Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'found' occurs 530 times in the standard works.

116 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'found' in the standard works and contain 21.9% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 50 minutes to read the entire list.

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Eccl. 7:27-29 (4 in 3 verses)

Gen. 18:29-32 (4 in 4 verses)

Song. 3:1-4 (4 in 4 verses)

D&C 85:9-12 (4 in 4 verses)

Gen. 44:16-17 (3 in 2 verses)

Acts 5:22-23 (3 in 2 verses)

Gen. 31:33-35 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 44:8-10 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Sam. 9:4 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 13:22 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 21:20 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 25:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Neh. 7:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 2:34 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 52:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 26:60 (2 in 1 verse)

Luke 15:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Acts 27:28 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 1:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 2:11 (2 in 1 verse)

JS-H 1:64 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 22:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 33:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 33:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)


Ex. 35:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

 35:23 And every man, with whom was found blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' hair, and red skins of rams, and badgers' skins, brought them.

 35:24 Every one that did offer an offering of silver and brass brought the Lord's offering: and every man, with whom was found shittim wood for any work of the service, brought it.




Lev. 6:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 15:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 22:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 17:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 20:36-37 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 22:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 4:40-41 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 34:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Job 28:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 1:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 5:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 6:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 2:45-46 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 7:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 15:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 24:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 24:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Rev. 18:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 3:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 22:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 12:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 35:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 6:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 68:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 85:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

JS-H 1:47-48 (2 in 2 verses)

JS-H 1:60-61 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 286 124 410
Gen. 38 2 40
Ex. 16 1 17
Lev. 2 0 2
Num. 5 0 5
Deut. 15 1 16
Josh. 2 1 3
Judg. 5 1 6
Ruth 1 0 1
1 Sam. 22 0 22
2 Sam. 4 2 6
1 Kgs. 14 5 19
2 Kgs. 19 1 20
1 Chr. 9 0 9
2 Chr. 18 3 21
Ezra 5 7 12
Neh. 7 1 8
Esth. 5 0 5
Job 9 5 14
Ps. 10 22 32
Prov. 8 3 11
Eccl. 5 0 5
Song. 6 0 6
Isa. 13 22 35
Jer. 20 27 47
Lam. 1 1 2
Ezek. 3 7 10
Dan. 14 0 14
Hosea 5 1 6
Amos 0 1 1
Jonah 1 0 1
Micah 1 4 5
Hab. 0 1 1
Zeph. 1 0 1
Hag. 0 1 1
Zech. 1 4 5
Mal. 1 0 1
NT 117 34 151
BM 71 86 157
DC 38 47 85
PGP 18 6 24
TOTAL 530 297 827

Ex. 9:18
Behold, to morrow about this time I will cause it to rain a very grievous hail, such as hath not been in Egypt since the foundation thereof even until now.

Ex. 9:19
Send therefore now, and gather thy cattle, and all that thou hast in the field; for upon every man and beast which shall be found in the field, and shall not be brought home, the hail shall come down upon them, and they shall die.

Ex. 12:19
Seven days shall there be no leaven found in your houses: for whosoever eateth that which is leavened, even that soul shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel, whether he be a stranger, or born in the land.

Ex. 15:22
So Moses brought Israel from the Red sea, and they went out into the wilderness of Shur; and they went three days in the wilderness, and found no water.

Ex. 16:27
And it came to pass, that there went out some of the people on the seventh day for to gather, and they found none.

Ex. 21:16
And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death.

Ex. 22:2
If a thief be found breaking up, and be smitten that he die, there shall no blood be shed for him.

Ex. 22:4
If the theft be certainly found in his hand alive, whether it be ox, or ass, or sheep; he shall restore double.

Ex. 22:7
If a man shall deliver unto his neighbour money or stuff to keep, and it be stolen out of the man's house; if the thief be found, let him pay double.

Ex. 22:8
If the thief be not found, then the master of the house shall be brought unto the judges, to see whether he have put his hand unto his neighbour's goods.

Ex. 33:12
And Moses said unto the Lord, See, thou sayest unto me, Bring up this people: and thou hast not let me know whom thou wilt send with me. Yet thou hast said, I know thee by name, and thou hast also found grace in my sight.

Ex. 33:13
Now therefore, I pray thee, if I have found grace in thy sight, shew me now thy way, that I may know thee, that I may find grace in thy sight: and consider that this nation is thy people.

Ex. 33:16
For wherein shall it be known here that I and thy people have found grace in thy sight? is it not in that thou goest with us? so shall we be separated, I and thy people, from all the people that are upon the face of the earth.

Ex. 33:17
And the Lord said unto Moses, I will do this thing also that thou hast spoken: for thou hast found grace in my sight, and I know thee by name.

Ex. 34:9
And he said, If now I have found grace in thy sight, O Lord, let my Lord, I pray thee, go among us; for it is a stiffnecked people; and pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for thine inheritance.

Ex. 35:23
And every man, with whom was found blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' hair, and red skins of rams, and badgers' skins, brought them.

Ex. 35:24
Every one that did offer an offering of silver and brass brought the Lord's offering: and every man, with whom was found shittim wood for any work of the service, brought it.