Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'taken' occurs 542 times in the standard works.

126 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'taken' in the standard works and contain 23.2% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 53 minutes to read the entire list.

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1 Ne. 13:26-29 (6 in 4 verses)

Alma 52:4-8 (5 in 5 verses)

Ezek. 17:12-13 (4 in 2 verses)

Josh. 7:15-18 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 16:5-8 (4 in 4 verses)

Ex. 40:36-37 (3 in 2 verses)

Num. 9:21-22 (3 in 2 verses)

Num. 36:3-4 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 10:20-21 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 12:3-4 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 52:39-40 (3 in 2 verses)

Luke 17:34-36 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 30:54-56 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 55:25-27 (3 in 3 verses)

Deut. 24:5 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 21:6 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 24:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 57:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 38:28 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 22:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Acts 8:33 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 54:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 58:31 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 62:30 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 2:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 27:35-36 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 4:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 14:41-42 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 30:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 12:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 2:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezra 10:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Esth. 2:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 6:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 49:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 21:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 5:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Amos 3:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 24:40-41 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 5:35-36 (2 in 2 verses)

John 8:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

John 20:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 21:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 6:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 16:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 46:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 55:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 62:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 43:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 3:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Abr. 5:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

JS-M 1:44-45 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 270 1 271
Gen. 22 0 22
Ex. 5 0 5
Lev. 7 0 7
Num. 19 0 19
Deut. 8 0 8
Josh. 8 0 8
Judg. 6 0 6
1 Sam. 21 0 21
2 Sam. 7 0 7
1 Kgs. 6 0 6
2 Kgs. 11 0 11
1 Chr. 2 0 2
2 Chr. 9 0 9
Ezra 7 0 7
Neh. 2 0 2
Esth. 3 0 3
Job 11 0 11
Ps. 9 1 10
Prov. 5 0 5
Eccl. 4 0 4
Isa. 24 0 24
Jer. 30 0 30
Lam. 2 0 2
Ezek. 24 0 24
Dan. 7 0 7
Hosea 1 0 1
Joel 1 0 1
Amos 5 0 5
Micah 2 0 2
Zeph. 1 0 1
Zech. 1 0 1
NT 68 2 70
BM 153 14 167
DC 35 2 37
PGP 16 0 16
TOTAL 542 19 561

Gen. 2:22
And the rib, which the Lord God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.

Gen. 2:23
And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.

Gen. 3:19
In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.

Gen. 3:23
Therefore the Lord God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.

Gen. 4:15
And the Lord said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And the Lord set a mark upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill him.

Gen. 12:15
The princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and commended her before Pharaoh: and the woman was taken into Pharaoh's house.

Gen. 12:19
Why saidst thou, She is my sister? so I might have taken her to me to wife: now therefore behold thy wife, take her, and go thy way.

Gen. 14:14
And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he armed his trained servants, born in his own house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued them unto Dan.

Gen. 18:27
And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, which am but dust and ashes:

Gen. 18:31
And he said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord: Peradventure there shall be twenty found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for twenty's sake.

Gen. 20:3
But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, Behold, thou art but a dead man, for the woman which thou hast taken; for she is a man's wife.

Gen. 21:25
And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well of water, which Abimelech's servants had violently taken away.

Gen. 27:33
And Isaac trembled very exceedingly, and said, Who? where is he that hath taken venison, and brought it me, and I have eaten of all before thou camest, and have blessed him? yea, and he shall be blessed.

Gen. 27:35
And he said, Thy brother came with subtilty, and hath taken away thy blessing.

Gen. 27:36
And he said, Is not he rightly named Jacob? for he hath supplanted me these two times: he took away my birthright; and, behold, now he hath taken away my blessing. And he said, Hast thou not reserved a blessing for me?

Gen. 30:15
And she said unto her, Is it a small matter that thou hast taken my husband? and wouldest thou take away my son's mandrakes also? And Rachel said, Therefore he shall lie with thee to night for thy son's mandrakes.

Gen. 30:23
And she conceived, and bare a son; and said, God hath taken away my reproach:

Gen. 31:1
And he heard the words of Laban's sons, saying, Jacob hath taken away all that was our father's; and of that which was our father's hath he gotten all this glory.

Gen. 31:9
Thus God hath taken away the cattle of your father, and given them to me.

Gen. 31:16
For all the riches which God hath taken from our father, that is ours, and our children's: now then, whatsoever God hath said unto thee, do.

Gen. 31:26
And Laban said to Jacob, What hast thou done, that thou hast stolen away unawares to me, and carried away my daughters, as captives taken with the sword?

Gen. 31:34
Now Rachel had taken the images, and put them in the camel's furniture, and sat upon them. And Laban searched all the tent, but found them not.