Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'found' occurs 530 times in the standard works.

116 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'found' in the standard works and contain 21.9% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 50 minutes to read the entire list.

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Eccl. 7:27-29 (4 in 3 verses)

Gen. 18:29-32 (4 in 4 verses)

Song. 3:1-4 (4 in 4 verses)

D&C 85:9-12 (4 in 4 verses)

Gen. 44:16-17 (3 in 2 verses)

Acts 5:22-23 (3 in 2 verses)

Gen. 31:33-35 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 44:8-10 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Sam. 9:4 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 13:22 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 21:20 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 25:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Neh. 7:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 2:34 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 52:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 26:60 (2 in 1 verse)

Luke 15:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Acts 27:28 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 1:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 2:11 (2 in 1 verse)

JS-H 1:64 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 22:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 33:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 33:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 35:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 6:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 15:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 22:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 17:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 20:36-37 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 22:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 4:40-41 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 34:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Job 28:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 1:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 5:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 6:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 2:45-46 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 7:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 15:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 24:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 24:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Rev. 18:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 3:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 22:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 12:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 35:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 6:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 68:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 85:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

JS-H 1:47-48 (2 in 2 verses)

JS-H 1:60-61 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 286 124 410
NT 117 34 151
Matt. 13 3 16
Mark 8 0 8
Luke 28 5 33
John 7 1 8
Acts 29 3 32
Rom. 3 1 4
1 Cor. 2 5 7
2 Cor. 5 0 5
Gal. 1 0 1
Eph. 0 2 2
Philip. 2 0 2
1 Tim. 1 1 2
2 Tim. 1 1 2
Heb. 2 5 7
1 Pet. 2 2 4
2 Pet. 1 0 1
2 Jn. 1 0 1
Rev. 11 5 16
BM 71 86 157
DC 38 47 85
PGP 18 6 24
TOTAL 530 297 827

Matt. 1:18
Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost.

Matt. 2:8
And he sent them to Bethlehem, and said, Go and search diligently for the young child; and when ye have found him, bring me word again, that I may come and worship him also.

Matt. 7:25
And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock.

Matt. 8:10
When Jesus heard it, he marvelled, and said to them that followed, Verily I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel.

Matt. 13:35
That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world.

Matt. 13:44
Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field; the which when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field.

Matt. 13:46
Who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it.

Matt. 18:28
But the same servant went out, and found one of his fellowservants, which owed him an hundred pence: and he laid hands on him, and took him by the throat, saying, Pay me that thou owest.

Matt. 20:6
And about the eleventh hour he went out, and found others standing idle, and saith unto them, Why stand ye here all the day idle?

Matt. 21:19
And when he saw a fig tree in the way, he came to it, and found nothing thereon, but leaves only, and said unto it, Let no fruit grow on thee henceforward for ever. And presently the fig tree withered away.

Matt. 22:10
So those servants went out into the highways, and gathered together all as many as they found, both bad and good: and the wedding was furnished with guests.

Matt. 25:34
Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:

Matt. 26:43
And he came and found them asleep again: for their eyes were heavy.

Matt. 26:60
But found none: yea, though many false witnesses came, yet found they none. At the last came two false witnesses,

Matt. 27:32
And as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name: him they compelled to bear his cross.

Mark 1:37
And when they had found him, they said unto him, All men seek for thee.

Mark 7:2
And when they saw some of his disciples eat bread with defiled, that is to say, with unwashen, hands, they found fault.

Mark 7:30
And when she was come to her house, she found the devil gone out, and her daughter laid upon the bed.

Mark 11:4
And they went their way, and found the colt tied by the door without in a place where two ways met; and they loose him.

Mark 11:13
And seeing a fig tree afar off having leaves, he came, if haply he might find any thing thereon: and when he came to it, he found nothing but leaves; for the time of figs was not yet.

Mark 14:16
And his disciples went forth, and came into the city, and found as he had said unto them: and they made ready the passover.

Mark 14:40
And when he returned, he found them asleep again, (for their eyes were heavy,) neither wist they what to answer him.

