Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'just' occurs 186 times in the standard works.

30 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'just' in the standard works and contain 16.1% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 9 minutes to read the entire list.

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Lev. 19:36 (4 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 45:10 (3 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 29:12-13 (3 in 2 verses)

Deut. 25:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 26:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 2:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 12:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 41:13 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 128:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Prov. 10:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 20:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 42:72-73 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 129:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 59 61 120
Gen. 1 1 2
Ex. 0 1 1
Lev. 4 0 4
Deut. 5 2 7
2 Sam. 1 2 3
1 Kgs. 0 2 2
1 Chr. 0 1 1
2 Chr. 0 2 2
Neh. 1 0 1
Job 6 11 17
Ps. 2 7 9
Prov. 21 7 28
Eccl. 3 1 4
Isa. 4 13 17
Jer. 0 5 5
Lam. 1 0 1
Ezek. 5 3 8
Hosea 1 0 1
Amos 1 0 1
Micah 0 1 1
Nahum 0 1 1
Hab. 1 0 1
Zeph. 1 1 2
Zech. 1 0 1
NT 35 58 93
BM 57 85 142
DC 29 43 72
PGP 6 5 11
TOTAL 186 252 438

Gen. 18:19
For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the Lord, to do justice and judgment; that the Lord may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.

Ex. 23:7
Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.

Deut. 25:1
If there be a controversy between men, and they come unto judgment, that the judges may judge them; then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked.

Deut. 33:21
And he provided the first part for himself, because there, in a portion of the lawgiver, was he seated; and he came with the heads of the people, he executed the justice of the Lord, and his judgments with Israel.

2 Sam. 8:15
And David reigned over all Israel; and David executed judgment and justice unto all his people.

2 Sam. 15:4
Absalom said moreover, Oh that I were made judge in the land, that every man which hath any suit or cause might come unto me, and I would do him justice!

1 Kgs. 8:32
Then hear thou in heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, condemning the wicked, to bring his way upon his head; and justifying the righteous, to give him according to his righteousness.

1 Kgs. 10:9
Blessed be the Lord thy God, which delighted in thee, to set thee on the throne of Israel: because the Lord loved Israel for ever, therefore made he thee king, to do judgment and justice.

1 Chr. 18:14
So David reigned over all Israel, and executed judgment and justice among all his people.

2 Chr. 6:23
Then hear thou from heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, by requiting the wicked, by recompensing his way upon his own head; and by justifying the righteous, by giving him according to his righteousness.

2 Chr. 9:8
Blessed be the Lord thy God, which delighted in thee to set thee on his throne, to be king for the Lord thy God: because thy God loved Israel, to establish them for ever, therefore made he thee king over them, to do judgment and justice.

Job 8:3
Doth God pervert judgment? or doth the Almighty pervert justice?

Job 9:20
If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me: if I say, I am perfect, it shall also prove me perverse.

Job 11:2
Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man full of talk be justified?

Job 13:18
Behold now, I have ordered my cause; I know that I shall be justified.

Job 16:17
Not for any injustice in mine hands: also my prayer is pure.

Job 25:4
How then can man be justified with God? or how can he be clean that is born of a woman?

Job 27:5
God forbid that I should justify you: till I die I will not remove mine integrity from me.

Job 32:2
Then was kindled the wrath of Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the kindred of Ram: against Job was his wrath kindled, because he justified himself rather than God.

Job 33:32
If thou hast any thing to say, answer me: speak, for I desire to justify thee.

Job 36:17
But thou hast fulfilled the judgment of the wicked: judgment and justice take hold on thee.

Job 37:23
Touching the Almighty, we cannot find him out: he is excellent in power, and in judgment, and in plenty of justice: he will not afflict.

Ps. 43:1
Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man.

Ps. 51:4
Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight: that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, and be clear when thou judgest.

Ps. 82:2
How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah.

Ps. 82:3
Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy.

Ps. 89:14
Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go before thy face.

Ps. 119:121
I have done judgment and justice: leave me not to mine oppressors.

Ps. 143:2
And enter not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sight shall no man living be justified.

Prov. 1:3
To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity;

Prov. 8:15
By me kings reign, and princes decree justice.

Prov. 11:7
When a wicked man dieth, his expectation shall perish: and the hope of unjust men perisheth.

Prov. 17:15
He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to the Lord.

Prov. 21:3
To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.

Prov. 28:8
He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor.

Prov. 29:27
An unjust man is an abomination to the just: and he that is upright in the way is abomination to the wicked.

Eccl. 5:8
If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for he that is higher than the highest regardeth; and there be higher than they.

Isa. 5:23
Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!

Isa. 9:7
Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this.

Isa. 26:10
Let favour be shewed to the wicked, yet will he not learn righteousness: in the land of uprightness will he deal unjustly, and will not behold the majesty of the Lord.

Isa. 43:9
Let all the nations be gathered together, and let the people be assembled: who among them can declare this, and shew us former things? let them bring forth their witnesses, that they may be justified: or let them hear, and say, It is truth.

Isa. 43:26
Put me in remembrance: let us plead together: declare thou, that thou mayest be justified.

Isa. 45:25
In the Lord shall all the seed of Israel be justified, and shall glory.

Isa. 50:8
He is near that justifieth me; who will contend with me? let us stand together: who is mine adversary? let him come near to me.

Isa. 53:11
He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities.

Isa. 56:1
Thus saith the Lord, Keep ye judgment, and do justice: for my salvation is near to come, and my righteousness to be revealed.

Isa. 58:2
Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways, as a nation that did righteousness, and forsook not the ordinance of their God: they ask of me the ordinances of justice; they take delight in approaching to God.

Isa. 59:4
None calleth for justice, nor any pleadeth for truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.

Isa. 59:9
Therefore is judgment far from us, neither doth justice overtake us: we wait for light, but behold obscurity; for brightness, but we walk in darkness.

Isa. 59:14
And judgment is turned away backward, and justice standeth afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter.

Jer. 3:11
And the Lord said unto me, The backsliding Israel hath justified herself more than treacherous Judah.

Jer. 22:15
Shalt thou reign, because thou closest thyself in cedar? did not thy father eat and drink, and do judgment and justice, and then it was well with him?

Jer. 23:5
Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth.

Jer. 31:23
Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; As yet they shall use this speech in the land of Judah and in the cities thereof, when I shall bring again their captivity; The Lord bless thee, O habitation of justice, and mountain of holiness.

Jer. 50:7
All that found them have devoured them: and their adversaries said, We offend not, because they have sinned against the Lord, the habitation of justice, even the Lord, the hope of their fathers.

Ezek. 16:51
Neither hath Samaria committed half of thy sins; but thou hast multiplied thine abominations more than they, and hast justified thy sisters in all thine abominations which thou hast done.

Ezek. 16:52
Thou also, which hast judged thy sisters, bear thine own shame for thy sins that thou hast committed more abominable than they: they are more righteous than thou: yea, be thou confounded also, and bear thy shame, in that thou hast justified thy sisters.

Ezek. 45:9
Thus saith the Lord God; Let it suffice you, O princes of Israel: remove violence and spoil, and execute judgment and justice, take away your exactions from my people, saith the Lord God.

Micah 6:8
He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?

Nahum 2:4
The chariots shall rage in the streets, they shall justle one against another in the broad ways: they shall seem like torches, they shall run like the lightnings.

Zeph. 3:5
The just Lord is in the midst thereof; he will not do iniquity: every morning doth he bring his judgment to light, he faileth not; but the unjust knoweth no shame.