Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'asses' occurs 65 times in the standard works.

11 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'asses' in the standard works and contain 16.9% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 4 minutes to read the entire list.

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1 Sam. 9:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

 9:3 And the asses of Kish Saul's father were lost. And Kish said to Saul his son, Take now one of the servants with thee, and arise, go seek the asses.

 9:4 And he passed through mount Ephraim, and passed through the land of Shalisha, but they found them not: then they passed through the land of Shalim, and there they were not: and he passed through the land of the Benjamites, but they found them not.

 9:5 And when they were come to the land of Zuph, Saul said to his servant that was with him, Come, and let us return; lest my father leave caring for the asses, and take thought for us.




Gen. 12:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 45:23 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 10:2 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 16:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 64 11 75
Gen. 15 0 15
Ex. 1 1 2
Num. 5 0 5
Deut. 0 2 2
Josh. 2 0 2
Judg. 5 0 5
1 Sam. 12 0 12
2 Sam. 2 1 3
1 Kgs. 0 1 1
2 Kgs. 3 0 3
1 Chr. 3 0 3
2 Chr. 1 0 1
Ezra 1 1 2
Neh. 2 0 2
Job 4 0 4
Ps. 1 2 3
Isa. 4 2 6
Jer. 1 0 1
Ezek. 1 1 2
Dan. 1 0 1
NT 0 12 12
BM 1 11 12
DC 0 9 9
PGP 0 1 1
TOTAL 65 44 109

1 Sam. 8:16
And he will take your menservants, and your maidservants, and your goodliest young men, and your asses, and put them to his work.

1 Sam. 9:3
And the asses of Kish Saul's father were lost. And Kish said to Saul his son, Take now one of the servants with thee, and arise, go seek the asses.

1 Sam. 9:5
And when they were come to the land of Zuph, Saul said to his servant that was with him, Come, and let us return; lest my father leave caring for the asses, and take thought for us.

1 Sam. 9:20
And as for thine asses that were lost three days ago, set not thy mind on them; for they are found. And on whom is all the desire of Israel? Is it not on thee, and on all thy father's house?

1 Sam. 10:2
When thou art departed from me to day, then thou shalt find two men by Rachel's sepulchre in the border of Benjamin at Zelzah; and they will say unto thee, The asses which thou wentest to seek are found: and, lo, thy father hath left the care of the asses, and sorroweth for you, saying, What shall I do for my son?

1 Sam. 10:14
And Saul's uncle said unto him and to his servant, Whither went ye? And he said, To seek the asses: and when we saw that they were no where, we came to Samuel.

1 Sam. 10:16
And Saul said unto his uncle, He told us plainly that the asses were found. But of the matter of the kingdom, whereof Samuel spake, he told him not.

1 Sam. 22:19
And Nob, the city of the priests, smote he with the edge of the sword, both men and women, children and sucklings, and oxen, and asses, and sheep, with the edge of the sword.

1 Sam. 25:18
Then Abigail made haste, and took two hundred loaves, and two bottles of wine, and five sheep ready dressed, and five measures of parched corn, and an hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs, and laid them on asses.

1 Sam. 27:9
And David smote the land, and left neither man nor woman alive, and took away the sheep, and the oxen, and the asses, and the camels, and the apparel, and returned, and came to Achish.