Mark 14:55
And the chief priests and all the council sought for witness against Jesus to put him to death; and found none.

Luke 1:30
And the angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary: for thou hast found favour with God.

Luke 2:16
And they came with haste, and found Mary, and Joseph, and the babe lying in a manger.

Luke 2:45
And when they found him not, they turned back again to Jerusalem, seeking him.

Luke 2:46
And it came to pass, that after three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the doctors, both hearing them, and asking them questions.

Luke 4:17
And there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Esaias. And when he had opened the book, he found the place where it was written,

Luke 6:48
He is like a man which built an house, and digged deep, and laid the foundation on a rock: and when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently upon that house, and could not shake it: for it was founded upon a rock.

Luke 6:49
But he that heareth, and doeth not, is like a man that without a foundation built an house upon the earth; against which the stream did beat vehemently, and immediately it fell; and the ruin of that house was great.

Luke 7:9
When Jesus heard these things, he marvelled at him, and turned him about, and said unto the people that followed him, I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel.

Luke 7:10
And they that were sent, returning to the house, found the servant whole that had been sick.

Luke 8:35
Then they went out to see what was done; and came to Jesus, and found the man, out of whom the devils were departed, sitting at the feet of Jesus, clothed, and in his right mind: and they were afraid.

Luke 9:36
And when the voice was past, Jesus was found alone. And they kept it close, and told no man in those days any of those things which they had seen.

Luke 11:50
That the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation;

Luke 13:6
He spake also this parable; A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came and sought fruit thereon, and found none.

Luke 14:29
Lest haply, after he hath laid the foundation, and is not able to finish it, all that behold it begin to mock him,

Luke 15:5
And when he hath found it, he layeth it on his shoulders, rejoicing.

Luke 15:6
And when he cometh home, he calleth together his friends and neighbours, saying unto them, Rejoice with me; for I have found my sheep which was lost.

Luke 15:9
And when she hath found it, she calleth her friends and her neighbours together, saying, Rejoice with me; for I have found the piece which I had lost.

Luke 15:24
For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry.

Luke 15:32
It was meet that we should make merry, and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found.

Luke 17:18
There are not found that returned to give glory to God, save this stranger.

Luke 19:32
And they that were sent went their way, and found even as he had said unto them.

Luke 22:13
And they went, and found as he had said unto them: and they made ready the passover.

Luke 22:45
And when he rose up from prayer, and was come to his disciples, he found them sleeping for sorrow,

Luke 23:2
And they began to accuse him, saying, We found this fellow perverting the nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar, saying that he himself is Christ a King.

Luke 23:14
Said unto them, Ye have brought this man unto me, as one that perverteth the people: and, behold, I, having examined him before you, have found no fault in this man touching those things whereof ye accuse him:

Luke 23:22
And he said unto them the third time, Why, what evil hath he done? I have found no cause of death in him: I will therefore chastise him, and let him go.

Luke 24:2
And they found the stone rolled away from the sepulchre.

Luke 24:3
And they entered in, and found not the body of the Lord Jesus.

Luke 24:23
And when they found not his body, they came, saying, that they had also seen a vision of angels, which said that he was alive.

Luke 24:24
And certain of them which were with us went to the sepulchre, and found it even so as the women had said: but him they saw not.

Luke 24:33
And they rose up the same hour, and returned to Jerusalem, and found the eleven gathered together, and them that were with them,

John 1:41
He first findeth his own brother Simon, and saith unto him, We have found the Messias, which is, being interpreted, the Christ.

John 1:45
Philip findeth Nathanael, and saith unto him, We have found him, of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets, did write, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.

John 2:14
And found in the temple those that sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the changers of money sitting:

John 6:25
And when they had found him on the other side of the sea, they said unto him, Rabbi, when camest thou hither?

John 9:35
Jesus heard that they had cast him out; and when he had found him, he said unto him, Dost thou believe on the Son of God?

John 11:17
Then when Jesus came, he found that he had lain in the grave four days already.

John 12:14
And Jesus, when he had found a young ass, sat thereon; as it is written,

John 17:24
Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world.

