Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'make' occurs 1313 times in the standard works.

436 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'make' in the standard works and contain 33.2% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 183 minutes to read the entire list.

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Ex. 25:17-29 (13 in 13 verses)

Ex. 25:39-26:11 (13 in 13 verses)

Ex. 26:36-27:9 (12 in 11 verses)

Ex. 28:36-42 (7 in 7 verses)

Ex. 28:39-29:2 (7 in 7 verses)

1 Ne. 17:9-12 (6 in 4 verses)

Ex. 28:11-15 (6 in 5 verses)

Ex. 30:1-5 (6 in 5 verses)

Lev. 16:30-34 (6 in 5 verses)

1 Ne. 1:16-20 (6 in 5 verses)

Gen. 6:14-16 (5 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 1:1-3 (5 in 3 verses)

Ex. 22:11-15 (5 in 5 verses)

Ex. 28:2-6 (5 in 5 verses)

Isa. 17:11-12 (4 in 2 verses)

Ex. 20:23-25 (4 in 3 verses)

Dan. 5:15-17 (4 in 3 verses)

Ex. 25:8-11 (4 in 4 verses)

Ex. 30:35-38 (4 in 4 verses)

Lev. 14:18-21 (4 in 4 verses)

Deut. 20:9-12 (4 in 4 verses)

Ezek. 30:9-12 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Ne. 9:2-5 (4 in 4 verses)

3 Ne. 5:16-19 (4 in 4 verses)

JS-H 1:22-25 (4 in 4 verses)

3 Ne. 20:19 (3 in 1 verse)

Num. 5:21-22 (3 in 2 verses)

Isa. 42:15-16 (3 in 2 verses)

Jer. 30:10-11 (3 in 2 verses)

Jer. 46:27-28 (3 in 2 verses)

Nahum 3:14-15 (3 in 2 verses)

Matt. 23:14-15 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 3:17-18 (3 in 2 verses)

Morm. 2:17-18 (3 in 2 verses)

Ex. 26:17-19 (3 in 3 verses)

Ex. 34:15-17 (3 in 3 verses)

Ex. 36:5-7 (3 in 3 verses)

Lev. 5:16-18 (3 in 3 verses)

Lev. 16:16-18 (3 in 3 verses)

Ps. 98:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 13:18-20 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 26:12-14 (3 in 3 verses)

Rom. 9:21-23 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 4:31-33 (3 in 3 verses)

Ether 10:25-27 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 12:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 17:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 17:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 18:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 47:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 48:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 30:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 9:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 11:43 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 21:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 10:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 15:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 15:28 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 31:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 6:18 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 28:15 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 1:47 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 17:13 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 12:38 (2 in 1 verse)

Esth. 4:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Job 11:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Job 11:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Job 24:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 21:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 70:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 70:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 6:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 27:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 41:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 9:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 26:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 51:39 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 21:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Dan. 9:24 (2 in 1 verse)

Hosea 2:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Micah 4:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Hab. 3:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 12:33 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Cor. 8:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Heb. 8:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Rev. 3:9 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 13:40 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 16:10 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 63:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Abr. 2:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 11:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 5:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 22:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 23:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 26:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 26:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 28:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 28:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 30:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 12:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 16:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 7:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 9:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 11:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 3:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 13:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 12:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 18:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 17:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 6:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 8:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezra 5:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Job 8:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Job 41:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 45:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 66:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 95:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 1:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 36:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 38:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 50:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 51:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 62:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 19:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 23:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 49:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 49:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 50:44-45 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 51:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 7:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 25:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 32:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 32:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 34:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 2:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 4:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Nahum 1:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Zech. 9:17-10:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Zech. 12:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 5:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 11:39-40 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Cor. 12:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 14:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 19:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 22:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 2:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 7:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 8:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 30:18-31:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 30:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 52:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 56:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Morm. 8:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 7:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 65:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 67:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 93:51-52 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 105:39-40 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 133:68-69 (2 in 2 verses)

