Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'over' occurs 1475 times in the standard works.

636 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'over' in the standard works and contain 43.1% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 254 minutes to read the entire list.

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1 Chr. 27:25-28:5 (18 in 15 verses)

D&C 107:85-95 (12 in 11 verses)

2 Sam. 2:4-15 (12 in 12 verses)

Judg. 9:8-15 (9 in 8 verses)

Gen. 1:26-28 (8 in 3 verses)

Moses 2:26-28 (8 in 3 verses)

Abr. 4:26-28 (8 in 3 verses)

Josh. 4:7-13 (7 in 7 verses)

Neh. 3:25-31 (7 in 7 verses)

Deut. 1:13-15 (6 in 3 verses)

Num. 10:22-27 (6 in 6 verses)

2 Sam. 4:12-5:5 (6 in 6 verses)

2 Sam. 17:19-24 (6 in 6 verses)

2 Sam. 19:36-41 (6 in 6 verses)

Mosiah 23:37-24:3 (6 in 6 verses)

2 Sam. 15:22-23 (5 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 19:15-18 (5 in 4 verses)

2 Sam. 20:21-24 (5 in 4 verses)

1 Kgs. 4:4-7 (5 in 4 verses)

Ezek. 48:18-21 (5 in 4 verses)

Ex. 8:5-9 (5 in 5 verses)

Josh. 3:14-4:1 (5 in 5 verses)

Josh. 3:16-4:3 (5 in 5 verses)

1 Sam. 14:4-8 (5 in 5 verses)

1 Chr. 29:26-30 (5 in 5 verses)

Rev. 14:18-15:2 (5 in 5 verses)

Alma 30:19-23 (5 in 5 verses)

Deut. 17:14-15 (4 in 2 verses)

Judg. 8:22-23 (4 in 2 verses)

Gen. 32:21-23 (4 in 3 verses)

Dan. 6:1-3 (4 in 3 verses)

Matt. 25:21-23 (4 in 3 verses)

Alma 46:5-7 (4 in 3 verses)

Josh. 4:22-5:1 (4 in 4 verses)

Judg. 11:29-32 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Sam. 8:9-12 (4 in 4 verses)

Eccl. 7:14-17 (4 in 4 verses)

Mosiah 24:8-11 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 35:6-9 (4 in 4 verses)

Num. 1:50 (3 in 1 verse)

Neh. 9:37 (3 in 1 verse)

Alma 7:5 (3 in 1 verse)

Ether 10:9 (3 in 1 verse)

Ether 10:32 (3 in 1 verse)

Deut. 2:13-14 (3 in 2 verses)

Deut. 4:21-22 (3 in 2 verses)

Deut. 31:2-3 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 1:34-35 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 9:19-20 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 12:14-15 (3 in 2 verses)

Isa. 8:7-8 (3 in 2 verses)

Dan. 2:48-49 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 18:7-8 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 8:2-3 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 8:11-12 (3 in 2 verses)

Ether 9:3-4 (3 in 2 verses)

Ex. 10:12-14 (3 in 3 verses)

Num. 10:14-16 (3 in 3 verses)

Num. 10:18-20 (3 in 3 verses)

Deut. 3:27-29 (3 in 3 verses)

Deut. 27:2-4 (3 in 3 verses)

Josh. 8:31-33 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Sam. 12:12-14 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Sam. 19:31-33 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Kgs. 5:14-16 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Chr. 26:20-22 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 1:20-22 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 42:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

Acts 27:5-7 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 15:18-16:1 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 16:5-7 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 43:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 50:39-51:1 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 51:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 107:60-62 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 124:136-138 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 1:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 21:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 31:52 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 37:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 15:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 25:46 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 10:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 31:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 15:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 28:63 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 30:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 5:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 9:2 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 15:1 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 1:17 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 3:10 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 6:21 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 7:8 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 4:24 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 9:23 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 15:25 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 16:29 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 22:51 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 9:6 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 10:5 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 24:31 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 26:26 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 25:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezra 4:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Neh. 12:24 (2 in 1 verse)

Esth. 5:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Esth. 9:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 108:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 11:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 15:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 19:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 25:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 45:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 51:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 62:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 1:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 31:28 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 42:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 47:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Dan. 11:43 (2 in 1 verse)

Jonah 4:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Micah 3:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Zeph. 3:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Mark 10:42 (2 in 1 verse)

