Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'both' occurs 548 times in the standard works.

89 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'both' in the standard works and contain 16.2% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 33 minutes to read the entire list.

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Alma 11:43-44 (5 in 2 verses)

Hel. 6:9-12 (5 in 4 verses)

Lev. 20:11-14 (4 in 4 verses)

Philip. 4:9-12 (4 in 4 verses)

2 Ne. 10:16 (3 in 1 verse)

Alma 1:30 (3 in 1 verse)

Deut. 22:22-24 (3 in 3 verses)

Rom. 1:12-14 (3 in 3 verses)

Rev. 19:18-20 (3 in 3 verses)

Morm. 4:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 43:18-20 (3 in 3 verses)

Ex. 36:29 (2 in 1 verse)

John 15:24 (2 in 1 verse)

Acts 8:38 (2 in 1 verse)

Acts 14:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Rom. 14:9 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 8:27 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 18:25 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 2:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 4:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 5:49 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 52:35 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 6:2 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 7:8 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 102:11 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 135:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Moses 6:63 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 6:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Neh. 12:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 1:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 6:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Rev. 13:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 13:41-42 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 26:33-27:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 11:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 14:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 254 33 287
Gen. 30 3 33
Ex. 20 0 20
Lev. 18 0 18
Num. 29 4 33
Deut. 8 0 8
Josh. 4 1 5
Judg. 8 0 8
Ruth 1 0 1
1 Sam. 19 0 19
2 Sam. 5 0 5
1 Kgs. 7 20 27
2 Kgs. 8 3 11
1 Chr. 8 2 10
2 Chr. 7 0 7
Ezra 2 0 2
Neh. 7 0 7
Esth. 6 0 6
Job 2 0 2
Ps. 10 0 10
Prov. 7 0 7
Eccl. 4 0 4
Isa. 9 0 9
Jer. 17 0 17
Lam. 1 0 1
Ezek. 9 0 9
Dan. 2 0 2
Micah 2 0 2
Nahum 1 0 1
Zeph. 1 0 1
Zech. 2 0 2
NT 107 0 107
BM 116 0 116
DC 57 0 57
PGP 14 0 14
TOTAL 548 33 581

Gen. 2:25
And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.

Gen. 3:7
And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.

Gen. 6:7
And the Lord said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.

Gen. 7:21
And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of beast, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, and every man:

Gen. 7:23
And every living substance was destroyed which was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, and the fowl of the heaven; and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noah only remained alive, and they that were with him in the ark.

Gen. 8:17
Bring forth with thee every living thing that is with thee, of all flesh, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth; that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply upon the earth.

Gen. 9:23
And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it upon both their shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces were backward, and they saw not their father's nakedness.

Gen. 10:11
Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah,

Gen. 19:4
But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of Sodom, compassed the house round, both old and young, all the people from every quarter:

Gen. 19:11
And they smote the men that were at the door of the house with blindness, both small and great: so that they wearied themselves to find the door.

Gen. 19:36
Thus were both the daughters of Lot with child by their father.

Gen. 21:27
And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them unto Abimelech; and both of them made a covenant.

Gen. 21:31
Wherefore he called that place Beer-sheba; because there they sware both of them.

Gen. 22:6
And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering, and laid it upon Isaac his son; and he took the fire in his hand, and a knife; and they went both of them together.

Gen. 22:8
And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them together.

Gen. 24:25
She said moreover unto him, We have both straw and provender enough, and room to lodge in.

Gen. 24:44
And she say to me, Both drink thou, and I will also draw for thy camels: let the same be the woman whom the Lord hath appointed out for my master's son.

Gen. 26:22
And he removed from thence, and digged another well; and for that they strove not: and he called the name of it Rehoboth; and he said, For now the Lord hath made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land.

Gen. 27:45
Until thy brother's anger turn away from thee, and he forget that which thou hast done to him: then I will send, and fetch thee from thence: why should I be deprived also of you both in one day?

Gen. 31:37
Whereas thou hast searched all my stuff, what hast thou found of all thy household stuff? set it here before my brethren and thy brethren, that they may judge betwixt us both.

Gen. 36:24
And these are the children of Zibeon; both Ajah, and Anah: this was that Anah that found the mules in the wilderness, as he fed the asses of Zibeon his father.

Gen. 36:37
And Samlah died, and Saul of Rehoboth by the river reigned in his stead.

Gen. 40:5
And they dreamed a dream both of them, each man his dream in one night, each man according to the interpretation of his dream, the butler and the baker of the king of Egypt, which were bound in the prison.

Gen. 41:10
Pharaoh was wroth with his servants, and put me in ward in the captain of the guard's house, both me and the chief baker:

Gen. 42:35
And it came to pass as they emptied their sacks, that, behold, every man's bundle of money was in his sack: and when both they and their father saw the bundles of money, they were afraid.

Gen. 43:8
And Judah said unto Israel his father, Send the lad with me, and we will arise and go; that we may live, and not die, both we, and thou, and also our little ones.

Gen. 44:9
With whomsoever of thy servants it be found, both let him die, and we also will be my lord's bondmen.

Gen. 44:16
And Judah said, What shall we say unto my lord? what shall we speak? or how shall we clear ourselves? God hath found out the iniquity of thy servants: behold, we are my lord's servants, both we, and he also with whom the cup is found.

Gen. 46:34
That ye shall say, Thy servants' trade hath been about cattle from our youth even until now, both we, and also our fathers: that ye may dwell in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd is an abomination unto the Egyptians.

Gen. 47:3
And Pharaoh said unto his brethren, What is your occupation? And they said unto Pharaoh, Thy servants are shepherds, both we, and also our fathers.

Gen. 47:19
Wherefore shall we die before thine eyes, both we and our land? buy us and our land for bread, and we and our land will be servants unto Pharaoh: and give us seed, that we may live, and not die, that the land be not desolate.

Gen. 48:13
And Joseph took them both, Ephraim in his right hand toward Israel's left hand, and Manasseh in his left hand toward Israel's right hand, and brought them near unto him.

Gen. 50:9
And there went up with him both chariots and horsemen: and it was a very great company.