Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'spake' occurs 798 times in the standard works.

141 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'spake' in the standard works and contain 17.7% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 63 minutes to read the entire list.

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1 Ne. 11:30-32 (4 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 4:32-35 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Kgs. 4:32-33 (3 in 2 verses)

Matt. 13:33-34 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 15:19-20 (3 in 2 verses)

Jacob 7:17-18 (3 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 23:2-3 (3 in 2 verses)

Ex. 6:27-29 (3 in 3 verses)

Ex. 16:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 1:28-2:2 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 2:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 4:22-24 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 1:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 4:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)

Moses 2:5-7 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Kgs. 12:10 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 10:10 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 10:10 (2 in 1 verse)

John 10:6 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 11:11 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 12:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 12:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 33:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 5:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 27:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 34:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 42:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 6:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 6:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 7:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 19:25-20:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 24:23-25:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 5:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 7:89-8:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 2:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 20:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 8:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 17:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 18:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 23:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 12:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 13:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 26:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 26:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 4:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 19:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 4:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 4:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 10:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 10:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 11:35-36 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 19:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 22:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 5:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 2:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 27:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 5:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 18:36-37 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 28:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 13:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 1:36-37 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 6:42-43 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 451 10 461
NT 136 0 136
BM 170 0 170
1 Ne. 72 0 72
2 Ne. 19 0 19
Jacob 9 0 9
Jarom 1 0 1
Omni 2 0 2
W of M 1 0 1
Mosiah 13 0 13
Alma 19 0 19
Hel. 6 0 6
3 Ne. 18 0 18
Morm. 1 0 1
Ether 5 0 5
Moro. 4 0 4
DC 13 0 13
PGP 28 0 28
TOTAL 798 10 808

Jacob 2:1
The words which Jacob, the brother of Nephi, spake unto the people of Nephi, after the death of Nephi:

Jacob 3:12
And now I, Jacob, spake many more things unto the people of Nephi, warning them against fornication and lasciviousness, and every kind of sin, telling them the awful consequences of them.

Jacob 4:13
Behold, my brethren, he that prophesieth, let him prophesy to the understanding of men; for the Spirit speaketh the truth and lieth not. Wherefore, it speaketh of things as they really are, and of things as they really will be; wherefore, these things are manifested unto us plainly, for the salvation of our souls. But behold, we are not witnesses alone in these things; for God also spake them unto prophets of old.

Jacob 5:1
Behold, my brethren, do ye not remember to have read the words of the prophet Zenos, which he spake unto the house of Israel, saying:

Jacob 6:1
And now, behold, my brethren, as I said unto you that I would prophesy, behold, this is my prophecy-- that the things which this prophet Zenos spake, concerning the house of Israel, in the which he likened them unto a tame olive tree, must surely come to pass.

Jacob 7:17
And it came to pass that on the morrow the multitude were gathered together; and he spake plainly unto them and denied the things which he had taught them, and confessed the Christ, and the power of the Holy Ghost, and the ministering of angels.

Jacob 7:18
And he spake plainly unto them, that he had been deceived by the power of the devil. And he spake of hell, and of eternity, and of eternal punishment.

Jacob 7:21
And when the multitude had witnessed that he spake these things as he was about to give up the ghost, they were astonished exceedingly; insomuch that the power of God came down upon them, and they were overcome that they fell to the earth.