Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'set' occurs 828 times in the standard works.

182 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'set' in the standard works and contain 22% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 74 minutes to read the entire list.

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Abr. 3:3-10 (11 in 8 verses)

Ex. 40:2-8 (7 in 7 verses)

Dan. 2:49-3:5 (6 in 6 verses)

Alma 3:13-16 (5 in 4 verses)

Deut. 17:14-15 (4 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 4:2-3 (4 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 7:21 (3 in 1 verse)

Num. 2:16-17 (3 in 2 verses)

Num. 10:21-22 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 9:23-24 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 14:30-31 (3 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 23:24-25 (3 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 24:2-3 (3 in 2 verses)

Mark 8:6-7 (3 in 2 verses)

Heb. 12:1-2 (3 in 2 verses)

Hel. 13:20-21 (3 in 2 verses)

Ezra 3:8-10 (3 in 3 verses)

Neh. 3:13-15 (3 in 3 verses)

Jer. 44:10-12 (3 in 3 verses)

Dan. 3:12-14 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 121:29-31 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Sam. 2:8 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 26:24 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 20:12 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 2:18 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 13:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Neh. 4:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 91:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 31:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 51:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 7:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 15:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 26:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Hosea 2:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Zech. 3:5 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 19:7 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 101:53 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 21:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 28:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 43:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 40:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 20:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 10:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 8:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 24:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 18:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

Ruth 2:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 5:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 15:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 21:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 4:43-44 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 19:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 29:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 23:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezra 4:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 78:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 141:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Song. 5:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 11:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 57:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 31:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 16:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 17:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 21:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 24:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 21:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 3:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 90:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 93:43-44 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 101:45-46 (2 in 2 verses)

Abr. 4:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 611 273 884
NT 84 62 146
BM 74 49 123
1 Ne. 6 4 10
2 Ne. 14 12 26
Jacob 2 2 4
W of M 0 1 1
Mosiah 6 3 9
Alma 25 13 38
Hel. 9 4 13
3 Ne. 8 2 10
Morm. 1 3 4
Ether 3 3 6
Moro. 0 2 2
DC 43 29 72
PGP 16 12 28
TOTAL 828 425 1253

2 Ne. 1:12
Yea, as one generation passeth to another there shall be bloodsheds, and great visitations among them; wherefore, my sons, I would that ye would remember; yea, I would that ye would hearken unto my words.

2 Ne. 4:18
I am encompassed about, because of the temptations and the sins which do so easily beset me.

2 Ne. 6:6
And now, these are the words: Thus saith the Lord God: Behold, I will lift up mine hand to the Gentiles, and set up my standard to the people; and they shall bring thy sons in their arms, and thy daughters shall be carried upon their shoulders.

2 Ne. 6:14
And behold, according to the words of the prophet, the Messiah will set himself again the second time to recover them; wherefore, he will manifest himself unto them in power and great glory, unto the destruction of their enemies, when that day cometh when they shall believe in him; and none will he destroy that believe in him.

2 Ne. 7:7
For the Lord God will help me, therefore shall I not be confounded. Therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be ashamed.

2 Ne. 9:27
But wo unto him that has the law given, yea, that has all the commandments of God, like unto us, and that transgresseth them, and that wasteth the days of his probation, for awful is his state!

2 Ne. 9:28
O that cunning plan of the evil one! O the vainness, and the frailties, and the foolishness of men! When they are learned they think they are wise, and they hearken not unto the counsel of God, for they set it aside, supposing they know of themselves, wherefore, their wisdom is foolishness and it profiteth them not. And they shall perish.

2 Ne. 9:42
And whoso knocketh, to him will he open; and the wise, and the learned, and they that are rich, who are puffed up because of their learning, and their wisdom, and their riches-- yea, they are they whom he despiseth; and save they shall cast these things away, and consider themselves fools before God, and come down in the depths of humility, he will not open unto them.

2 Ne. 10:14
For he that raiseth up a king against me shall perish, for I, the Lord, the king of heaven, will be their king, and I will be a light unto them forever, that hear my words.

2 Ne. 12:19
And they shall go into the holes of the rocks, and into the caves of the earth, for the fear of the Lord shall come upon them and the glory of his majesty shall smite them, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth.

2 Ne. 12:21
To go into the clefts of the rocks, and into the tops of the ragged rocks, for the fear of the Lord shall come upon them and the majesty of his glory shall smite them, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth.

2 Ne. 13:24
And it shall come to pass, instead of sweet smell there shall be stink; and instead of a girdle, a rent; and instead of well set hair, baldness; and instead of a stomacher, a girding of sackcloth; burning instead of beauty.

2 Ne. 17:6
Let us go up against Judah and vex it, and let us make a breach therein for us, and set a king in the midst of it, yea, the son of Tabeal.

2 Ne. 18:6
Forasmuch as this people refuseth the waters of Shiloah that go softly, and rejoice in Rezin and Remaliah's son;

2 Ne. 19:11
Therefore the Lord shall set up the adversaries of Rezin against him, and join his enemies together;

2 Ne. 21:11
And it shall come to pass in that day that the Lord shall set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people which shall be left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.

2 Ne. 21:12
And he shall set up an ensign for the nations, and shall assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth.

2 Ne. 24:1
For the Lord will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land; and the strangers shall be joined with them, and they shall cleave to the house of Jacob.

2 Ne. 25:8
Wherefore, they are of worth unto the children of men, and he that supposeth that they are not, unto them will I speak particularly, and confine the words unto mine own people; for I know that they shall be of great worth unto them in the last days; for in that day shall they understand them; wherefore, for their good have I written them.

2 Ne. 25:17
And the Lord will set his hand again the second time to restore his people from their lost and fallen state. Wherefore, he will proceed to do a marvelous work and a wonder among the children of men.

2 Ne. 26:11
For the Spirit of the Lord will not always strive with man. And when the Spirit ceaseth to strive with man then cometh speedy destruction, and this grieveth my soul.

2 Ne. 26:18
Wherefore, as those who have been destroyed have been destroyed speedily; and the multitude of their terrible ones shall be as chaff that passeth away-- yea, thus saith the Lord God: It shall be at an instant, suddenly--

2 Ne. 26:29
He commandeth that there shall be no priestcrafts; for, behold, priestcrafts are that men preach and set themselves up for a light unto the world, that they may get gain and praise of the world; but they seek not the welfare of Zion.

2 Ne. 29:1
But behold, there shall be many-- at that day when I shall proceed to do a marvelous work among them, that I may remember my covenants which I have made unto the children of men, that I may set my hand again the second time to recover my people, which are of the house of Israel;

2 Ne. 31:7
Know ye not that he was holy? But notwithstanding he being holy, he showeth unto the children of men that, according to the flesh he humbleth himself before the Father, and witnesseth unto the Father that he would be obedient unto him in keeping his commandments.

2 Ne. 31:9
And again, it showeth unto the children of men the straitness of the path, and the narrowness of the gate, by which they should enter, he having set the example before them.