Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'well' occurs 362 times in the standard works.

99 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'well' in the standard works and contain 27.3% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 40 minutes to read the entire list.

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Gen. 29:2-10 (9 in 9 verses)

Alma 10:19-21 (5 in 3 verses)

2 Kgs. 4:23-26 (5 in 4 verses)

Gen. 26:19-22 (4 in 4 verses)

D&C 19:28 (3 in 1 verse)


Num. 21:16-18 (3 in 3 verses)

 21:16 And from thence they went to Beer: that is the well whereof the Lord spake unto Moses, Gather the people together, and I will give them water.

 21:17 Then Israel sang this song, Spring up, O well; sing ye unto it:

 21:18 The princes digged the well, the nobles of the people digged it, by the direction of the lawgiver, with their staves. And from the wilderness they went to Mattanah:




1 Sam. 24:18-20 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 10:17-19 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 4:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 37:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 15:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 44:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Jonah 4:9 (2 in 1 verse)

John 4:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Acts 15:29 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 15:1 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 28:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 12:36 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 24:14 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 90:35 (2 in 1 verse)

Moses 5:23 (2 in 1 verse)

JS-H 1:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 24:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 24:42-43 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 5:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 16:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 17:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 23:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 5:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 11:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Eccl. 8:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 22:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

John 4:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 7:37-38 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Tim. 3:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Pet. 2:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 56:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 16:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 58:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 125:4-126:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 188 460 648
Gen. 49 34 83
Ex. 4 9 13
Lev. 2 19 21
Num. 7 25 32
Deut. 19 23 42
Josh. 2 17 19
Judg. 5 8 13
Ruth 2 1 3
1 Sam. 11 6 17
2 Sam. 12 5 17
1 Kgs. 3 12 15
2 Kgs. 11 9 20
1 Chr. 4 7 11
2 Chr. 3 14 17
Ezra 0 2 2
Neh. 1 6 7
Job 2 14 16
Ps. 9 54 63
Prov. 9 11 20
Eccl. 2 0 2
Song. 1 2 3
Isa. 6 38 44
Jer. 12 68 80
Lam. 0 2 2
Ezek. 6 32 38
Dan. 2 8 10
Hosea 0 4 4
Joel 0 3 3
Amos 0 4 4
Obad. 0 1 1
Jonah 3 0 3
Micah 0 3 3
Nahum 0 4 4
Hab. 0 3 3
Zeph. 0 3 3
Hag. 0 1 1
Zech. 1 8 9
NT 74 80 154
BM 46 91 137
DC 48 30 78
PGP 6 10 16
TOTAL 362 671 1033

Num. 5:3
Both male and female shall ye put out, without the camp shall ye put them; that they defile not their camps, in the midst whereof I dwell.

Num. 5:21
Then the priest shall charge the woman with an oath of cursing, and the priest shall say unto the woman, The Lord make thee a curse and an oath among thy people, when the Lord doth make thy thigh to rot, and thy belly to swell;

Num. 5:22
And this water that causeth the curse shall go into thy bowels, to make thy belly to swell, and thy thigh to rot: And the woman shall say, Amen, amen.

Num. 5:27
And when he hath made her to drink the water, then it shall come to pass, that, if she be defiled, and have done trespass against her husband, that the water that causeth the curse shall enter into her, and become bitter, and her belly shall swell, and her thigh shall rot: and the woman shall be a curse among her people.

Num. 11:18
And say thou unto the people, Sanctify yourselves against to morrow, and ye shall eat flesh: for ye have wept in the ears of the Lord, saying, Who shall give us flesh to eat? for it was well with us in Egypt: therefore the Lord will give you flesh, and ye shall eat.

Num. 13:18
And see the land, what it is; and the people that dwelleth therein, whether they be strong or weak, few or many;

Num. 13:19
And what the land is that they dwell in, whether it be good or bad; and what cities they be that they dwell in, whether in tents, or in strong holds;

Num. 13:28
Nevertheless the people be strong that dwell in the land, and the cities are walled, and very great: and moreover we saw the children of Anak there.

Num. 13:29
The Amalekites dwell in the land of the south: and the Hittites, and the Jebusites, and the Amorites, dwell in the mountains: and the Canaanites dwell by the sea, and by the coast of Jordan.

Num. 13:30
And Caleb stilled the people before Moses, and said, Let us go up at once, and possess it; for we are well able to overcome it.

Num. 14:30
Doubtless ye shall not come into the land, concerning which I sware to make you dwell therein, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.

Num. 20:17
Let us pass, I pray thee, through thy country: we will not pass through the fields, or through the vineyards, neither will we drink of the water of the wells: we will go by the king's high way, we will not turn to the right hand nor to the left, until we have passed thy borders.

Num. 21:15
And at the stream of the brooks that goeth down to the dwelling of Ar, and lieth upon the border of Moab.

Num. 21:16
And from thence they went to Beer: that is the well whereof the Lord spake unto Moses, Gather the people together, and I will give them water.

Num. 21:17
Then Israel sang this song, Spring up, O well; sing ye unto it:

Num. 21:18
The princes digged the well, the nobles of the people digged it, by the direction of the lawgiver, with their staves. And from the wilderness they went to Mattanah:

Num. 21:22
Let me pass through thy land: we will not turn into the fields, or into the vineyards; we will not drink of the waters of the well: but we will go along by the king's high way, until we be past thy borders.

Num. 23:9
For from the top of the rocks I see him, and from the hills I behold him: lo, the people shall dwell alone, and shall not be reckoned among the nations.

Num. 24:21
And he looked on the Kenites, and took up his parable, and said, Strong is thy dwellingplace, and thou puttest thy nest in a rock.

Num. 32:17
But we ourselves will go ready armed before the children of Israel, until we have brought them unto their place: and our little ones shall dwell in the fenced cities because of the inhabitants of the land.

Num. 33:53
And ye shall dispossess the inhabitants of the land, and dwell therein: for I have given you the land to possess it.

Num. 33:55
But if ye will not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you; then it shall come to pass, that those which ye let remain of them shall be pricks in your eyes, and thorns in your sides, and shall vex you in the land wherein ye dwell.

Num. 35:2
Command the children of Israel, that they give unto the Levites of the inheritance of their possession cities to dwell in; and ye shall give also unto the Levites suburbs for the cities round about them.

Num. 35:3
And the cities shall they have to dwell in; and the suburbs of them shall be for their cattle, and for their goods, and for all their beasts.

Num. 35:29
So these things shall be for a statute of judgment unto you throughout your generations in all your dwellings.

Num. 35:32
And ye shall take no satisfaction for him that is fled to the city of his refuge, that he should come again to dwell in the land, until the death of the priest.

Num. 35:34
Defile not therefore the land which ye shall inhabit, wherein I dwell: for I the Lord dwell among the children of Israel.

Num. 36:5
And Moses commanded the children of Israel according to the word of the Lord, saying, The tribe of the sons of Joseph hath said well.