Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'any' occurs 1220 times in the standard works.

410 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'any' in the standard works and contain 33.6% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 157 minutes to read the entire list.

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D&C 124:64-72 (12 in 9 verses)

Lev. 11:32-39 (10 in 8 verses)

Lev. 18:23-30 (8 in 8 verses)

Deut. 16:21-17:3 (6 in 5 verses)

Deut. 4:16-18 (5 in 3 verses)

Lev. 7:18-21 (5 in 4 verses)

Ezek. 15:2-5 (5 in 4 verses)

D&C 46:3-6 (5 in 4 verses)

D&C 104:69-72 (5 in 4 verses)

JS-H 1:8-12 (5 in 5 verses)

Philip. 2:1 (4 in 1 verse)

Deut. 19:15-16 (4 in 2 verses)

Eccl. 9:5-6 (4 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 36:14-15 (4 in 2 verses)

James 5:12-14 (4 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 17:7-9 (4 in 3 verses)

JS-H 1:26-28 (4 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 26:25-28 (4 in 4 verses)

Ex. 20:4 (3 in 1 verse)

Deut. 5:8 (3 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 14:26 (3 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 12:36 (3 in 1 verse)

Ex. 30:32-33 (3 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 37:22-23 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 8:2-3 (3 in 2 verses)

Gal. 1:8-9 (3 in 2 verses)

Heb. 12:15-16 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 84:105-106 (3 in 2 verses)

Lev. 13:51-53 (3 in 3 verses)

Lev. 15:22-24 (3 in 3 verses)

Lev. 19:26-28 (3 in 3 verses)

Lev. 22:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

Lev. 22:23-25 (3 in 3 verses)

Deut. 22:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Thes. 3:8-10 (3 in 3 verses)

Heb. 4:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 25:16-18 (3 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 9:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 8:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 9:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 24:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 2:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 4:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 4:27 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 15:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 22:38 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 31:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 35:30 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 5:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 15:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 2:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 6:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 4:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 13:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 18:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 20:8 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 14:24 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 14:52 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 27:1 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 18:29 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 4:29 (2 in 1 verse)

Neh. 2:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Job 31:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 74:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 2:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Dan. 2:30 (2 in 1 verse)

Zech. 8:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 22:46 (2 in 1 verse)

Mark 11:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Mark 16:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Luke 19:8 (2 in 1 verse)

John 12:26 (2 in 1 verse)

Acts 28:21 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Cor. 7:18 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Cor. 10:19 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Cor. 2:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Philip. 4:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Col. 3:13 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Pet. 4:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Rev. 7:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Rev. 9:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Rev. 11:5 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 12:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 13:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 27:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 28:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 23:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 30:47 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 29:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 12:18 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 29:34 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 88:47 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 102:8 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 128:3 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 128:9 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 134:10 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 135:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 11:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 22:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 22:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 31:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 7:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 11:43-44 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 13:48-49 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 17:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 19:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 21:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 27:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 35:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 16:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 21:23-22:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 23:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 23:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 12:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 7:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 14:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 15:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 19:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 21:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 3:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 12:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 9:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Eccl. 1:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 3:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 51:43-44 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 18:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 18:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 39:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 3:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 6:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Hag. 2:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 4:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)


Luke 20:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

 20:27 Then came to him certain of the Sadducees, which deny that there is any resurrection; and they asked him,

 20:28 Saying, Master, Moses wrote unto us, If any man's brother die, having a wife, and he die without children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.




