Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'laid' occurs 355 times in the standard works.

47 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'laid' in the standard works and contain 13.2% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 19 minutes to read the entire list.

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Ezra 3:10-12 (3 in 3 verses)

Job 38:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

Luke 23:53-55 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 22:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 41:48 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 21:30 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 3:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 15:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 6:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Luke 23:26 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 12:25 (2 in 1 verse)

JS-H 1:71 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 3:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 13:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 4:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 12:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Esth. 9:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 15:46-47 (2 in 2 verses)

John 19:41-42 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 23:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 3:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 42:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 194 35 229
Gen. 13 0 13
Ex. 8 14 22
Lev. 3 0 3
Num. 4 0 4
Deut. 4 0 4
Josh. 5 0 5
Judg. 6 0 6
Ruth 3 0 3
1 Sam. 10 0 10
2 Sam. 3 0 3
1 Kgs. 12 10 22
2 Kgs. 10 1 11
2 Chr. 9 8 17
Ezra 8 0 8
Neh. 3 0 3
Esth. 5 0 5
Job 7 0 7
Ps. 19 1 20
Prov. 1 0 1
Song. 1 1 2
Isa. 20 0 20
Jer. 4 0 4
Lam. 1 0 1
Ezek. 16 0 16
Dan. 1 0 1
Hosea 1 0 1
Joel 2 0 2
Amos 2 0 2
Obad. 2 0 2
Jonah 1 0 1
Micah 1 0 1
Nahum 1 0 1
Hab. 1 0 1
Hag. 2 0 2
Zech. 4 0 4
Mal. 1 0 1
NT 85 1 86
BM 52 0 52
DC 15 0 15
PGP 9 0 9
TOTAL 355 36 391

1 Kgs. 3:19
And this woman's child died in the night; because she overlaid it.

1 Kgs. 3:20
And she arose at midnight, and took my son from beside me, while thine handmaid slept, and laid it in her bosom, and laid her dead child in my bosom.

1 Kgs. 6:20
And the oracle in the forepart was twenty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in breadth, and twenty cubits in the height thereof: and he overlaid it with pure gold; and so covered the altar which was of cedar.

1 Kgs. 6:21
So Solomon overlaid the house within with pure gold: and he made a partition by the chains of gold before the oracle; and he overlaid it with gold.

1 Kgs. 6:22
And the whole house he overlaid with gold, until he had finished all the house: also the whole altar that was by the oracle he overlaid with gold.

1 Kgs. 6:28
And he overlaid the cherubims with gold.

1 Kgs. 6:30
And the floor of the house he overlaid with gold, within and without.

1 Kgs. 6:32
The two doors also were of olive tree; and he carved upon them carvings of cherubims and palm trees and open flowers, and overlaid them with gold, and spread gold upon the cherubims, and upon the palm trees.

1 Kgs. 6:37
In the fourth year was the foundation of the house of the Lord laid, in the month Zif:

1 Kgs. 8:31
If any man trespass against his neighbour, and an oath be laid upon him to cause him to swear, and the oath come before thine altar in this house:

1 Kgs. 10:18
Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with the best gold.

1 Kgs. 13:29
And the prophet took up the carcase of the man of God, and laid it upon the ass, and brought it back: and the old prophet came to the city, to mourn and to bury him.

1 Kgs. 13:30
And he laid his carcase in his own grave; and they mourned over him, saying, Alas, my brother!

1 Kgs. 15:27
And Baasha the son of Ahijah, of the house of Issachar, conspired against him; and Baasha smote him at Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines; for Nadab and all Israel laid siege to Gibbethon.

1 Kgs. 16:34
In his days did Hiel the Beth-elite build Jericho: he laid the foundation thereof in Abiram his firstborn, and set up the gates thereof in his youngest son Segub, according to the word of the Lord, which he spake by Joshua the son of Nun.

1 Kgs. 17:19
And he said unto her, Give me thy son. And he took him out of her bosom, and carried him up into a loft, where he abode, and laid him upon his own bed.

1 Kgs. 18:33
And he put the wood in order, and cut the bullock in pieces, and laid him on the wood, and said, Fill four barrels with water, and pour it on the burnt sacrifice, and on the wood.

1 Kgs. 19:6
And he looked, and, behold, there was a cake baken on the coals, and a cruse of water at his head. And he did eat and drink, and laid him down again.

1 Kgs. 21:4
And Ahab came into his house heavy and displeased because of the word which Naboth the Jezreelite had spoken to him: for he had said, I will not give thee the inheritance of my fathers. And he laid him down upon his bed, and turned away his face, and would eat no bread.