Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'saying' occurs 1795 times in the standard works.

457 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'saying' in the standard works and contain 25.5% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 211 minutes to read the entire list.

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2 Chr. 10:6-10 (5 in 5 verses)

D&C 88:102-106 (5 in 5 verses)

Moses 5:9-13 (5 in 5 verses)

Josh. 1:10-13 (4 in 4 verses)

2 Sam. 19:8-11 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Kgs. 12:7-10 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Kgs. 12:9-12 (4 in 4 verses)

2 Kgs. 8:6-9 (4 in 4 verses)

2 Kgs. 14:6-9 (4 in 4 verses)

Jer. 29:22-25 (4 in 4 verses)

Luke 23:2-5 (4 in 4 verses)

D&C 43:20-23 (4 in 4 verses)

Moses 7:47-50 (4 in 4 verses)

Gen. 50:4-5 (3 in 2 verses)

Num. 6:22-23 (3 in 2 verses)

Josh. 4:21-22 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 27:11-12 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 13:3-4 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 20:4-5 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 19:9-10 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 25:17-18 (3 in 2 verses)

Isa. 37:9-10 (3 in 2 verses)

Jer. 44:25-26 (3 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 11:19-20 (3 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 12:1-2 (3 in 2 verses)

Moses 7:1-2 (3 in 2 verses)

Gen. 32:17-19 (3 in 3 verses)

Josh. 2:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Sam. 3:12-14 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Sam. 17:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Kgs. 12:14-16 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Kgs. 13:30-32 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Kgs. 21:17-19 (3 in 3 verses)

Neh. 6:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

Jer. 27:14-16 (3 in 3 verses)

Jer. 28:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

Jer. 36:27-29 (3 in 3 verses)

Hag. 1:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

Zech. 4:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

Zech. 4:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

Zech. 7:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

Matt. 26:68-70 (3 in 3 verses)

Luke 4:34-36 (3 in 3 verses)

Rev. 14:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

Rev. 19:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 11:30-32 (3 in 3 verses)

Moses 1:19-21 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 27:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 42:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 43:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 48:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 50:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 35:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 9:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 22:24 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 16:2 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 20:18 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 1:51 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 18:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 22:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Zech. 6:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Luke 9:45 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 7:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 8:29 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 14:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 17:28 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 9:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Moses 4:1 (2 in 1 verse)

JS-H 1:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 18:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 23:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 38:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 42:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 7:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 16:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 31:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 36:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 4:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 6:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 6:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 7:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 7:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 11:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 12:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 17:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 21:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 23:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 23:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 9:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 16:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 19:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 36:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 1:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 13:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 20:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 7:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 17:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 23:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 24:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 3:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 7:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 1:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 2:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 2:38-39 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 12:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 21:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 21:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 22:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 6:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 8:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 9:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 10:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 17:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 4:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 21:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 11:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 18:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 32:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Neh. 6:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 3:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 29:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 2:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 11:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 26:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 26:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 26:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 28:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 29:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 30:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 32:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 33:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 34:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 39:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 12:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 18:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 33:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Hag. 2:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Hag. 2:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Hag. 2:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Zech. 6:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Zech. 7:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 3:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 8:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 9:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 13:35-36 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 14:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 15:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 17:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 18:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 20:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 21:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 22:42-43 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 25:44-45 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 27:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 1:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 8:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 8:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 8:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 9:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 1:66-67 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 5:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 7:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 8:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 8:49-50 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 12:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 15:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 18:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 21:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 22:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 23:39-40 (2 in 2 verses)

John 7:36-37 (2 in 2 verses)

John 8:51-52 (2 in 2 verses)

John 11:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

John 19:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 7:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 11:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 16:35-36 (2 in 2 verses)

Rev. 5:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Rev. 7:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Rev. 18:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 3:31-4:1 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 11:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 11:35-36 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 17:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 31:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 10:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 14:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 14:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 19:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 30:51-52 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 9:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 8:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 28:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 1:36-37 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 5:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 6:54-55 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 7:58-59 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 990 10 1000
Gen. 79 0 79
Ex. 47 0 47
Lev. 51 0 51
Num. 87 1 88
Deut. 39 0 39
Josh. 42 0 42
Judg. 30 1 31
Ruth 3 0 3
1 Sam. 52 1 53
2 Sam. 46 0 46
1 Kgs. 78 0 78
2 Kgs. 63 0 63
1 Chr. 16 0 16
2 Chr. 48 2 50
Ezra 5 0 5
Neh. 9 0 9
Esth. 1 0 1
Job 5 0 5
Ps. 8 2 10
Prov. 1 3 4
Eccl. 1 0 1
Song. 1 0 1
Isa. 36 0 36
Jer. 126 0 126
Lam. 1 0 1
Ezek. 67 0 67
Dan. 3 0 3
Amos 4 0 4
Jonah 4 0 4
Micah 1 0 1
Hag. 10 0 10
Zech. 26 0 26
NT 455 26 481
BM 233 27 260
DC 49 13 62
PGP 68 0 68
TOTAL 1795 76 1871

Prov. 1:6
To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.

Prov. 1:21
She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, saying,

Prov. 4:10
Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many.

Prov. 4:20
My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.