Acts 2:6
Now when this was noised abroad, the multitude came together, and were confounded, because that every man heard them speak in his own language.

Acts 5:10
Then fell she down straightway at his feet, and yielded up the ghost: and the young men came in, and found her dead, and, carrying her forth, buried her by her husband.

Acts 5:22
But when the officers came, and found them not in the prison, they returned, and told,

Acts 5:23
Saying, The prison truly found we shut with all safety, and the keepers standing without before the doors: but when we had opened, we found no man within.

Acts 5:39
But if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it; lest haply ye be found even to fight against God.

Acts 7:11
Now there came a dearth over all the land of Egypt and Chanaan, and great affliction: and our fathers found no sustenance.

Acts 7:46
Who found favour before God, and desired to find a tabernacle for the God of Jacob.

Acts 8:40
But Philip was found at Azotus: and passing through he preached in all the cities, till he came to Caesarea.

Acts 9:2
And desired of him letters to Damascus to the synagogues, that if he found any of this way, whether they were men or women, he might bring them bound unto Jerusalem.

Acts 9:22
But Saul increased the more in strength, and confounded the Jews which dwelt at Damascus, proving that this is very Christ.

Acts 9:33
And there he found a certain man named Aeneas, which had kept his bed eight years, and was sick of the palsy.

Acts 10:27
And as he talked with him, he went in, and found many that were come together.

Acts 11:26
And when he had found him, he brought him unto Antioch. And it came to pass, that a whole year they assembled themselves with the church, and taught much people. And the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch.

Acts 12:19
And when Herod had sought for him, and found him not, he examined the keepers, and commanded that they should be put to death. And he went down from Judaea to Caesarea, and there abode.

Acts 13:6
And when they had gone through the isle unto Paphos, they found a certain sorcerer, a false prophet, a Jew, whose name was Bar-jesus:

Acts 13:22
And when he had removed him, he raised up unto them David to be their king; to whom also he gave testimony, and said, I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after mine own heart, which shall fulfil all my will.

Acts 13:28
And though they found no cause of death in him, yet desired they Pilate that he should be slain.

Acts 16:26
And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken: and immediately all the doors were opened, and every one's bands were loosed.

Acts 17:6
And when they found them not, they drew Jason and certain brethren unto the rulers of the city, crying, These that have turned the world upside down are come hither also;

Acts 17:23
For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, To the Unknown God. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you.

Acts 18:2
And found a certain Jew named Aquila, born in Pontus, lately come from Italy, with his wife Priscilla; (because that Claudius had commanded all Jews to depart from Rome:) and came unto them.

Acts 19:19
Many of them also which used curious arts brought their books together, and burned them before all men: and they counted the price of them, and found it fifty thousand pieces of silver.

Acts 24:5
For we have found this man a pestilent fellow, and a mover of sedition among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes:

Acts 24:12
And they neither found me in the temple disputing with any man, neither raising up the people, neither in the synagogues, nor in the city:

Acts 24:18
Whereupon certain Jews from Asia found me purified in the temple, neither with multitude, nor with tumult.

Acts 24:20
Or else let these same here say, if they have found any evil doing in me, while I stood before the council,

Acts 25:25
But when I found that he had committed nothing worthy of death, and that he himself hath appealed to Augustus, I have determined to send him.

Acts 27:6
And there the centurion found a ship of Alexandria sailing into Italy; and he put us therein.

Acts 27:28
And sounded, and found it twenty fathoms: and when they had gone a little further, they sounded again, and found it fifteen fathoms.

Acts 28:14
Where we found brethren, and were desired to tarry with them seven days: and so we went toward Rome.

Rom. 4:1
What shall we say then that Abraham our father, as pertaining to the flesh, hath found?

Rom. 7:10
And the commandment, which was ordained to life, I found to be unto death.

Rom. 10:20
But Esaias is very bold, and saith, I was found of them that sought me not; I was made manifest unto them that asked not after me.