Luke 15:7 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 1:25 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 5:3 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 8:23 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 21:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 7:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 14:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 16:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 21:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 47:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 48:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 53:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 61:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 11:24 (2 in 1 verse)

Moro. 9:24 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 117:10 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 132:53 (2 in 1 verse)

Moses 2:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Abr. 4:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 39:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 41:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 41:40-41 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 14:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 26:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 14:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 26:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 8:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 32:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 2:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 11:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 18:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Ruth 2:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 9:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)


1 Sam. 15:35-16:1 (2 in 2 verses)

 15:35 And Samuel came no more to see Saul until the day of his death: nevertheless Samuel mourned for Saul: and the Lord repented that he had made Saul king over Israel.

 16:1 And the Lord said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? fill thine horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the Beth-lehemite: for I have provided me a king among his sons.




2 Sam. 3:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 8:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 11:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 12:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 19:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 2:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 8:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 11:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 11:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 11:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 9:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 11:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 18:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 6:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 10:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Neh. 7:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Neh. 11:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Neh. 12:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Neh. 12:37-38 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 124:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Prov. 19:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Eccl. 8:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 23:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 1:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 10:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 10:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 41:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 45:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 2:38-39 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 4:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 11:39-40 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 7:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 2:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 2:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 4:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 21:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 34:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 34:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 35:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 35:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 43:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 43:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 45:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 49:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 51:37-52:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 52:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 60:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 62:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 62:52-63:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 4:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 6:41-7:1 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 2:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 6:30-7:1 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 1:35-36 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 77:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 102:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 107:65-66 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 124:133-134 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 124:140-141 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 127:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Abr. 2:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

JS-M 1:49-50 (2 in 2 verses)

JS-H 1:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 886 916 1802
Gen. 49 32 81
Ex. 42 84 126
Lev. 10 46 56
Num. 42 49 91
Deut. 61 28 89
Josh. 38 6 44
Judg. 39 12 51
Ruth 3 3 6
1 Sam. 47 22 69
2 Sam. 85 20 105
1 Kgs. 57 36 93
2 Kgs. 38 31 69
1 Chr. 69 21 90
2 Chr. 33 71 104
Ezra 4 11 15
Neh. 31 26 57
Esth. 7 4 11
Job 8 34 42
Ps. 40 55 95
Prov. 8 38 46
Eccl. 8 6 14
Song. 2 3 5
Isa. 44 64 108
Jer. 25 49 74
Lam. 3 10 13
Ezek. 48 89 137
Dan. 23 11 34
Hosea 3 15 18
Joel 1 2 3
Amos 0 4 4
Obad. 1 1 2
Jonah 3 3 6
Micah 3 5 8
Nahum 1 2 3
Hab. 3 7 10
Zeph. 2 1 3
Hag. 1 6 7
Zech. 4 5 9
Mal. 0 4 4
NT 122 159 281
BM 321 244 565
DC 110 81 191
PGP 36 22 58
TOTAL 1475 1422 2897

1 Sam. 2:1
And Hannah prayed, and said, My heart rejoiceth in the Lord, mine horn is exalted in the Lord: my mouth is enlarged over mine enemies; because I rejoice in thy salvation.

1 Sam. 2:19
Moreover his mother made him a little coat, and brought it to him from year to year, when she came up with her husband to offer the yearly sacrifice.

1 Sam. 8:1
And it came to pass, when Samuel was old, that he made his sons judges over Israel.

1 Sam. 8:7
And the Lord said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee: for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them.

1 Sam. 8:9
Now therefore hearken unto their voice: howbeit yet protest solemnly unto them, and shew them the manner of the king that shall reign over them.

1 Sam. 8:11
And he said, This will be the manner of the king that shall reign over you: He will take your sons, and appoint them for himself, for his chariots, and to be his horsemen; and some shall run before his chariots.

1 Sam. 8:12
And he will appoint him captains over thousands, and captains over fifties; and will set them to ear his ground, and to reap his harvest, and to make his instruments of war, and instruments of his chariots.

1 Sam. 8:19
Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and they said, Nay; but we will have a king over us;

1 Sam. 9:16
To morrow about this time I will send thee a man out of the land of Benjamin, and thou shalt anoint him to be captain over my people Israel, that he may save my people out of the hand of the Philistines: for I have looked upon my people, because their cry is come unto me.

1 Sam. 9:17
And when Samuel saw Saul, the Lord said unto him, Behold the man whom I spake to thee of! this same shall reign over my people.