John 9:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 19:38-39 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 25:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Rom. 13:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Rom. 14:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 1:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 3:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 3:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 8:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 10:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 14:37-38 (2 in 2 verses)

Heb. 3:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Rev. 22:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 2:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 34:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 49:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 8:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 15:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 16:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

4 Ne. 1:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 20:83-84 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 42:79-80 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 42:91-92 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 67:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 68:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 68:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 94:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 98:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 101:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 102:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

JS-H 1:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 633 335 968
NT 284 322 606
Matt. 16 41 57
Mark 28 47 75
Luke 26 46 72
John 28 34 62
Acts 27 56 83
Rom. 13 17 30
1 Cor. 36 19 55
2 Cor. 14 12 26
Gal. 6 8 14
Eph. 4 0 4
Philip. 9 3 12
Col. 5 1 6
1 Thes. 5 0 5
2 Thes. 5 1 6
1 Tim. 5 4 9
2 Tim. 0 2 2
Titus 1 1 2
Heb. 14 8 22
James 11 2 13
1 Pet. 5 0 5
2 Pet. 2 1 3
1 Jn. 6 2 8
2 Jn. 1 2 3
3 Jn. 0 1 1
Rev. 17 14 31
BM 149 764 913
DC 130 149 279
PGP 24 59 83
TOTAL 1220 1629 2849

Luke 1:1
Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us,

Luke 1:14
And thou shalt have joy and gladness; and many shall rejoice at his birth.

Luke 1:16
And many of the children of Israel shall he turn to the Lord their God.

Luke 2:34
And Simeon blessed them, and said unto Mary his mother, Behold, this child is set for the fall and rising again of many in Israel; and for a sign which shall be spoken against;

Luke 2:35
(Yea, a sword shall pierce through thy own soul also,) that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed.

Luke 2:44
But they, supposing him to have been in the company, went a day's journey; and they sought him among their kinsfolk and acquaintance.

Luke 3:14
And the soldiers likewise demanded of him, saying, And what shall we do? And he said unto them, Do violence to no man, neither accuse any falsely; and be content with your wages.

Luke 3:18
And many other things in his exhortation preached he unto the people.

Luke 4:11
And in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.

Luke 4:25
But I tell you of a truth, many widows were in Israel in the days of Elias, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, when great famine was throughout all the land;

Luke 4:27
And many lepers were in Israel in the time of Eliseus the prophet; and none of them was cleansed, saving Naaman the Syrian.

Luke 4:40
Now when the sun was setting, all they that had any sick with divers diseases brought them unto him; and he laid his hands on every one of them, and healed them.

Luke 4:41
And devils also came out of many, crying out, and saying, Thou art Christ the Son of God. And he rebuking them suffered them not to speak: for they knew that he was Christ.

Luke 5:29
And Levi made him a great feast in his own house: and there was a great company of publicans and of others that sat down with them.

Luke 6:17
And he came down with them, and stood in the plain, and the company of his disciples, and a great multitude of people out of all Judaea and Jerusalem, and from the sea coast of Tyre and Sidon, which came to hear him, and to be healed of their diseases;

Luke 6:22
Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from their company, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man's sake.

Luke 7:11
And it came to pass the day after, that he went into a city called Nain; and many of his disciples went with him, and much people.

Luke 7:21
And in that same hour he cured many of their infirmities and plagues, and of evil spirits; and unto many that were blind he gave sight.

Luke 7:47
Wherefore I say unto thee, Her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much: but to whom little is forgiven, the same loveth little.

Luke 8:3
And Joanna the wife of Chuza Herod's steward, and Susanna, and many others, which ministered unto him of their substance.

Luke 8:17
For nothing is secret, that shall not be made manifest; neither any thing hid, that shall not be known and come abroad.

Luke 8:27
And when he went forth to land, there met him out of the city a certain man, which had devils long time, and ware no clothes, neither abode in any house, but in the tombs.

Luke 8:30
And Jesus asked him, saying, What is thy name? And he said, Legion: because many devils were entered into him.

Luke 8:32
And there was there an herd of many swine feeding on the mountain: and they besought him that he would suffer them to enter into them. And he suffered them.

Luke 8:43
And a woman having an issue of blood twelve years, which had spent all her living upon physicians, neither could be healed of any,

Luke 9:14
For they were about five thousand men. And he said to his disciples, Make them sit down by fifties in a company.

Luke 9:22
Saying, The Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be slain, and be raised the third day.

