Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'long' occurs 318 times in the standard works.

55 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'long' in the standard works and contain 17.3% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 21 minutes to read the entire list.

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Ps. 13:1-2 (4 in 2 verses)

Hel. 13:29 (3 in 1 verse)

Ps. 94:3-4 (3 in 2 verses)

Mark 9:19-21 (3 in 3 verses)

Num. 14:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 28:59 (2 in 1 verse)

Job 8:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 4:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 41:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 17:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Jacob 5:76 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 29:32 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 9:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 26:34-35 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 9:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 74:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 47:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 40:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 43:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 20:46-47 (2 in 2 verses)

Rom. 7:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)


1 Cor. 11:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

 11:14 Doth not even nature itself teach you, that, if a man have long hair, it is a shame unto him?

 11:15 But if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her: for her hair is given her for a covering.




2 Ne. 25:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Jacob 5:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 121:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 159 125 284
NT 52 39 91
Matt. 6 0 6
Mark 7 1 8
Luke 8 6 14
John 4 2 6
Acts 7 3 10
Rom. 5 3 8
1 Cor. 4 1 5
2 Cor. 1 1 2
Gal. 1 2 3
Eph. 1 1 2
Philip. 1 2 3
Col. 0 2 2
1 Thes. 0 2 2
1 Tim. 1 2 3
2 Tim. 0 2 2
Heb. 1 2 3
James 1 0 1
1 Pet. 1 2 3
2 Pet. 2 2 4
Rev. 1 3 4
BM 80 86 166
DC 27 49 76
PGP 0 6 6
TOTAL 318 305 623

1 Cor. 7:32
But I would have you without carefulness. He that is unmarried careth for the things that belong to the Lord, how he may please the Lord:

1 Cor. 7:39
The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth; but if her husband be dead, she is at liberty to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord.

1 Cor. 11:14
Doth not even nature itself teach you, that, if a man have long hair, it is a shame unto him?

1 Cor. 11:15
But if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her: for her hair is given her for a covering.

1 Cor. 13:4
Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,