Abr. 3:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 909 145 1054
NT 146 30 176
BM 176 15 191
1 Ne. 44 1 45
2 Ne. 31 5 36
Jacob 4 1 5
Enos 0 1 1
Jarom 0 1 1
Omni 4 0 4
W of M 1 0 1
Mosiah 12 0 12
Alma 34 1 35
Hel. 5 1 6
3 Ne. 21 3 24
Morm. 8 0 8
Ether 10 1 11
Moro. 2 0 2
DC 63 12 75
PGP 19 1 20
TOTAL 1313 203 1516

Alma 2:15
And it came to pass that the Amlicites came upon the hill Amnihu, which was east of the river Sidon, which ran by the land of Zarahemla, and there they began to make war with the Nephites.

Alma 2:25
And they are upon our brethren in that land; and they are fleeing before them with their flocks, and their wives, and their children, towards our city; and except we make haste they obtain possession of our city, and our fathers, and our wives, and our children be slain.

Alma 5:25
I say unto you, Nay; except ye make our Creator a liar from the beginning, or suppose that he is a liar from the beginning, ye cannot suppose that such can have place in the kingdom of heaven; but they shall be cast out for they are the children of the kingdom of the devil.

Alma 5:30
And again I say unto you, is there one among you that doth make a mock of his brother, or that heapeth upon him persecutions?

Alma 10:10
And again, I know that the things whereof he hath testified are true; for behold I say unto you, that as the Lord liveth, even so has he sent his angel to make these things manifest unto me; and this he has done while this Alma hath dwelt at my house.

Alma 10:13
Nevertheless, there were some among them who thought to question them, that by their cunning devices they might catch them in their words, that they might find witness against them, that they might deliver them to their judges that they might be judged according to the law, and that they might be slain or cast into prison, according to the crime which they could make appear or witness against them.

Alma 10:16
And it came to pass that they began to question Amulek, that thereby they might make him cross his words, or contradict the words which he should speak.

Alma 17:11
And the Lord said unto them also: Go forth among the Lamanites, thy brethren, and establish my word; yet ye shall be patient in long-suffering and afflictions, that ye may show forth good examples unto them in me, and I will make an instrument of thee in my hands unto the salvation of many souls.

Alma 18:39
But this is not all; for he expounded unto them the plan of redemption, which was prepared from the foundation of the world; and he also made known unto them concerning the coming of Christ, and all the works of the Lord did he make known unto them.

Alma 20:6
Now when Lamoni had heard this he caused that his servants should make ready his horses and his chariots.

Alma 22:18
O God, Aaron hath told me that there is a God; and if there is a God, and if thou art God, wilt thou make thyself known unto me, and I will give away all my sins to know thee, and that I may be raised from the dead, and be saved at the last day. And now when the king had said these words, he was struck as if he were dead.

Alma 24:4
And the king died in that selfsame year that the Lamanites began to make preparations for war against the people of God.

Alma 24:6
Now there was not one soul among all the people who had been converted unto the Lord that would take up arms against their brethren; nay, they would not even make any preparations for war; yea, and also their king commanded them that they should not.

Alma 30:28
Yea, they durst not make use of that which is their own lest they should offend their priests, who do yoke them according to their desires, and have brought them to believe, by their traditions and their dreams and their whims and their visions and their pretended mysteries, that they should, if they did not do according to their words, offend some unknown being, who they say is God-- a being who never has been seen or known, who never was nor ever will be.

Alma 30:29
Now when the high priest and the chief judge saw the hardness of his heart, yea, when they saw that he would revile even against God, they would not make any reply to his words; but they caused that he should be bound; and they delivered him up into the hands of the officers, and sent him to the land of Zarahemla, that he might be brought before Alma, and the chief judge who was governor over all the land.

Alma 34:3
And as ye have desired of my beloved brother that he should make known unto you what ye should do, because of your afflictions; and he hath spoken somewhat unto you to prepare your minds; yea, and he hath exhorted you unto faith and to patience--

Alma 35:11
And thus the Zoramites and the Lamanites began to make preparations for war against the people of Ammon, and also against the Nephites.

