the nail, and her right hand to the workmen's hammer; and with the hammer she smote Sisera, she smote off his head, when she had pierced and stricken through his temples.

Judg. 7:25
And they took two princes of the Midianites, Oreb and Zeeb; and they slew Oreb upon the rock Oreb, and Zeeb they slew at the winepress of Zeeb, and pursued Midian, and brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon on the other side Jordan.

Judg. 8:28
Thus was Midian subdued before the children of Israel, so that they lifted up their heads no more. And the country was in quietness forty years in the days of Gideon.

Judg. 9:53
And a certain woman cast a piece of a millstone upon Abimelech's head, and all to brake his skull.

Judg. 9:57
And all the evil of the men of Shechem did God render upon their heads: and upon them came the curse of Jotham the son of Jerubbaal.

Judg. 10:18
And the people and princes of Gilead said one to another, What man is he that will begin to fight against the children of Ammon? he shall be head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.

Judg. 11:8
And the elders of Gilead said unto Jephthah, Therefore we turn again to thee now, that thou mayest go with us, and fight against the children of Ammon, and be our head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.

Judg. 11:9
And Jephthah said unto the elders of Gilead, If ye bring me home again to fight against the children of Ammon, and the Lord deliver them before me, shall I be your head?

Judg. 11:11
Then Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him head and captain over them: and Jephthah uttered all his words before the Lord in Mizpeh.

Judg. 13:5
For, lo, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son; and no razor shall come on his head: for the child shall be a Nazarite unto God from the womb: and he shall begin to deliver Israel out of the hand of the Philistines.

Judg. 16:13
And Delilah said unto Samson, Hitherto thou hast mocked me, and told me lies: tell me wherewith thou mightest be bound. And he said unto her, If thou weavest the seven locks of my head with the web.

Judg. 16:17
That he told her all his heart, and said unto her, There hath not come a razor upon mine head; for I have been a Nazarite unto God from my mother's womb: if I be shaven, then my strength will go from me, and I shall become weak, and be like any other man.

Judg. 16:19
And she made him sleep upon her knees; and she called for a man, and she caused him to shave off the seven locks of his head; and she began to afflict him, and his strength went from him.

Judg. 16:22
Howbeit the hair of his head began to grow again after he was shaven.