Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'surely' occurs 352 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 'surely' in the standard works and contain 15.6% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 24 minutes to read the entire list.

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Lev. 20:9-13 (5 in 5 verses)

Ezek. 33:13-16 (4 in 4 verses)

Jer. 44:25 (3 in 1 verse)

Ex. 21:15-17 (3 in 3 verses)

Num. 35:16-18 (3 in 3 verses)

Jer. 31:18-20 (3 in 3 verses)

Ps. 39:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 49:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 50:45 (2 in 1 verse)

Micah 2:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 13:6 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 97:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 50:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 19:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 23:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 31:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 20:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 24:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 22:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 19:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 22:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 18:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 5:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 277 0 277
Gen. 20 0 20
Ex. 28 0 28
Lev. 12 0 12
Num. 15 0 15
Deut. 12 0 12
Josh. 1 0 1
Judg. 8 0 8
Ruth 1 0 1
1 Sam. 16 0 16
2 Sam. 9 0 9
1 Kgs. 10 0 10
2 Kgs. 12 0 12
Esth. 1 0 1
Job 14 0 14
Ps. 17 0 17
Prov. 7 0 7
Eccl. 4 0 4
Isa. 19 0 19
Jer. 34 0 34
Lam. 1 0 1
Ezek. 24 0 24
Hosea 2 0 2
Amos 5 0 5
Micah 2 0 2
Hab. 1 0 1
Zeph. 2 0 2
NT 7 0 7
BM 50 0 50
DC 8 0 8
PGP 10 0 10
TOTAL 352 0 352

1 Kgs. 2:37
For it shall be, that on the day thou goest out, and passest over the brook Kidron, thou shalt know for certain that thou shalt surely die: thy blood shall be upon thine own head.

1 Kgs. 2:42
And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said unto him, Did I not make thee to swear by the Lord, and protested unto thee, saying, Know for a certain, on the day thou goest out, and walkest abroad any whither, that thou shalt surely die? and thou saidst unto me, The word that I have heard is good.

1 Kgs. 8:13
I have surely built thee an house to dwell in, a settled place for thee to abide in for ever.

1 Kgs. 11:2
Of the nations concerning which the Lord said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall not go in to them, neither shall they come in unto you: for surely they will turn away your heart after their gods: Solomon clave unto these in love.

1 Kgs. 11:11
Wherefore the Lord said unto Solomon, Forasmuch as this is done of thee, and thou hast not kept my covenant and my statutes, which I have commanded thee, I will surely rend the kingdom from thee, and will give it to thy servant.

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. 18:15
And Elijah said, As the Lord of hosts liveth, before whom I stand, I will surely shew myself unto him to day.

1 Kgs. 20:23
And the servants of the king of Syria said unto him, Their gods are gods of the hills; therefore they were stronger than we; but let us fight against them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they.

1 Kgs. 20:25
And number thee an army, like the army that thou hast lost, horse for horse, and chariot for chariot: and we will fight against them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they. And he hearkened unto their voice, and did so.

1 Kgs. 22:32
And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that they said, Surely it is the king of Israel. And they turned aside to fight against him: and Jehoshaphat cried out.