Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'kept' occurs 302 times in the standard works.

68 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'kept' in the standard works and contain 22.5% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 29 minutes to read the entire list.

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4 Ne. 1:19-21 (7 in 3 verses)

Alma 37:2-5 (6 in 4 verses)

2 Chr. 35:17-19 (4 in 3 verses)

D&C 128:7-9 (4 in 3 verses)

Ex. 16:32-34 (3 in 3 verses)

John 17:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 2:31 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 1:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 22:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 13:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 21:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 25:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 26:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 11:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 7:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 119:55-56 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 119:167-168 (2 in 2 verses)

John 18:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)


Acts 12:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

 12:5 Peter therefore was kept in prison: but prayer was made without ceasing of the church unto God for him.

 12:6 And when Herod would have brought him forth, the same night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains: and the keepers before the door kept the prison.




2 Ne. 1:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Omni 1:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 3:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 24:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 52:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 3:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 38:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 42:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 128 0 128
NT 47 0 47
Matt. 4 0 4
Mark 2 0 2
Luke 6 0 6
John 9 0 9
Acts 14 0 14
Rom. 1 0 1
2 Cor. 2 0 2
Gal. 1 0 1
2 Tim. 1 0 1
Heb. 1 0 1
James 1 0 1
1 Pet. 1 0 1
2 Pet. 1 0 1
Jude 1 0 1
Rev. 2 0 2
BM 83 0 83
DC 37 0 37
PGP 7 0 7
TOTAL 302 0 302

Acts 5:2
And kept back part of the price, his wife also being privy to it, and brought a certain part, and laid it at the apostles' feet.

Acts 7:53
Who have received the law by the disposition of angels, and have not kept it.

Acts 9:33
And there he found a certain man named Aeneas, which had kept his bed eight years, and was sick of the palsy.

Acts 12:5
Peter therefore was kept in prison: but prayer was made without ceasing of the church unto God for him.

Acts 12:6
And when Herod would have brought him forth, the same night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains: and the keepers before the door kept the prison.

Acts 15:12
Then all the multitude kept silence, and gave audience to Barnabas and Paul, declaring what miracles and wonders God had wrought among the Gentiles by them.

Acts 20:20
And how I kept back nothing that was profitable unto you, but have shewed you, and have taught you publickly, and from house to house,

Acts 22:2
(And when they heard that he spake in the Hebrew tongue to them, they kept the more silence: and he saith,)

Acts 22:20
And when the blood of thy martyr Stephen was shed, I also was standing by, and consenting unto his death, and kept the raiment of them that slew him.

Acts 23:35
I will hear thee, said he, when thine accusers are also come. And he commanded him to be kept in Herod's judgment hall.

Acts 25:4
But Festus answered, that Paul should be kept at Caesarea, and that he himself would depart shortly thither.

Acts 25:21
But when Paul had appealed to be reserved unto the hearing of Augustus, I commanded him to be kept till I might send him to Caesar.

Acts 27:43
But the centurion, willing to save Paul, kept them from their purpose; and commanded that they which could swim should cast themselves first into the sea, and get to land:

Acts 28:16
And when we came to Rome, the centurion delivered the prisoners to the captain of the guard: but Paul was suffered to dwell by himself with a soldier that kept him.