Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'took' occurs 907 times in the standard works.

226 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'took' in the standard works and contain 24.9% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 101 minutes to read the entire list.

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Alma 31:6-7 (5 in 2 verses)

JS-H 1:63-65 (4 in 3 verses)

2 Sam. 13:8-11 (4 in 4 verses)

Jer. 38:11-14 (4 in 4 verses)

Matt. 25:1-4 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Kgs. 14:26 (3 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 16:7 (3 in 1 verse)

Deut. 2:34-35 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 62:14-15 (3 in 2 verses)

Ex. 24:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

Lev. 8:28-30 (3 in 3 verses)

Num. 31:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)

Judg. 9:48-50 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Sam. 5:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Kgs. 2:12-14 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Kgs. 25:18-20 (3 in 3 verses)

Jer. 52:24-26 (3 in 3 verses)

Luke 20:29-31 (3 in 3 verses)

Heb. 2:14-16 (3 in 3 verses)

Abr. 2:2-4 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 22:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 43:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 4:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 3:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 4:21 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 12:9 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 30:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 10:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Omni 1:29 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 14:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 15:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 55:24 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 56:57 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 62:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Abr. 2:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 14:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 24:67-25:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 31:45-46 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 32:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 34:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 34:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 13:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 14:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 8:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 8:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 3:49-50 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 10:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 24:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 32:41-42 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 3:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 7:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 10:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 11:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 7:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 12:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 19:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 31:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 1:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 8:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 12:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 20:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 3:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 6:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 10:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 12:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 14:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 16:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 25:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 11:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 25:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 32:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 37:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 52:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 14:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 15:36-37 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 16:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 26:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 27:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 27:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 8:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 12:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 14:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 10:34-35 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 18:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 21:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 23:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 24:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 27:35-36 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 4:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Jacob 5:55-56 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 19:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 43:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 44:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 46:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 47:34-35 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 49:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 50:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 50:35-36 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 53:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 63:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 587 13 600
Gen. 81 3 84
Ex. 32 1 33
Lev. 13 0 13
Num. 38 0 38
Deut. 18 0 18
Josh. 35 0 35
Judg. 48 2 50
Ruth 5 0 5
1 Sam. 42 0 42
2 Sam. 42 0 42
1 Kgs. 26 0 26
2 Kgs. 53 1 54
1 Chr. 20 0 20
2 Chr. 41 0 41
Ezra 4 0 4
Neh. 5 0 5
Esth. 5 1 6
Job 2 0 2
Ps. 8 1 9
Prov. 1 0 1
Eccl. 1 0 1
Song. 1 0 1
Isa. 4 0 4
Jer. 34 2 36
Lam. 1 1 2
Ezek. 15 1 16
Dan. 4 0 4
Hosea 3 0 3
Amos 1 0 1
Jonah 1 0 1
Zech. 3 0 3
NT 164 0 164
BM 130 3 133
DC 3 2 5
PGP 23 1 24
TOTAL 907 19 926

Isa. 8:2
And I took unto me faithful witnesses to record, Uriah the priest, and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah.

Isa. 20:1
In the year that Tartan came unto Ashdod, (when Sargon the king of Assyria sent him,) and fought against Ashdod, and took it;

Isa. 36:1
Now it came to pass in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah, that Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the defenced cities of Judah, and took them.

Isa. 40:14
With whom took he counsel, and who instructed him, and taught him in the path of judgment, and taught him knowledge, and shewed to him the way of understanding?