1 Sam. 10:1
Then Samuel took a vial of oil, and poured it upon his head, and kissed him, and said, Is it not because the Lord hath anointed thee to be captain over his inheritance?

1 Sam. 10:12
And one of the same place answered and said, But who is their father? Therefore it became a proverb, Is Saul also among the prophets?

1 Sam. 10:19
And ye have this day rejected your God, who himself saved you out of all your adversities and your tribulations; and ye have said unto him, Nay, but set a king over us. Now therefore present yourselves before the Lord by your tribes, and by your thousands.

1 Sam. 11:12
And the people said unto Samuel, Who is he that said, Shall Saul reign over us? bring the men, that we may put them to death.

1 Sam. 12:1
And Samuel said unto all Israel, Behold, I have hearkened unto your voice in all that ye said unto me, and have made a king over you.

1 Sam. 12:12
And when ye saw that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon came against you, ye said unto me, Nay; but a king shall reign over us: when the Lord your God was your king.

1 Sam. 12:13
Now therefore behold the king whom ye have chosen, and whom ye have desired! and, behold, the Lord hath set a king over you.

1 Sam. 12:14
If ye will fear the Lord, and serve him, and obey his voice, and not rebel against the commandment of the Lord, then shall both ye and also the king that reigneth over you continue following the Lord your God:

1 Sam. 12:23
Moreover as for me, God forbid that I should sin against the Lord in ceasing to pray for you: but I will teach you the good and the right way:

1 Sam. 13:1
Saul reigned one year; and when he had reigned two years over Israel,

1 Sam. 13:7
And some of the Hebrews went over Jordan to the land of Gad and Gilead. As for Saul, he was yet in Gilgal, and all the people followed him trembling.

1 Sam. 13:14
But now thy kingdom shall not continue: the Lord hath sought him a man after his own heart, and the Lord hath commanded him to be captain over his people, because thou hast not kept that which the Lord commanded thee.

1 Sam. 14:1
Now it came to pass upon a day, that Jonathan the son of Saul said unto the young man that bare his armour, Come, and let us go over to the Philistines' garrison, that is on the other side. But he told not his father.

1 Sam. 14:4
And between the passages, by which Jonathan sought to go over unto the Philistines' garrison, there was a sharp rock on the one side, and a sharp rock on the other side: and the name of the one was Bozez, and the name of the other Seneh.

1 Sam. 14:5
The forefront of the one was situate northward over against Michmash, and the other southward over against Gibeah.

1 Sam. 14:6
And Jonathan said to the young man that bare his armour, Come, and let us go over unto the garrison of these uncircumcised: it may be that the Lord will work for us: for there is no restraint to the Lord to save by many or by few.

1 Sam. 14:8
Then said Jonathan, Behold, we will pass over unto these men, and we will discover ourselves unto them.

1 Sam. 14:11
And both of them discovered themselves unto the garrison of the Philistines: and the Philistines said, Behold, the Hebrews come forth out of the holes where they had hid themselves.

1 Sam. 14:21
Moreover the Hebrews that were with the Philistines before that time, which went up with them into the camp from the country round about, even they also turned to be with the Israelites that were with Saul and Jonathan.

1 Sam. 14:23
So the Lord saved Israel that day: and the battle passed over unto Beth-aven.

1 Sam. 14:47
So Saul took the kingdom over Israel, and fought against all his enemies on every side, against Moab, and against the children of Ammon, and against Edom, and against the kings of Zobah, and against the Philistines: and whithersoever he turned himself, he vexed them.

1 Sam. 15:1
Samuel also said unto Saul, The Lord sent me to anoint thee to be king over his people, over Israel: now therefore hearken thou unto the voice of the words of the Lord.

1 Sam. 15:7
And Saul smote the Amalekites from Havilah until thou comest to Shur, that is over against Egypt.

1 Sam. 15:17
And Samuel said, When thou wast little in thine own sight, wast thou not made the head of the tribes of Israel, and the Lord anointed thee king over Israel?

1 Sam. 15:26
And Samuel said unto Saul, I will not return with thee: for thou hast rejected the word of the Lord, and the Lord hath rejected thee from being king over Israel.

1 Sam. 15:35
And Samuel came no more to see Saul until the day of his death: nevertheless Samuel mourned for Saul: and the Lord repented that he had made Saul king over Israel.