Alma 37:17
For he will fulfil all his promises which he shall make unto you, for he has fulfilled his promises which he has made unto our fathers.

Alma 37:29
Therefore ye shall keep these secret plans of their oaths and their covenants from this people, and only their wickedness and their murders and their abominations shall ye make known unto them; and ye shall teach them to abhor such wickedness and abominations and murders; and ye shall also teach them that these people were destroyed on account of their wickedness and abominations and their murders.

Alma 38:6
Now, my son, I would not that ye should think that I know these things of myself, but it is the Spirit of God which is in me which maketh these things known unto me; for if I had not been born of God I should not have known these things.

Alma 45:9
But behold, I have somewhat to prophesy unto thee; but what I prophesy unto thee ye shall not make known; yea, what I prophesy unto thee shall not be made known, even until the prophecy is fulfilled; therefore write the words which I shall say.

Alma 46:5
And they had been led by the flatteries of Amalickiah, that if they would support him and establish him to be their king that he would make them rulers over the people.

Alma 47:13
And it came to pass that when Lehonti had come down with his guards to Amalickiah, that Amalickiah desired him to come down with his army in the night-time, and surround those men in their camps over whom the king had given him command, and that he would deliver them up into Lehonti's hands, if he would make him (Amalickiah) a second leader over the whole army.

Alma 48:16
And also, that God would make it known unto them whither they should go to defend themselves against their enemies, and by so doing, the Lord would deliver them; and this was the faith of Moroni, and his heart did glory in it; not in the shedding of blood but in doing good, in preserving his people, yea, in keeping the commandments of God, yea, and resisting iniquity.

Alma 52:16
And it came to pass that Teancum had received orders to make an attack upon the city of Mulek, and retake it if it were possible.

Alma 52:17
And it came to pass that Teancum made preparations to make an attack upon the city of Mulek, and march forth with his army against the Lamanites; but he saw that it was impossible that he could overpower them while they were in their fortifications; therefore he abandoned his designs and returned again to the city Bountiful, to wait for the coming of Moroni, that he might receive strength to his army.

Alma 53:5
And this city became an exceeding stronghold ever after; and in this city they did guard the prisoners of the Lamanites; yea, even within a wall which they had caused them to build with their own hands. Now Moroni was compelled to cause the Lamanites to labor, because it was easy to guard them while at their labor; and he desired all his forces when he should make an attack upon the Lamanites.

Alma 55:33
And now it came to pass that it was expedient for Moroni to make preparations to attack the city Morianton; for behold, the Lamanites had, by their labors, fortified the city Morianton until it had become an exceeding stronghold.

Alma 56:21
Now we were desirous that the Lamanites should come upon us; for we were not desirous to make an attack upon them in their strongholds.

Alma 56:22
And it came to pass that we kept spies out round about, to watch the movements of the Lamanites, that they might not pass us by night nor by day to make an attack upon our other cities which were on the northward.

Alma 56:40
Now they durst not turn to the right nor to the left lest they should be surrounded; neither would I turn to the right nor to the left lest they should overtake me, and we could not stand against them, but be slain, and they would make their escape; and thus we did flee all that day into the wilderness, even until it was dark.

Alma 57:3
And Ammoron refused mine epistle, for he would not exchange prisoners; therefore we began to make preparations to go against the city of Antiparah.

Alma 58:15
And it came to pass that when they saw that we were not strong, according to our numbers, and fearing that we should cut them off from their support except they should come out to battle against us and kill us, and also supposing that they could easily destroy us with their numerous hosts, therefore they began to make preparations to come out against us to battle.

Alma 59:2
Yea, and he did make it known unto all his people, in all the land round about in that part where he was, that they might rejoice also.

Alma 60:21
Or do ye suppose that the Lord will still deliver us, while we sit upon our thrones and do not make use of the means which the Lord has provided for us?