Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'surely' occurs 352 times in the standard works.

55 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'surely' in the standard works and contain 15.6% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 24 minutes to read the entire list.

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Lev. 20:9-13 (5 in 5 verses)

Ezek. 33:13-16 (4 in 4 verses)

Jer. 44:25 (3 in 1 verse)

Ex. 21:15-17 (3 in 3 verses)

Num. 35:16-18 (3 in 3 verses)

Jer. 31:18-20 (3 in 3 verses)

Ps. 39:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 49:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 50:45 (2 in 1 verse)

Micah 2:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 13:6 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 97:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 50:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 19:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 23:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 31:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 20:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 24:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 22:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 19:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 22:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 18:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 5:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 277 0 277
Gen. 20 0 20
Ex. 28 0 28
Lev. 12 0 12
Num. 15 0 15
Deut. 12 0 12
Josh. 1 0 1
Judg. 8 0 8
Ruth 1 0 1
1 Sam. 16 0 16
2 Sam. 9 0 9
1 Kgs. 10 0 10
2 Kgs. 12 0 12
Esth. 1 0 1
Job 14 0 14
Ps. 17 0 17
Prov. 7 0 7
Eccl. 4 0 4
Isa. 19 0 19
Jer. 34 0 34
Lam. 1 0 1
Ezek. 24 0 24
Hosea 2 0 2
Amos 5 0 5
Micah 2 0 2
Hab. 1 0 1
Zeph. 2 0 2
NT 7 0 7
BM 50 0 50
DC 8 0 8
PGP 10 0 10
TOTAL 352 0 352

Job 8:6
If thou wert pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.

Job 13:3
Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with God.

Job 13:10
He will surely reprove you, if ye do secretly accept persons.

Job 14:18
And surely the mountain falling cometh to nought, and the rock is removed out of his place.

Job 18:21
Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked, and this is the place of him that knoweth not God.

Job 20:20
Surely he shall not feel quietness in his belly, he shall not save of that which he desired.

Job 28:1
Surely there is a vein for the silver, and a place for gold where they fine it.

Job 31:36
Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, and bind it as a crown to me.

Job 33:8
Surely thou hast spoken in mine hearing, and I have heard the voice of thy words, saying,

Job 34:12
Yea, surely God will not do wickedly, neither will the Almighty pervert judgment.

Job 34:31
Surely it is meet to be said unto God, I have borne chastisement, I will not offend any more:

Job 35:13
Surely God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty regard it.

Job 37:20
Shall it be told him that I speak? if a man speak, surely he shall be swallowed up.

Job 40:20
Surely the mountains bring him forth food, where all the beasts of the field play.