1 Sam. 16:1
And the Lord said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? fill thine horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the Beth-lehemite: for I have provided me a king among his sons.

1 Sam. 17:37
David said moreover, The Lord that delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, he will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine. And Saul said unto David, Go, and the Lord be with thee.

1 Sam. 17:50
So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone, and smote the Philistine, and slew him; but there was no sword in the hand of David.

1 Sam. 18:5
And David went out whithersoever Saul sent him, and behaved himself wisely: and Saul set him over the men of war, and he was accepted in the sight of all the people, and also in the sight of Saul's servants.

1 Sam. 18:13
Therefore Saul removed him from him, and made him his captain over a thousand; and he went out and came in before the people.

1 Sam. 19:13
And Michal took an image, and laid it in the bed, and put a pillow of goats' hair for his bolster, and covered it with a cloth.

1 Sam. 19:20
And Saul sent messengers to take David: and when they saw the company of the prophets prophesying, and Samuel standing as appointed over them, the Spirit of God was upon the messengers of Saul, and they also prophesied.

1 Sam. 20:3
And David sware moreover, and said, Thy father certainly knoweth that I have found grace in thine eyes; and he saith, Let not Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved: but truly as the Lord liveth, and as thy soul liveth, there is but a step between me and death.

1 Sam. 22:2
And every one that was in distress, and every one that was in debt, and every one that was discontented, gathered themselves unto him; and he became a captain over them: and there were with him about four hundred men.

1 Sam. 22:6
When Saul heard that David was discovered, and the men that were with him, (now Saul abode in Gibeah under a tree in Ramah, having his spear in his hand, and all his servants were standing about him;)

1 Sam. 22:9
Then answered Doeg the Edomite, which was set over the servants of Saul, and said, I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub.

1 Sam. 23:17
And he said unto him, Fear not: for the hand of Saul my father shall not find thee; and thou shalt be king over Israel, and I shall be next unto thee; and that also Saul my father knoweth.

1 Sam. 24:3
And he came to the sheepcotes by the way, where was a cave; and Saul went in to cover his feet: and David and his men remained in the sides of the cave.

1 Sam. 24:11
Moreover, my father, see, yea, see the skirt of thy robe in my hand: for in that I cut off the skirt of thy robe, and killed thee not, know thou and see that there is neither evil nor transgression in mine hand, and I have not sinned against thee; yet thou huntest my soul to take it.

1 Sam. 24:13
As saith the proverb of the ancients, Wickedness proceedeth from the wicked: but mine hand shall not be upon thee.

1 Sam. 25:20
And it was so, as she rode on the ass, that she came down by the covert of the hill, and, behold, David and his men came down against her; and she met them.

1 Sam. 25:30
And it shall come to pass, when the Lord shall have done to my lord according to all the good that he hath spoken concerning thee, and shall have appointed thee ruler over Israel;

1 Sam. 26:13
Then David went over to the other side, and stood on the top of an hill afar off; a great space being between them:

1 Sam. 26:22
And David answered and said, Behold the king's spear! and let one of the young men come over and fetch it.

1 Sam. 27:2
And David arose, and he passed over with the six hundred men that were with him unto Achish, the son of Maoch, king of Gath.

1 Sam. 28:14
And he said unto her, What form is he of? And she said, An old man cometh up; and he is covered with a mantle. And Saul perceived that it was Samuel, and he stooped with his face to the ground, and bowed himself.

1 Sam. 28:19
Moreover the Lord will also deliver Israel with thee into the hand of the Philistines: and to morrow shalt thou and thy sons be with me: the Lord also shall deliver the host of Israel into the hand of the Philistines.

1 Sam. 30:8
And David inquired at the Lord, saying, Shall I pursue after this troop? shall I overtake them? And he answered him, Pursue: for thou shalt surely overtake them, and without fail recover all.

1 Sam. 30:10
But David pursued, he and four hundred men: for two hundred abode behind, which were so faint that they could not go over the brook Besor.

1 Sam. 30:18
And David recovered all that the Amalekites had carried away: and David rescued his two wives.

1 Sam. 30:19
And there was nothing lacking to them, neither small nor great, neither sons nor daughters, neither spoil, nor any thing that they had taken to them: David recovered all.

1 Sam. 30:22
Then answered all the wicked men and men of Belial, of those that went with David, and said, Because they went not with us, we will not give them ought of the spoil that we have recovered, save to every man his wife and his children, that they may lead them away, and depart.