Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'through' occurs 684 times in the standard works.

170 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'through' in the standard works and contain 24.9% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 68 minutes to read the entire list.

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Num. 20:17-21 (6 in 5 verses)

 20:17 Let us pass, I pray thee, through thy country: we will not pass through the fields, or through the vineyards, neither will we drink of the water of the wells: we will go by the king's high way, we will not turn to the right hand nor to the left, until we have passed thy borders.

 20:18 And Edom said unto him, Thou shalt not pass by me, lest I come out against thee with the sword.

 20:19 And the children of Israel said unto him, We will go by the high way: and if I and my cattle drink of thy water, then I will pay for it: I will only, without doing any thing else, go through on my feet.

 20:20 And he said, Thou shalt not go through. And Edom came out against him with much people, and with a strong hand.

 20:21 Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his border: wherefore Israel turned away from him.




Jer. 2:6 (5 in 1 verse)

Judg. 11:16-20 (5 in 5 verses)

1 Sam. 9:4 (4 in 1 verse)

Isa. 28:7 (4 in 1 verse)

Hab. 3:12-15 (4 in 4 verses)

2 Pet. 1:1-4 (4 in 4 verses)

Isa. 43:2 (3 in 1 verse)

Zech. 6:7 (3 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 9:4-5 (3 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 29:11-12 (3 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 47:3-4 (3 in 2 verses)

Rom. 3:24-25 (3 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 14:15-17 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Pet. 2:18-20 (3 in 3 verses)

Mosiah 3:17-19 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 63:64-66 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 90:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 90:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)

Num. 25:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 31:23 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 31:4 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 2:29 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 44:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 66:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 106:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Eccl. 10:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 62:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Nahum 3:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Rom. 4:13 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Cor. 16:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Gal. 3:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Moro. 8:3 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 3:20 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 76:69 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 13:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 21:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 2:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 2:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 18:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 39:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Zech. 1:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 6:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

John 17:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 3:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Rom. 2:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Rom. 3:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

Rom. 11:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

Eph. 2:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Heb. 2:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Heb. 11:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

Heb. 13:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Pet. 1:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 10:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 22:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 12:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 22:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 22:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 13:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 16:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Moro. 10:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 3:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 5:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 20:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 76:86-87 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 84:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 86:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 88:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 132:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 138:57-58 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 284 141 425
Gen. 5 4 9
Ex. 12 25 37
Lev. 7 10 17
Num. 19 26 45
Deut. 16 4 20
Josh. 8 5 13
Judg. 12 5 17
1 Sam. 7 5 12
2 Sam. 12 3 15
1 Kgs. 0 5 5
2 Kgs. 9 1 10
1 Chr. 2 13 15
2 Chr. 7 15 22
Ezra 1 2 3
Neh. 1 0 1
Esth. 2 5 7
Job 10 1 11
Ps. 31 5 36
Prov. 6 0 6
Eccl. 3 0 3
Song. 1 0 1
Isa. 25 0 25
Jer. 16 5 21
Lam. 3 0 3
Ezek. 34 2 36
Dan. 4 0 4
Joel 1 0 1
Amos 2 0 2
Jonah 1 0 1
Micah 2 0 2
Nahum 4 0 4
Hab. 5 0 5
Zech. 16 0 16
NT 179 33 212
BM 113 58 171
DC 96 3 99
PGP 12 1 13
TOTAL 684 236 920

Num. 1:42
Of the children of Naphtali, throughout their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;

Num. 1:52
And the children of Israel shall pitch their tents, every man by his own camp, and every man by his own standard, throughout their hosts.

Num. 2:3
And on the east side toward the rising of the sun shall they of the standard of the camp of Judah pitch throughout their armies: and Nahshon the son of Amminadab shall be captain of the children of Judah.

Num. 2:9
All that were numbered in the camp of Judah were an hundred thousand and fourscore thousand and six thousand and four hundred, throughout their armies. These shall first set forth.

Num. 2:16
All that were numbered in the camp of Reuben were an hundred thousand and fifty and one thousand and four hundred and fifty, throughout their armies. And they shall set forth in the second rank.

Num. 2:24
All that were numbered of the camp of Ephraim were an hundred thousand and eight thousand and an hundred, throughout their armies. And they shall go forward in the third rank.

Num. 2:32
These are those which were numbered of the children of Israel by the house of their fathers: all those that were numbered of the camps throughout their hosts were six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty.

Num. 3:39
All that were numbered of the Levites, which Moses and Aaron numbered at the commandment of the Lord, throughout their families, all the males from a month old and upward, were twenty and two thousand.

