Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'understanding' occurs 194 times in the standard works.

36 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'understanding' in the standard works and contain 18.6% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 15 minutes to read the entire list.

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1 Cor. 14:14-15 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 14:19-20 (3 in 2 verses)

Deut. 4:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Prov. 10:13 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 31:3 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 76:9 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 3:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 2:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Job 12:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Prov. 2:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Prov. 3:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Prov. 17:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 11:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 5:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Obad. 1:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 21:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)


2 Ne. 27:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

 27:26 Therefore, I will proceed to do a marvelous work among this people, yea, a marvelous work and a wonder, for the wisdom of their wise and learned shall perish, and the understanding of their prudent shall be hid.

 27:27 And wo unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the Lord! And their works are in the dark; and they say: Who seeth us, and who knoweth us? And they also say: Surely, your turning of things upside down shall be esteemed as the potter's clay. But behold, I will show unto them, saith the Lord of Hosts, that I know all their works. For shall the work say of him that made it, he made me not? Or shall the thing framed say of him that framed it, he had no understanding?




Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 136 0 136
NT 24 0 24
BM 20 1 21
1 Ne. 3 0 3
2 Ne. 7 0 7
Jacob 1 0 1
W of M 1 0 1
Mosiah 2 1 3
Alma 5 0 5
Ether 1 0 1
DC 13 4 17
PGP 1 1 2
TOTAL 194 6 200

2 Ne. 21:2
And the Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord;

2 Ne. 21:3
And shall make him of quick understanding in the fear of the Lord; and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither reprove after the hearing of his ears.

2 Ne. 27:26
Therefore, I will proceed to do a marvelous work among this people, yea, a marvelous work and a wonder, for the wisdom of their wise and learned shall perish, and the understanding of their prudent shall be hid.

2 Ne. 27:27
And wo unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the Lord! And their works are in the dark; and they say: Who seeth us, and who knoweth us? And they also say: Surely, your turning of things upside down shall be esteemed as the potter's clay. But behold, I will show unto them, saith the Lord of Hosts, that I know all their works. For shall the work say of him that made it, he made me not? Or shall the thing framed say of him that framed it, he had no understanding?

2 Ne. 27:35
They also that erred in spirit shall come to understanding, and they that murmured shall learn doctrine.

2 Ne. 31:3
For my soul delighteth in plainness; for after this manner doth the Lord God work among the children of men. For the Lord God giveth light unto the understanding; for he speaketh unto men according to their language, unto their understanding.