Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'sing' occurs 146 times in the standard works.

60 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'sing' in the standard works and contain 41.1% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 22 minutes to read the entire list.

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Ps. 47:6-7 (5 in 2 verses)

Ps. 59:16-17 (3 in 2 verses)

Ps. 96:1-2 (3 in 2 verses)

Ps. 66:2-4 (3 in 3 verses)

Judg. 5:3 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 16:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 27:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 68:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 68:32 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 101:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 104:33 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 105:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 144:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 147:7 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Cor. 14:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 6:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 33:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 71:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 98:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 137:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 23:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 42:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 52:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 12:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 15:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 20:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 16:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 113 262 375
NT 6 84 90
BM 24 140 164
1 Ne. 2 14 16
2 Ne. 2 29 31
Jacob 0 9 9
W of M 0 1 1
Mosiah 7 12 19
Alma 4 46 50
Hel. 0 8 8
3 Ne. 5 14 19
Morm. 1 4 5
Ether 2 2 4
Moro. 1 1 2
DC 3 134 137
PGP 0 12 12
TOTAL 146 632 778

1 Ne. 18:9
And after we had been driven forth before the wind for the space of many days, behold, my brethren and the sons of Ishmael and also their wives began to make themselves merry, insomuch that they began to dance, and to sing, and to speak with much rudeness, yea, even that they did forget by what power they had been brought thither; yea, they were lifted up unto exceeding rudeness.

1 Ne. 21:13
Sing, O heavens; and be joyful, O earth; for the feet of those who are in the east shall be established; and break forth into singing, O mountains; for they shall be smitten no more; for the Lord hath comforted his people, and will have mercy upon his afflicted.

2 Ne. 15:1
And then will I sing to my well-beloved a song of my beloved, touching his vineyard. My well-beloved hath a vineyard in a very fruitful hill.

2 Ne. 22:5
Sing unto the Lord; for he hath done excellent things; this is known in all the earth.

Mosiah 12:22
Thy watchmen shall lift up the voice; with the voice together shall they sing; for they shall see eye to eye when the Lord shall bring again Zion;

Mosiah 12:23
Break forth into joy; sing together ye waste places of Jerusalem; for the Lord hath comforted his people, he hath redeemed Jerusalem;

Mosiah 15:29
Yea, Lord, thy watchmen shall lift up their voice; with the voice together shall they sing; for they shall see eye to eye, when the Lord shall bring again Zion.

Mosiah 15:30
Break forth into joy, sing together, ye waste places of Jerusalem; for the Lord hath comforted his people, he hath redeemed Jerusalem.

Mosiah 18:30
And now it came to pass that all this was done in Mormon, yea, by the waters of Mormon, in the forest that was near the waters of Mormon; yea, the place of Mormon, the waters of Mormon, the forest of Mormon, how beautiful are they to the eyes of them who there came to the knowledge of their Redeemer; yea, and how blessed are they, for they shall sing to his praise forever.

Mosiah 20:1
Now there was a place in Shemlon where the daughters of the Lamanites did gather themselves together to sing, and to dance, and to make themselves merry.

Mosiah 20:2
And it came to pass that there was one day a small number of them gathered together to sing and to dance.

Alma 5:9
And again I ask, were the bands of death broken, and the chains of hell which encircled them about, were they loosed? I say unto you, Yea, they were loosed, and their souls did expand, and they did sing redeeming love. And I say unto you that they are saved.

Alma 5:26
And now behold, I say unto you, my brethren, if ye have experienced a change of heart, and if ye have felt to sing the song of redeeming love, I would ask, can ye feel so now?

Alma 26:8
Blessed be the name of our God; let us sing to his praise, yea, let us give thanks to his holy name, for he doth work righteousness forever.

Alma 26:13
Behold, how many thousands of our brethren has he loosed from the pains of hell; and they are brought to sing redeeming love, and this because of the power of his word which is in us, therefore have we not great reason to rejoice?

3 Ne. 16:18
Thy watchmen shall lift up the voice; with the voice together shall they sing, for they shall see eye to eye when the Lord shall bring again Zion.

3 Ne. 16:19
Break forth into joy, sing together, ye waste places of Jerusalem; for the Lord hath comforted his people, he hath redeemed Jerusalem.

3 Ne. 20:32
Then shall their watchmen lift up their voice, and with the voice together shall they sing; for they shall see eye to eye.

3 Ne. 20:34
Then shall they break forth into joy-- Sing together, ye waste places of Jerusalem; for the Father hath comforted his people, he hath redeemed Jerusalem.

3 Ne. 22:1
And then shall that which is written come to pass: Sing, O barren, thou that didst not bear; break forth into singing, and cry aloud, thou that didst not travail with child; for more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife, saith the Lord.

Morm. 7:7
And he hath brought to pass the redemption of the world, whereby he that is found guiltless before him at the judgment day hath it given unto him to dwell in the presence of God in his kingdom, to sing ceaseless praises with the choirs above, unto the Father, and unto the Son, and unto the Holy Ghost, which are one God, in a state of happiness which hath no end.

Ether 6:9
And they did sing praises unto the Lord; yea, the brother of Jared did sing praises unto the Lord, and he did thank and praise the Lord all the day long; and when the night came, they did not cease to praise the Lord.

Moro. 6:9
And their meetings were conducted by the church after the manner of the workings of the Spirit, and by the power of the Holy Ghost; for as the power of the Holy Ghost led them whether to preach, or to exhort, or to pray, or to supplicate, or to sing, even so it was done.