Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'held' occurs 68 times in the standard works.

2 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'held' in the standard works and contain 2.9% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 1 minutes to read the entire list.

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Neh. 4:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

 4:16 And it came to pass from that time forth, that the half of my servants wrought in the work, and the other half of them held both the spears, the shields, and the bows, and the habergeons; and the rulers were behind all the house of Judah.

 4:17 They which builded on the wall, and they that bare burdens, with those that laded, every one with one of his hands wrought in the work, and with the other hand held a weapon.




Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 36 41 77
Gen. 3 9 12
Ex. 2 0 2
Lev. 1 0 1
Num. 3 2 5
Judg. 2 1 3
Ruth 1 0 1
1 Sam. 2 1 3
2 Sam. 1 0 1
1 Kgs. 1 0 1
2 Kgs. 1 0 1
1 Chr. 0 2 2
2 Chr. 1 0 1
Neh. 4 1 5
Esth. 3 0 3
Job 2 2 4
Ps. 3 2 5
Prov. 0 1 1
Eccl. 0 2 2
Song. 2 0 2
Isa. 2 2 4
Jer. 1 5 6
Ezek. 0 3 3
Dan. 1 6 7
Hab. 0 1 1
Zech. 0 1 1
NT 16 22 38
BM 3 136 139
DC 10 15 25
PGP 3 30 33
TOTAL 68 244 312

Neh. 4:16
And it came to pass from that time forth, that the half of my servants wrought in the work, and the other half of them held both the spears, the shields, and the bows, and the habergeons; and the rulers were behind all the house of Judah.

Neh. 4:17
They which builded on the wall, and they that bare burdens, with those that laded, every one with one of his hands wrought in the work, and with the other hand held a weapon.

Neh. 4:21
So we laboured in the work: and half of them held the spears from the rising of the morning till the stars appeared.

Neh. 5:8
And I said unto them, We after our ability have redeemed our brethren the Jews, which were sold unto the heathen; and will ye even sell your brethren? or shall they be sold unto us? Then held they their peace, and found nothing to answer.

Neh. 9:20
Thou gavest also thy good spirit to instruct them, and withheldest not thy manna from their mouth, and gavest them water for their thirst.