Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'midst' occurs 453 times in the standard works.

96 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'midst' in the standard works and contain 21.2% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 42 minutes to read the entire list.

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Ezek. 22:18-25 (8 in 8 verses)

Ezek. 27:25-27 (4 in 3 verses)

Dan. 3:23-26 (4 in 4 verses)

Ezek. 9:4 (3 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 1:4-5 (3 in 2 verses)

Deut. 5:22-24 (3 in 3 verses)

Josh. 4:8-10 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 11:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 28:14-16 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 28:16-18 (3 in 3 verses)

Abr. 3:21-23 (3 in 3 verses)

Jer. 41:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 30:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 32:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Amos 3:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Hab. 3:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Rev. 5:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 5:44 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 20:22 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 6:32 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 14:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 4:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 4:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 55:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 5:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 14:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 28:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 29:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 31:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 32:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 48:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Micah 5:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Micah 5:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Zeph. 3:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Zech. 2:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Zech. 5:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)


3 Ne. 17:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

 17:12 So they brought their little children and set them down upon the ground round about him, and Jesus stood in the midst; and the multitude gave way till they had all been brought unto him.

 17:13 And it came to pass that when they had all been brought, and Jesus stood in the midst, he commanded the multitude that they should kneel down upon the ground.




3 Ne. 21:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 124:75-76 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 319 0 319
NT 45 0 45
BM 42 0 42
1 Ne. 1 0 1
2 Ne. 9 0 9
Mosiah 1 0 1
Alma 5 0 5
Hel. 6 0 6
3 Ne. 17 0 17
Morm. 2 0 2
Ether 1 0 1
DC 34 0 34
PGP 13 1 14
TOTAL 453 1 454

3 Ne. 11:8
And it came to pass, as they understood they cast their eyes up again towards heaven; and behold, they saw a Man descending out of heaven; and he was clothed in a white robe; and he came down and stood in the midst of them; and the eyes of the whole multitude were turned upon him, and they durst not open their mouths, even one to another, and wist not what it meant, for they thought it was an angel that had appeared unto them.

3 Ne. 17:12
So they brought their little children and set them down upon the ground round about him, and Jesus stood in the midst; and the multitude gave way till they had all been brought unto him.

3 Ne. 17:13
And it came to pass that when they had all been brought, and Jesus stood in the midst, he commanded the multitude that they should kneel down upon the ground.

3 Ne. 17:24
And as they looked to behold they cast their eyes towards heaven, and they saw the heavens open, and they saw angels descending out of heaven as it were in the midst of fire; and they came down and encircled those little ones about, and they were encircled about with fire; and the angels did minister unto them.

3 Ne. 19:4
And it came to pass that on the morrow, when the multitude was gathered together, behold, Nephi and his brother whom he had raised from the dead, whose name was Timothy, and also his son, whose name was Jonas, and also Mathoni, and Mathonihah, his brother, and Kumen, and Kumenonhi, and Jeremiah, and Shemnon, and Jonas, and Zedekiah, and Isaiah-- now these were the names of the disciples whom Jesus had chosen-- and it came to pass that they went forth and stood in the midst of the multitude.

3 Ne. 19:15
And it came to pass that while the angels were ministering unto the disciples, behold, Jesus came and stood in the midst and ministered unto them.

3 Ne. 19:19
And it came to pass that Jesus departed out of the midst of them, and went a little way off from them and bowed himself to the earth, and he said:

3 Ne. 20:16
Then shall ye, who are a remnant of the house of Jacob, go forth among them; and ye shall be in the midst of them who shall be many; and ye shall be among them as a lion among the beasts of the forest, and as a young lion among the flocks of sheep, who, if he goeth through both treadeth down and teareth in pieces, and none can deliver.

3 Ne. 20:22
And behold, this people will I establish in this land, unto the fulfilling of the covenant which I made with your father Jacob; and it shall be a New Jerusalem. And the powers of heaven shall be in the midst of this people; yea, even I will be in the midst of you.

3 Ne. 20:41
And then shall a cry go forth: Depart ye, depart ye, go ye out from thence, touch not that which is unclean; go ye out of the midst of her; be ye clean that bear the vessels of the Lord.

3 Ne. 21:12
And my people who are a remnant of Jacob shall be among the Gentiles, yea, in the midst of them as a lion among the beasts of the forest, as a young lion among the flocks of sheep, who, if he go through both treadeth down and teareth in pieces, and none can deliver.

3 Ne. 21:14
Yea, wo be unto the Gentiles except they repent; for it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Father, that I will cut off thy horses out of the midst of thee, and I will destroy thy chariots;

3 Ne. 21:17
Thy graven images I will also cut off, and thy standing images out of the midst of thee, and thou shalt no more worship the works of thy hands;

3 Ne. 21:18
And I will pluck up thy groves out of the midst of thee; so will I destroy thy cities.

3 Ne. 21:25
And then shall the power of heaven come down among them; and I also will be in the midst.

3 Ne. 27:2
And Jesus again showed himself unto them, for they were praying unto the Father in his name; and Jesus came and stood in the midst of them, and said unto them: What will ye that I shall give unto you?