Rom. 15:20
Yea, so have I strived to preach the gospel, not where Christ was named, lest I should build upon another man's foundation:

1 Cor. 1:27
But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty;

1 Cor. 3:10
According to the grace of God which is given unto me, as a wise masterbuilder, I have laid the foundation, and another buildeth thereon. But let every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon.

1 Cor. 3:11
For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ.

1 Cor. 3:12
Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble;

1 Cor. 4:2
Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful.

1 Cor. 15:15
Yea, and we are found false witnesses of God; because we have testified of God that he raised up Christ: whom he raised not up, if so be that the dead rise not.

2 Cor. 2:13
I had no rest in my spirit, because I found not Titus my brother: but taking my leave of them, I went from thence into Macedonia.

2 Cor. 5:3
If so be that being clothed we shall not be found naked.

2 Cor. 7:14
For if I have boasted any thing to him of you, I am not ashamed; but as we spake all things to you in truth, even so our boasting, which I made before Titus, is found a truth.

2 Cor. 11:12
But what I do, that I will do, that I may cut off occasion from them which desire occasion; that wherein they glory, they may be found even as we.

2 Cor. 12:20
For I fear, lest, when I come, I shall not find you such as I would, and that I shall be found unto you such as ye would not: lest there be debates, envyings, wraths, strifes, backbitings, whisperings, swellings, tumults:

Gal. 2:17
But if, while we seek to be justified by Christ, we ourselves also are found sinners, is therefore Christ the minister of sin? God forbid.

Eph. 1:4
According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:

Eph. 2:20
And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone;

Philip. 2:8
And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.

Philip. 3:9
And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:

1 Tim. 3:10
And let these also first be proved; then let them use the office of a deacon, being found blameless.

1 Tim. 6:19
Laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life.

2 Tim. 1:17
But, when he was in Rome, he sought me out very diligently, and found me.

2 Tim. 2:19
Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity.

Heb. 1:10
And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of thine hands:

Heb. 4:3
For we which have believed do enter into rest, as he said, As I have sworn in my wrath, if they shall enter into my rest: although the works were finished from the foundation of the world.

Heb. 6:1
Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God,

Heb. 9:26
For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.

Heb. 11:5
By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God.

Heb. 11:10
For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God.

Heb. 12:17
For ye know how that afterward, when he would have inherited the blessing, he was rejected: for he found no place of repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears.

1 Pet. 1:7
That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:

1 Pet. 1:20
Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you,

1 Pet. 2:6
Wherefore also it is contained in the scripture, Behold, I lay in Sion a chief corner stone, elect, precious: and he that believeth on him shall not be confounded.

1 Pet. 2:22
Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth:

2 Pet. 3:14
Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of him in peace, without spot, and blameless.

2 Jn. 1:4
I rejoiced greatly that I found of thy children walking in truth, as we have received a commandment from the Father.

Rev. 2:2
I know thy works, and thy labour, and thy patience, and how thou canst not bear them which are evil: and thou hast tried them which say they are apostles, and are not, and hast found them liars:

Rev. 3:2
Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die: for I have not found thy works perfect before God.

Rev. 5:4
And I wept much, because no man was found worthy to open and to read the book, neither to look thereon.

Rev. 12:8
And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven.

Rev. 13:8
And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.

Rev. 14:5
And in their mouth was found no guile: for they are without fault before the throne of God.

Rev. 16:20
And every island fled away, and the mountains were not found.

Rev. 17:8
The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is.

Rev. 18:21
And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all.

Rev. 18:22
And the voice of harpers, and musicians, and of pipers, and trumpeters, shall be heard no more at all in thee; and no craftsman, of whatsoever craft he be, shall be found any more in thee; and the sound of a millstone shall be heard no more at all in thee;

Rev. 18:24
And in her was found the blood of prophets, and of saints, and of all that were slain upon the earth.

Rev. 20:11
And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.

Rev. 20:15
And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.

Rev. 21:14
And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in them the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.

Rev. 21:19
And the foundations of the wall of the city were garnished with all manner of precious stones. The first foundation was jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, a chalcedony; the fourth, an emerald;