Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'hard' occurs 70 times in the standard works.

12 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'hard' in the standard works and contain 17.1% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 5 minutes to read the entire list.

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1 Ne. 16:1-3 (4 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 15:3 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 9:40 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 35:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)


Ezek. 3:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

 3:5 For thou art not sent to a people of a strange speech and of an hard language, but to the house of Israel;

 3:6 Not to many people of a strange speech and of an hard language, whose words thou canst not understand. Surely, had I sent thee to them, they would have hearkened unto thee.




Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 36 50 86
Gen. 3 1 4
Ex. 2 20 22
Lev. 1 0 1
Deut. 4 2 6
Josh. 0 1 1
Judg. 2 0 2
1 Sam. 2 2 4
2 Sam. 3 0 3
1 Kgs. 2 0 2
2 Kgs. 1 1 2
1 Chr. 2 0 2
2 Chr. 1 1 2
Neh. 0 3 3
Job 1 4 5
Ps. 4 1 5
Prov. 1 4 5
Eccl. 0 1 1
Song. 0 1 1
Isa. 1 2 3
Jer. 2 3 5
Ezek. 2 2 4
Dan. 1 1 2
Jonah 1 0 1
NT 9 20 29
BM 22 106 128
DC 2 18 20
PGP 1 0 1
TOTAL 70 194 264

Ezek. 3:5
For thou art not sent to a people of a strange speech and of an hard language, but to the house of Israel;

Ezek. 3:6
Not to many people of a strange speech and of an hard language, whose words thou canst not understand. Surely, had I sent thee to them, they would have hearkened unto thee.

Ezek. 3:7
But the house of Israel will not hearken unto thee; for they will not hearken unto me: for all the house of Israel are impudent and hardhearted.

Ezek. 3:9
As an adamant harder than flint have I made thy forehead: fear them not, neither be dismayed at their looks, though they be a rebellious house.