Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'eyes' occurs 650 times in the standard works.

123 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'eyes' in the standard works and contain 18.9% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 47 minutes to read the entire list.

To learn more about emphasis scriptures click here.

Expand All

Ps. 123:1-2 (4 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 6:17-20 (4 in 4 verses)

Moses 1:11 (3 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 4:34-35 (3 in 2 verses)

Matt. 13:15-16 (3 in 2 verses)

Matt. 20:33-34 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 33:21-22 (3 in 2 verses)

Gen. 3:5-7 (3 in 3 verses)

Num. 24:2-4 (3 in 3 verses)

Deut. 29:2-4 (3 in 3 verses)

Moses 4:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 41:37 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 45:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 5:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 3:27 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 26:24 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 25:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Song. 5:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 6:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 16:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 32:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 34:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 8:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Dan. 7:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Zech. 8:6 (2 in 1 verse)

John 12:40 (2 in 1 verse)

Acts 28:27 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 16:10 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 27:12 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 11:8 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 45:72 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 77:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Abr. 3:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 16:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 24:63-64 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 24:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 13:18-14:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 28:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

Ruth 2:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 7:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 36:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Prov. 30:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 1:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 39:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 52:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 20:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 10:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 9:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

John 9:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

John 9:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 8:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 22:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 1:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 105:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 128:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 426 1 427
NT 75 3 78
BM 89 0 89
1 Ne. 12 0 12
2 Ne. 23 0 23
Mosiah 11 0 11
Alma 12 0 12
Hel. 6 0 6
3 Ne. 16 0 16
Morm. 3 0 3
Ether 6 0 6
DC 42 0 42
PGP 18 0 18
TOTAL 650 4 654

2 Ne. 3:8
And I will give unto him a commandment that he shall do none other work, save the work which I shall command him. And I will make him great in mine eyes; for he shall do my work.

2 Ne. 4:25
And upon the wings of his Spirit hath my body been carried away upon exceedingly high mountains. And mine eyes have beheld great things, yea, even too great for man; therefore I was bidden that I should not write them.

2 Ne. 8:6
Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look upon the earth beneath; for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall wax old like a garment; and they that dwell therein shall die in like manner. But my salvation shall be forever, and my righteousness shall not be abolished.

2 Ne. 10:8
And it shall come to pass that they shall be gathered in from their long dispersion, from the isles of the sea, and from the four parts of the earth; and the nations of the Gentiles shall be great in the eyes of me, saith God, in carrying them forth to the lands of their inheritance.

2 Ne. 13:8
For Jerusalem is ruined, and Judah is fallen, because their tongues and their doings have been against the Lord, to provoke the eyes of his glory.

2 Ne. 13:16
Moreover, the Lord saith: Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with stretched-forth necks and wanton eyes, walking and mincing as they go, and making a tinkling with their feet--

2 Ne. 15:15
And the mean man shall be brought down, and the mighty man shall be humbled, and the eyes of the lofty shall be humbled.

2 Ne. 15:21
Wo unto the wise in their own eyes and prudent in their own sight!

2 Ne. 16:5
Then said I: Wo is unto me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips; and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; for mine eyes have seen the King, the Lord of Hosts.

2 Ne. 16:10
Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes-- lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and be converted and be healed.

2 Ne. 21:3
And shall make him of quick understanding in the fear of the Lord; and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither reprove after the hearing of his ears.

2 Ne. 23:16
Their children also shall be dashed to pieces before their eyes; their houses shall be spoiled and their wives ravished.

2 Ne. 23:18
Their bows shall also dash the young men to pieces; and they shall have no pity on the fruit of the womb; their eyes shall not spare children.

2 Ne. 25:5
Yea, and my soul delighteth in the words of Isaiah, for I came out from Jerusalem, and mine eyes hath beheld the things of the Jews, and I know that the Jews do understand the things of the prophets, and there is none other people that understand the things which were spoken unto the Jews like unto them, save it be that they are taught after the manner of the things of the Jews.

2 Ne. 25:20
And now, my brethren, I have spoken plainly that ye cannot err. And as the Lord God liveth that brought Israel up out of the land of Egypt, and gave unto Moses power that he should heal the nations after they had been bitten by the poisonous serpents, if they would cast their eyes unto the serpent which he did raise up before them, and also gave him power that he should smite the rock and the water should come forth; yea, behold I say unto you, that as these things are true, and as the Lord God liveth, there is none other name given under heaven save it be this Jesus Christ, of which I have spoken, whereby man can be saved.

2 Ne. 26:20
And the Gentiles are lifted up in the pride of their eyes, and have stumbled, because of the greatness of their stumbling block, that they have built up many churches; nevertheless, they put down the power and miracles of God, and preach up unto themselves their own wisdom and their own learning, that they may get gain and grind upon the face of the poor.

2 Ne. 27:5
For behold, the Lord hath poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep. For behold, ye have closed your eyes, and ye have rejected the prophets; and your rulers, and the seers hath he covered because of your iniquity.

2 Ne. 27:12
Wherefore, at that day when the book shall be delivered unto the man of whom I have spoken, the book shall be hid from the eyes of the world, that the eyes of none shall behold it save it be that three witnesses shall behold it, by the power of God, besides him to whom the book shall be delivered; and they shall testify to the truth of the book and the things therein.

2 Ne. 27:29
And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity and out of darkness.

2 Ne. 30:6
And then shall they rejoice; for they shall know that it is a blessing unto them from the hand of God; and their scales of darkness shall begin to fall from their eyes; and many generations shall not pass away among them, save they shall be a pure and a delightsome people.

2 Ne. 33:3
But I, Nephi, have written what I have written, and I esteem it as of great worth, and especially unto my people. For I pray continually for them by day, and mine eyes water my pillow by night, because of them; and I cry unto my God in faith, and I know that he will hear my cry.