Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'knew' occurs 284 times in the standard works.

50 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'knew' in the standard works and contain 17.6% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 17 minutes to read the entire list.

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JS-H 1:24-25 (6 in 2 verses)

Alma 19:6-7 (4 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 4:33-5:2 (4 in 3 verses)

Alma 55:1 (3 in 1 verse)

Gen. 42:7-8 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 20:39 (2 in 1 verse)

Esth. 1:13 (2 in 1 verse)

John 2:9 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 17:19 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 2:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 46:30 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 3:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 48:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 12:47-48 (2 in 2 verses)

John 2:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Cor. 12:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 4:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 20:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 43:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 1:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 95 6 101
NT 74 5 79
BM 94 1 95
DC 3 1 4
PGP 18 0 18
TOTAL 284 13 297

Deut. 8:3
And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the Lord doth man live.

Ruth 2:11
And Boaz answered and said unto her, It hath fully been shewed me, all that thou hast done unto thy mother in law since the death of thine husband: and how thou hast left thy father and thy mother, and the land of thy nativity, and art come unto a people which thou knewest not heretofore.

Neh. 9:10
And shewedst signs and wonders upon Pharaoh, and on all his servants, and on all the people of his land: for thou knewest that they dealt proudly against them. So didst thou get thee a name, as it is this day.

Ps. 142:3
When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then thou knewest my path. In the way wherein I walked have they privily laid a snare for me.

Isa. 48:8
Yea, thou heardest not; yea, thou knewest not; yea, from that time that thine ear was not opened: for I knew that thou wouldest deal very treacherously, and wast called a transgressor from the womb.

Dan. 5:22
And thou his son, O Belshazzar, hast not humbled thine heart, though thou knewest all this;

Matt. 25:26
His lord answered and said unto him, Thou wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I have not strawed:

Luke 19:22
And he saith unto him, Out of thine own mouth will I judge thee, thou wicked servant. Thou knewest that I was an austere man, taking up that I laid not down, and reaping that I did not sow:

Luke 19:44
And shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children within thee; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another; because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation.

John 4:10
Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water.

Rom. 11:2
God hath not cast away his people which he foreknew. Wot ye not what the scripture saith of Elias? how he maketh intercession to God against Israel, saying,

1 Ne. 20:8
Yea, and thou heardest not; yea, thou knewest not; yea, from that time thine ear was not opened; for I knew that thou wouldst deal very treacherously, and wast called a transgressor from the womb.

D&C 35:4
Thou art blessed, for thou shalt do great things. Behold thou wast sent forth, even as John, to prepare the way before me, and before Elijah which should come, and thou knewest it not.