Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'than' occurs 687 times in the standard works.

232 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'than' in the standard works and contain 33.8% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 82 minutes to read the entire list.

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Lam. 4:6-9 (6 in 4 verses)

Abr. 3:18-19 (5 in 2 verses)

Eccl. 7:1-5 (5 in 5 verses)

Ezek. 42:5-6 (4 in 2 verses)

Alma 24:18-19 (4 in 2 verses)

Job 11:6-9 (4 in 4 verses)

Ps. 19:10 (3 in 1 verse)

Prov. 8:19 (3 in 1 verse)

Isa. 55:9 (3 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 4:1 (3 in 1 verse)

Prov. 3:14-15 (3 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 5:6-7 (3 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 16:51-52 (3 in 2 verses)

Matt. 6:25-26 (3 in 2 verses)

Luke 12:23-24 (3 in 2 verses)


Hel. 7:23-24 (3 in 2 verses)

 7:23 For behold, thus saith the Lord: I will not show unto the wicked of my strength, to one more than the other, save it be unto those who repent of their sins, and hearken unto my words. Now therefore, I would that ye should behold, my brethren, that it shall be better for the Lamanites than for you except ye shall repent.

 7:24 For behold, they are more righteous than you, for they have not sinned against that great knowledge which ye have received; therefore the Lord will be merciful unto them; yea, he will lengthen out their days and increase their seed, even when thou shalt be utterly destroyed except thou shalt repent.




3 Ne. 13:25-26 (3 in 2 verses)

Lev. 13:30-32 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Sam. 13:14-16 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Kgs. 20:23-25 (3 in 3 verses)

Ps. 119:98-100 (3 in 3 verses)

Prov. 16:32-17:1 (3 in 3 verses)

Eccl. 6:8-10 (3 in 3 verses)

Eccl. 7:8-10 (3 in 3 verses)

Eccl. 9:16-18 (3 in 3 verses)

Matt. 11:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)

Luke 7:26-28 (3 in 3 verses)

Abr. 3:5-7 (3 in 3 verses)

Judg. 14:18 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 9:2 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 15:22 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 1:23 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 19:43 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 1:47 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 4:31 (2 in 1 verse)

Job 4:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Job 35:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 52:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 55:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 84:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 93:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 130:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Prov. 16:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Prov. 22:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Eccl. 5:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Song. 4:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Song. 5:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 13:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 28:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 52:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 15:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 23:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Amos 6:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Hab. 1:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Hab. 1:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 10:37 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 12:45 (2 in 1 verse)

Luke 11:26 (2 in 1 verse)

John 13:16 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Cor. 1:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Heb. 1:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Heb. 3:3 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 23:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Jacob 2:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 1:26 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 9:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 52:40 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 20:44 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 101:20 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 132:37 (2 in 1 verse)

JS-H 1:12 (2 in 1 verse)

JS-H 1:60 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 37:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 13:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 13:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 13:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 15:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 20:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 118:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Prov. 8:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Prov. 15:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Prov. 18:24-19:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Eccl. 2:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Eccl. 4:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 12:41-42 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 18:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 4:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 11:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 14:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Gal. 1:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Heb. 11:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Pet. 2:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Jacob 3:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 24:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 32:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Morm. 8:37-38 (2 in 2 verses)

JS-H 1:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 344 308 652
NT 139 95 234
BM 131 49 180
1 Ne. 8 5 13
2 Ne. 6 3 9
Jacob 9 1 10
Jarom 2 0 2
Mosiah 12 11 23
Alma 55 23 78
Hel. 10 1 11
3 Ne. 16 3 19
4 Ne. 1 0 1
Morm. 6 1 7
Ether 5 1 6
Moro. 1 0 1
DC 48 16 64
PGP 25 1 26
TOTAL 687 469 1156

Hel. 4:25
Therefore the Lord did cease to preserve them by his miraculous and matchless power, for they had fallen into a state of unbelief and awful wickedness; and they saw that the Lamanites were exceedingly more numerous than they, and except they should cleave unto the Lord their God they must unavoidably perish.

Hel. 5:2
For as their laws and their governments were established by the voice of the people, and they who chose evil were more numerous than they who chose good, therefore they were ripening for destruction, for the laws had become corrupted.

Hel. 7:23
For behold, thus saith the Lord: I will not show unto the wicked of my strength, to one more than the other, save it be unto those who repent of their sins, and hearken unto my words. Now therefore, I would that ye should behold, my brethren, that it shall be better for the Lamanites than for you except ye shall repent.

Hel. 7:24
For behold, they are more righteous than you, for they have not sinned against that great knowledge which ye have received; therefore the Lord will be merciful unto them; yea, he will lengthen out their days and increase their seed, even when thou shalt be utterly destroyed except thou shalt repent.

Hel. 12:7
O how great is the nothingness of the children of men; yea, even they are less than the dust of the earth.

Hel. 13:22
Ye do not remember the Lord your God in the things with which he hath blessed you, but ye do always remember your riches, not to thank the Lord your God for them; yea, your hearts are not drawn out unto the Lord, but they do swell with great pride, unto boasting, and unto great swelling, envyings, strifes, malice, persecutions, and murders, and all manner of iniquities.

Hel. 13:26
Behold ye are worse than they; for as the Lord liveth, if a prophet come among you and declareth unto you the word of the Lord, which testifieth of your sins and iniquities, ye are angry with him, and cast him out and seek all manner of ways to destroy him; yea, you will say that he is a false prophet, and that he is a sinner, and of the devil, because he testifieth that your deeds are evil.

Hel. 13:29
O ye wicked and ye perverse generation; ye hardened and ye stiffnecked people, how long will ye suppose that the Lord will suffer you? Yea, how long will ye suffer yourselves to be led by foolish and blind guides? Yea, how long will ye choose darkness rather than light?

Hel. 14:28
And the angel said unto me that many shall see greater things than these, to the intent that they might believe that these signs and these wonders should come to pass upon all the face of this land, to the intent that there should be no cause for unbelief among the children of men--

Hel. 15:14
Therefore I say unto you, it shall be better for them than for you except ye repent.