Num. 4:22
Take also the sum of the sons of Gershon, throughout the houses of their fathers, by their families;

Num. 4:38
And those that were numbered of the sons of Gershon, throughout their families, and by the house of their fathers,

Num. 4:40
Even those that were numbered of them, throughout their families, by the house of their fathers, were two thousand and six hundred and thirty.

Num. 4:42
And those that were numbered of the families of the sons of Merari, throughout their families, by the house of their fathers,

Num. 10:8
And the sons of Aaron, the priests, shall blow with the trumpets; and they shall be to you for an ordinance for ever throughout your generations.

Num. 10:25
And the standard of the camp of the children of Dan set forward, which was the rearward of all the camps throughout their hosts: and over his host was Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.

Num. 11:10
Then Moses heard the people weep throughout their families, every man in the door of his tent: and the anger of the Lord was kindled greatly; Moses also was displeased.

Num. 13:32
And they brought up an evil report of the land which they had searched unto the children of Israel, saying, The land, through which we have gone to search it, is a land that eateth up the inhabitants thereof; and all the people that we saw in it are men of a great stature.

Num. 14:7
And they spake unto all the company of the children of Israel, saying, The land, which we passed through to search it, is an exceeding good land.

Num. 15:27
And if any soul sin through ignorance, then he shall bring a she goat of the first year for a sin offering.

Num. 15:29
Ye shall have one law for him that sinneth through ignorance, both for him that is born among the children of Israel, and for the stranger that sojourneth among them.

Num. 15:38
Speak unto the children of Israel, and bid them that they make them fringes in the borders of their garments throughout their generations, and that they put upon the fringe of the borders a ribband of blue:

Num. 18:23
But the Levites shall do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation, and they shall bear their iniquity: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations, that among the children of Israel they have no inheritance.

Num. 20:17
Let us pass, I pray thee, through thy country: we will not pass through the fields, or through the vineyards, neither will we drink of the water of the wells: we will go by the king's high way, we will not turn to the right hand nor to the left, until we have passed thy borders.

Num. 20:19
And the children of Israel said unto him, We will go by the high way: and if I and my cattle drink of thy water, then I will pay for it: I will only, without doing any thing else, go through on my feet.

Num. 20:20
And he said, Thou shalt not go through. And Edom came out against him with much people, and with a strong hand.

Num. 20:21
Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his border: wherefore Israel turned away from him.

Num. 21:22
Let me pass through thy land: we will not turn into the fields, or into the vineyards; we will not drink of the waters of the well: but we will go along by the king's high way, until we be past thy borders.

Num. 21:23
And Sihon would not suffer Israel to pass through his border: but Sihon gathered all his people together, and went out against Israel into the wilderness: and he came to Jahaz, and fought against Israel.

Num. 24:8
God brought him forth out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn: he shall eat up the nations his enemies, and shall break their bones, and pierce them through with his arrows.

Num. 25:8
And he went after the man of Israel into the tent, and thrust both of them through, the man of Israel, and the woman through her belly. So the plague was stayed from the children of Israel.

Num. 26:2
Take the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, from twenty years old and upward, throughout their fathers' house, all that are able to go to war in Israel.

Num. 28:14
And their drink offerings shall be half an hin of wine unto a bullock, and the third part of an hin unto a ram, and a fourth part of an hin unto a lamb: this is the burnt offering of every month throughout the months of the year.

Num. 28:21
A several tenth deal shalt thou offer for every lamb, throughout the seven lambs:

Num. 28:24
After this manner ye shall offer daily, throughout the seven days, the meat of the sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord: it shall be offered beside the continual burnt offering, and his drink offering.

Num. 28:29
A several tenth deal unto one lamb, throughout the seven lambs;

Num. 29:4
And one tenth deal for one lamb, throughout the seven lambs:

Num. 29:10
A several tenth deal for one lamb, throughout the seven lambs:

Num. 31:4
Of every tribe a thousand, throughout all the tribes of Israel, shall ye send to the war.

Num. 31:16
Behold, these caused the children of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to commit trespass against the Lord in the matter of Peor, and there was a plague among the congregation of the Lord.

Num. 31:23
Every thing that may abide the fire, ye shall make it go through the fire, and it shall be clean: nevertheless it shall be purified with the water of separation: and all that abideth not the fire ye shall make go through the water.

Num. 33:8
And they departed from before Pi-hahiroth, and passed through the midst of the sea into the wilderness, and went three days' journey in the wilderness of Etham, and pitched in Marah.

Num. 35:29
So these things shall be for a statute of judgment unto you throughout your generations in all your dwellings.