Luke 9:23
And he said to them all, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me.

Luke 9:36
And when the voice was past, Jesus was found alone. And they kept it close, and told no man in those days any of those things which they had seen.

Luke 9:38
And, behold, a man of the company cried out, saying, Master, I beseech thee, look upon my son: for he is mine only child.

Luke 10:19
Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you.

Luke 10:24
For I tell you, that many prophets and kings have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them.

Luke 10:41
And Jesus answered and said unto her, Martha, Martha, thou art careful and troubled about many things:

Luke 11:8
I say unto you, Though he will not rise and give him, because he is his friend, yet because of his importunity he will rise and give him as many as he needeth.

Luke 11:11
If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give him a stone? or if he ask a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent?

Luke 11:27
And it came to pass, as he spake these things, a certain woman of the company lifted up her voice, and said unto him, Blessed is the womb that bare thee, and the paps which thou hast sucked.

Luke 11:53
And as he said these things unto them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to urge him vehemently, and to provoke him to speak of many things:

Luke 12:7
But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore: ye are of more value than many sparrows.

Luke 12:13
And one of the company said unto him, Master, speak to my brother, that he divide the inheritance with me.

Luke 12:19
And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry.

Luke 12:47
And that servant, which knew his lord's will, and prepared not himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes.

Luke 13:24
Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.

Luke 14:8
When thou art bidden of any man to a wedding, sit not down in the highest room; lest a more honourable man than thou be bidden of him;

Luke 14:16
Then said he unto him, A certain man made a great supper, and bade many:

Luke 14:26
If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.

Luke 15:13
And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living.

Luke 15:17
And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father's have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger!

Luke 15:29
And he answering said to his father, Lo, these many years do I serve thee, neither transgressed I at any time thy commandment: and yet thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends:

Luke 17:25
But first must he suffer many things, and be rejected of this generation.

Luke 19:8
And Zacchaeus stood, and said unto the Lord; Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have taken any thing from any man by false accusation, I restore him fourfold.

Luke 19:29
And it came to pass, when he was come nigh to Bethphage and Bethany, at the mount called the mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples,

Luke 19:31
And if any man ask you, Why do ye loose him? thus shall ye say unto him, Because the Lord hath need of him.

Luke 20:21
And they asked him, saying, Master, we know that thou sayest and teachest rightly, neither acceptest thou the person of any, but teachest the way of God truly:

Luke 20:27
Then came to him certain of the Sadducees, which deny that there is any resurrection; and they asked him,

Luke 20:28
Saying, Master, Moses wrote unto us, If any man's brother die, having a wife, and he die without children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.

Luke 20:36
Neither can they die any more: for they are equal unto the angels; and are the children of God, being the children of the resurrection.

Luke 20:40
And after that they durst not ask him any question at all.

Luke 21:8
And he said, Take heed that ye be not deceived: for many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and the time draweth near: go ye not therefore after them.

Luke 21:34
And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares.

Luke 22:16
For I say unto you, I will not any more eat thereof, until it be fulfilled in the kingdom of God.

Luke 22:35
And he said unto them, When I sent you without purse, and scrip, and shoes, lacked ye any thing? And they said, Nothing.

Luke 22:65
And many other things blasphemously spake they against him.

Luke 22:71
And they said, What need we any further witness? for we ourselves have heard of his own mouth.

Luke 23:8
And when Herod saw Jesus, he was exceeding glad: for he was desirous to see him of a long season, because he had heard many things of him; and he hoped to have seen some miracle done by him.

Luke 23:9
Then he questioned with him in many words; but he answered him nothing.

Luke 23:27
And there followed him a great company of people, and of women, which also bewailed and lamented him.

Luke 24:22
Yea, and certain women also of our company made us astonished, which were early at the sepulchre;

Luke 24:41
And while they yet believed not for joy, and wondered, he said unto them, Have ye here any meat?

Luke 24:50
And he led them out as far as to Bethany, and he lifted up his hands, and blessed them.