Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'high' occurs 614 times in the standard works.

184 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'high' in the standard works and contain 30% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 79 minutes to read the entire list.

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D&C 102:24-30 (9 in 7 verses)

D&C 102:1-8 (9 in 8 verses)

Alma 13:6-14 (9 in 9 verses)

D&C 107:76-82 (7 in 7 verses)

D&C 20:66-67 (6 in 2 verses)

D&C 107:33-38 (6 in 6 verses)

D&C 107:64-69 (6 in 6 verses)

2 Kgs. 23:13-15 (4 in 3 verses)

John 18:13-16 (4 in 4 verses)

Heb. 7:26-8:1 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 30:20-23 (4 in 4 verses)

D&C 107:9-12 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Kgs. 13:32-33 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 23:8-9 (3 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 11:11-12 (3 in 2 verses)

Gen. 14:18-20 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Sam. 9:12-14 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Kgs. 3:2-4 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Kgs. 17:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)

Isa. 2:13-15 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 17:22-24 (3 in 3 verses)

Dan. 7:25-27 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 12:13-15 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 4:18-20 (3 in 3 verses)

Num. 35:28 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 14:23 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 22:43 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 12:3 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 14:4 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 15:4 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 15:35 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 17:32 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 24:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 30:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 57:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Acts 4:6 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 11:6 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 4:32 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 85:11 (2 in 1 verse)


1 Kgs. 12:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

 12:31 And he made an house of high places, and made priests of the lowest of the people, which were not of the sons of Levi.

 12:32 And Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, like unto the feast that is in Judah, and he offered upon the altar. So did he in Beth-el, sacrificing unto the calves that he had made: and he placed in Beth-el the priests of the high places which he had made.




2 Kgs. 23:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 23:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 34:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 68:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 113:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 17:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 16:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 20:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 31:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 4:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 26:57-58 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 26:62-63 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 14:53-54 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 14:60-61 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 23:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Heb. 4:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Heb. 6:20-7:1 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 4:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 6:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 78:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 81:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 6:37-38 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 332 73 405
Gen. 6 8 14
Ex. 4 1 5
Lev. 3 0 3
Num. 13 4 17
Deut. 11 0 11
Josh. 1 0 1
Judg. 1 8 9
1 Sam. 8 3 11
2 Sam. 7 3 10
1 Kgs. 22 0 22
2 Kgs. 33 2 35
1 Chr. 5 0 5
2 Chr. 26 0 26
Neh. 4 1 5
Esth. 2 0 2
Job 11 2 13
Ps. 51 5 56
Prov. 5 3 8
Eccl. 1 3 4
Song. 0 2 2
Isa. 34 13 47
Jer. 21 3 24
Lam. 2 0 2
Ezek. 24 8 32
Dan. 15 3 18
Hosea 3 0 3
Amos 2 1 3
Obad. 1 0 1
Micah 4 0 4
Hab. 3 0 3
Zeph. 1 0 1
Hag. 5 0 5
Zech. 3 0 3
NT 84 27 111
BM 69 24 93
DC 122 10 132
PGP 7 0 7
TOTAL 614 134 748

1 Kgs. 3:2
Only the people sacrificed in high places, because there was no house built unto the name of the Lord, until those days.

1 Kgs. 3:3
And Solomon loved the Lord, walking in the statutes of David his father: only he sacrificed and burnt incense in high places.

1 Kgs. 3:4
And the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there; for that was the great high place: a thousand burnt offerings did Solomon offer upon that altar.

1 Kgs. 6:10
And then he built chambers against all the house, five cubits high: and they rested on the house with timber of cedar.

1 Kgs. 6:23
And within the oracle he made two cherubims of olive tree, each ten cubits high.

1 Kgs. 7:15
For he cast two pillars of brass, of eighteen cubits high apiece: and a line of twelve cubits did compass either of them about.

1 Kgs. 7:35
And in the top of the base was there a round compass of half a cubit high: and on the top of the base the ledges thereof and the borders thereof were of the same.

1 Kgs. 9:8
And at this house, which is high, every one that passeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss; and they shall say, Why hath the Lord done thus unto this land, and to this house?

1 Kgs. 11:7
Then did Solomon build an high place for Chemosh, the abomination of Moab, in the hill that is before Jerusalem, and for Molech, the abomination of the children of Ammon.

1 Kgs. 12:31
And he made an house of high places, and made priests of the lowest of the people, which were not of the sons of Levi.

1 Kgs. 12:32
And Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, like unto the feast that is in Judah, and he offered upon the altar. So did he in Beth-el, sacrificing unto the calves that he had made: and he placed in Beth-el the priests of the high places which he had made.

1 Kgs. 13:2
And he cried against the altar in the word of the Lord, and said, O altar, altar, thus saith the Lord; Behold, a child shall be born unto the house of David, Josiah by name; and upon thee shall he offer the priests of the high places that burn incense upon thee, and men's bones shall be burnt upon thee.

1 Kgs. 13:32
For the saying which he cried by the word of the Lord against the altar in Beth-el, and against all the houses of the high places which are in the cities of Samaria, shall surely come to pass.

1 Kgs. 13:33
After this thing Jeroboam returned not from his evil way, but made again of the lowest of the people priests of the high places: whosoever would, he consecrated him, and he became one of the priests of the high places.

1 Kgs. 14:23
For they also built them high places, and images, and groves, on every high hill, and under every green tree.

1 Kgs. 15:14
But the high places were not removed: nevertheless Asa's heart was perfect with the Lord all his days.

1 Kgs. 21:9
And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people:

1 Kgs. 21:12
They proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people.

1 Kgs. 22:43
And he walked in all the ways of Asa his father; he turned not aside from it, doing that which was right in the eyes of the Lord: nevertheless the high places were not taken away; for the people offered and burnt incense yet in the high places.