Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'most' occurs 230 times in the standard works.

43 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'most' in the standard works and contain 18.7% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 18 minutes to read the entire list.

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Num. 18:9-10 (3 in 2 verses)

 18:9 This shall be thine of the most holy things, reserved from the fire: every oblation of theirs, every meat offering of theirs, and every sin offering of theirs, and every trespass offering of theirs, which they shall render unto me, shall be most holy for thee and for thy sons.

 18:10 In the most holy place shalt thou eat it; every male shall eat it: it shall be holy unto thee.




Gen. 14:18-20 (3 in 3 verses)

Dan. 7:25-27 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 42:13 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 11:6 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 13:26 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 15:36 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 4:32 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 107:78 (2 in 1 verse)

JS-H 1:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 26:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 21:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 50:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 33:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 4:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 7:42-43 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 11:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Jacob 2:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 3:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Moro. 9:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 114 55 169
Gen. 4 5 9
Ex. 7 5 12
Lev. 13 0 13
Num. 6 7 13
Deut. 1 4 5
Josh. 0 4 4
1 Sam. 0 1 1
2 Sam. 2 1 3
1 Kgs. 3 3 6
2 Kgs. 0 2 2
1 Chr. 2 0 2
2 Chr. 5 0 5
Ezra 1 0 1
Neh. 1 1 2
Esth. 1 0 1
Job 1 0 1
Ps. 21 6 27
Prov. 1 3 4
Song. 3 0 3
Isa. 2 5 7
Jer. 3 5 8
Lam. 3 0 3
Ezek. 13 2 15
Dan. 17 0 17
Hosea 3 0 3
Joel 0 1 1
Micah 1 0 1
NT 21 18 39
BM 53 25 78
DC 36 5 41
PGP 6 2 8
TOTAL 230 105 335

Num. 2:31
All they that were numbered in the camp of Dan were an hundred thousand and fifty and seven thousand and six hundred. They shall go hindmost with their standards.

Num. 4:4
This shall be the service of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of the congregation, about the most holy things:

Num. 4:19
But thus do unto them, that they may live, and not die, when they approach unto the most holy things: Aaron and his sons shall go in, and appoint them every one to his service and to his burden:

Num. 11:1
And when the people complained, it displeased the Lord: and the Lord heard it; and his anger was kindled; and the fire of the Lord burnt among them, and consumed them that were in the uttermost parts of the camp.

Num. 18:9
This shall be thine of the most holy things, reserved from the fire: every oblation of theirs, every meat offering of theirs, and every sin offering of theirs, and every trespass offering of theirs, which they shall render unto me, shall be most holy for thee and for thy sons.

Num. 18:10
In the most holy place shalt thou eat it; every male shall eat it: it shall be holy unto thee.

Num. 20:16
And when we cried unto the Lord, he heard our voice, and sent an angel, and hath brought us forth out of Egypt: and, behold, we are in Kadesh, a city in the uttermost of thy border:

Num. 22:36
And when Balak heard that Balaam was come, he went out to meet him unto a city of Moab, which is in the border of Arnon, which is in the utmost coast.

Num. 22:41
And it came to pass on the morrow, that Balak took Balaam, and brought him up into the high places of Baal, that thence he might see the utmost part of the people.

Num. 23:13
And Balak said unto him, Come, I pray thee, with me unto another place, from whence thou mayest see them: thou shalt see but the utmost part of them, and shalt not see them all: and curse me them from thence.

Num. 24:16
He hath said, which heard the words of God, and knew the knowledge of the most High, which saw the vision of the Almighty, falling into a trance, but having his eyes open:

Num. 34:3
Then your south quarter shall be from the wilderness of Zin along by the coast of Edom, and your south border shall be the outmost coast of the salt sea eastward: