Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'high' occurs 614 times in the standard works.

184 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'high' in the standard works and contain 30% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 79 minutes to read the entire list.

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D&C 102:24-30 (9 in 7 verses)

D&C 102:1-8 (9 in 8 verses)

Alma 13:6-14 (9 in 9 verses)

D&C 107:76-82 (7 in 7 verses)

D&C 20:66-67 (6 in 2 verses)

D&C 107:33-38 (6 in 6 verses)

D&C 107:64-69 (6 in 6 verses)

2 Kgs. 23:13-15 (4 in 3 verses)

John 18:13-16 (4 in 4 verses)

Heb. 7:26-8:1 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 30:20-23 (4 in 4 verses)

D&C 107:9-12 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Kgs. 13:32-33 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 23:8-9 (3 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 11:11-12 (3 in 2 verses)

Gen. 14:18-20 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Sam. 9:12-14 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Kgs. 3:2-4 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Kgs. 17:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)

Isa. 2:13-15 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 17:22-24 (3 in 3 verses)

Dan. 7:25-27 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 12:13-15 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 4:18-20 (3 in 3 verses)

Num. 35:28 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 14:23 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 22:43 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 12:3 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 14:4 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 15:4 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 15:35 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 17:32 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 24:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 30:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 57:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Acts 4:6 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 11:6 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 4:32 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 85:11 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 12:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 23:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 23:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 34:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 68:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 113:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 17:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 16:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 20:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 31:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 4:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 26:57-58 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 26:62-63 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 14:53-54 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 14:60-61 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 23:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Heb. 4:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Heb. 6:20-7:1 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 4:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 6:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 78:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 81:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 6:37-38 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 332 73 405
NT 84 27 111
Matt. 9 3 12
Mark 11 2 13
Luke 7 12 19
John 12 0 12
Acts 17 1 18
Rom. 2 3 5
2 Cor. 1 0 1
Eph. 2 0 2
Philip. 1 1 2
1 Thes. 0 1 1
1 Tim. 0 1 1
2 Tim. 0 1 1
Heb. 20 1 21
Rev. 2 1 3
BM 69 24 93
DC 122 10 132
PGP 7 0 7
TOTAL 614 134 748

Luke 1:28
And the angel came in unto her, and said, Hail, thou that art highly favoured, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women.

Luke 1:32
He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David:

Luke 1:35
And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God.

Luke 1:76
And thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Highest: for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways;

Luke 1:78
Through the tender mercy of our God; whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us,

Luke 2:14
Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.

Luke 3:2
Annas and Caiaphas being the high priests, the word of God came unto John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness.

Luke 4:5
And the devil, taking him up into an high mountain, shewed unto him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.

Luke 6:35
But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil.

Luke 8:28
When he saw Jesus, he cried out, and fell down before him, and with a loud voice said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God most high? I beseech thee, torment me not.

Luke 14:8
When thou art bidden of any man to a wedding, sit not down in the highest room; lest a more honourable man than thou be bidden of him;

Luke 14:10
But when thou art bidden, go and sit down in the lowest room; that when he that bade thee cometh, he may say unto thee, Friend, go up higher: then shalt thou have worship in the presence of them that sit at meat with thee.

Luke 14:23
And the lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.

Luke 16:15
And he said unto them, Ye are they which justify yourselves before men; but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God.

Luke 19:38
Saying, Blessed be the King that cometh in the name of the Lord: peace in heaven, and glory in the highest.

Luke 20:46
Beware of the scribes, which desire to walk in long robes, and love greetings in the markets, and the highest seats in the synagogues, and the chief rooms at feasts;

Luke 22:50
And one of them smote the servant of the high priest, and cut off his right ear.

Luke 22:54
Then took they him, and led him, and brought him into the high priest's house. And Peter followed afar off.

Luke 24:49
And, behold, I send the promise of my Father upon you: but tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with power from on high.