Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'any' occurs 1220 times in the standard works.

410 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'any' in the standard works and contain 33.6% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 157 minutes to read the entire list.

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D&C 124:64-72 (12 in 9 verses)

Lev. 11:32-39 (10 in 8 verses)

Lev. 18:23-30 (8 in 8 verses)

Deut. 16:21-17:3 (6 in 5 verses)

Deut. 4:16-18 (5 in 3 verses)

Lev. 7:18-21 (5 in 4 verses)

Ezek. 15:2-5 (5 in 4 verses)

D&C 46:3-6 (5 in 4 verses)

D&C 104:69-72 (5 in 4 verses)

JS-H 1:8-12 (5 in 5 verses)

Philip. 2:1 (4 in 1 verse)

Deut. 19:15-16 (4 in 2 verses)

Eccl. 9:5-6 (4 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 36:14-15 (4 in 2 verses)

James 5:12-14 (4 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 17:7-9 (4 in 3 verses)

JS-H 1:26-28 (4 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 26:25-28 (4 in 4 verses)

Ex. 20:4 (3 in 1 verse)

Deut. 5:8 (3 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 14:26 (3 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 12:36 (3 in 1 verse)

Ex. 30:32-33 (3 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 37:22-23 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 8:2-3 (3 in 2 verses)

Gal. 1:8-9 (3 in 2 verses)

Heb. 12:15-16 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 84:105-106 (3 in 2 verses)

Lev. 13:51-53 (3 in 3 verses)

Lev. 15:22-24 (3 in 3 verses)

Lev. 19:26-28 (3 in 3 verses)

Lev. 22:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

Lev. 22:23-25 (3 in 3 verses)

Deut. 22:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Thes. 3:8-10 (3 in 3 verses)

Heb. 4:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 25:16-18 (3 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 9:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 8:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 9:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 24:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 2:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 4:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 4:27 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 15:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 22:38 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 31:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 35:30 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 5:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 15:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 2:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 6:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 4:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 13:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 18:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 20:8 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 14:24 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 14:52 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 27:1 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 18:29 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 4:29 (2 in 1 verse)

Neh. 2:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Job 31:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 74:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 2:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Dan. 2:30 (2 in 1 verse)

Zech. 8:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 22:46 (2 in 1 verse)

Mark 11:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Mark 16:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Luke 19:8 (2 in 1 verse)

John 12:26 (2 in 1 verse)

Acts 28:21 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Cor. 7:18 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Cor. 10:19 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Cor. 2:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Philip. 4:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Col. 3:13 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Pet. 4:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Rev. 7:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Rev. 9:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Rev. 11:5 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 12:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 13:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 27:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 28:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 23:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 30:47 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 29:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 12:18 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 29:34 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 88:47 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 102:8 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 128:3 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 128:9 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 134:10 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 135:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 11:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 22:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 22:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 31:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 7:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 11:43-44 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 13:48-49 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 17:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 19:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 21:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 27:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 35:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 16:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 21:23-22:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 23:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 23:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 12:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 7:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 14:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 15:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 19:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 21:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 3:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 12:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 9:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Eccl. 1:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 3:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 51:43-44 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 18:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 18:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 39:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 3:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 6:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Hag. 2:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 4:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 20:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

John 9:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 19:38-39 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 25:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Rom. 13:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Rom. 14:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 1:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 3:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 3:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 8:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 10:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 14:37-38 (2 in 2 verses)

Heb. 3:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Rev. 22:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 2:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 34:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 49:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 8:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 15:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 16:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

4 Ne. 1:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 20:83-84 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 42:79-80 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 42:91-92 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 67:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 68:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 68:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 94:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 98:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 101:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 102:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

JS-H 1:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 633 335 968
NT 284 322 606
BM 149 764 913
DC 130 149 279
PGP 24 59 83
Moses 4 29 33
Abr. 0 9 9
JS-M 1 7 8
JS-H 19 11 30
A of F 0 3 3
TOTAL 1220 1629 2849

Moses 1:42
(These words were spoken unto Moses in the mount, the name of which shall not be known among the children of men. And now they are spoken unto you. Show them not unto any except them that believe. Even so. Amen.)

Moses 4:5
And now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field which I, the Lord God, had made.

Moses 5:26
And Cain was wroth, and listened not any more to the voice of the Lord, neither to Abel, his brother, who walked in holiness before the Lord.

Moses 5:40
And I the Lord said unto him: Whosoever slayeth thee, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And I the Lord set a mark upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill him.

JS-M 1:21
Behold, these things I have spoken unto you concerning the Jews; and again, after the tribulation of those days which shall come upon Jerusalem, if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there, believe him not;

JS-H 1:6
For, notwithstanding the great love which the converts to these different faiths expressed at the time of their conversion, and the great zeal manifested by the respective clergy, who were active in getting up and promoting this extraordinary scene of religious feeling, in order to have everybody converted, as they were pleased to call it, let them join what sect they pleased; yet when the converts began to file off, some to one party and some to another, it was seen that the seemingly good feelings of both the priests and the converts were more pretended than real; for a scene of great confusion and bad feeling ensued-- priest contending against priest, and convert against convert; so that all their good feelings one for another, if they ever had any, were entirely lost in a strife of words and a contest about opinions.

JS-H 1:8
During this time of great excitement my mind was called up to serious reflection and great uneasiness; but though my feelings were deep and often poignant, still I kept myself aloof from all these parties, though I attended their several meetings as often as occasion would permit. In process of time my mind became somewhat partial to the Methodist sect, and I felt some desire to be united with them; but so great were the confusion and strife among the different denominations, that it was impossible for a person young as I was, and so unacquainted with men and things, to come to any certain conclusion who was right and who was wrong.

JS-H 1:10
In the midst of this war of words and tumult of opinions, I often said to myself: What is to be done? Who of all these parties are right; or, are they all wrong together? If any one of them be right, which is it, and how shall I know it?

JS-H 1:11
While I was laboring under the extreme difficulties caused by the contests of these parties of religionists, I was one day reading the Epistle of James, first chapter and fifth verse, which reads: If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.

JS-H 1:12
Never did any passage of scripture come with more power to the heart of man than this did at this time to mine. It seemed to enter with great force into every feeling of my heart. I reflected on it again and again, knowing that if any person needed wisdom from God, I did; for how to act I did not know, and unless I could get more wisdom than I then had, I would never know; for the teachers of religion of the different sects understood the same passages of scripture so differently as to destroy all confidence in settling the question by an appeal to the Bible.

JS-H 1:16
But, exerting all my powers to call upon God to deliver me out of the power of this enemy which had seized upon me, and at the very moment when I was ready to sink into despair and abandon myself to destruction-- not to an imaginary ruin, but to the power of some actual being from the unseen world, who had such marvelous power as I had never before felt in any being-- just at this moment of great alarm, I saw a pillar of light exactly over my head, above the brightness of the sun, which descended gradually until it fell upon me.

JS-H 1:20
He again forbade me to join with any of them; and many other things did he say unto me, which I cannot write at this time. When I came to myself again, I found myself lying on my back, looking up into heaven. When the light had departed, I had no strength; but soon recovering in some degree, I went home. And as I leaned up to the fireplace, mother inquired what the matter was. I replied, "Never mind, all is well-- I am well enough off." I then said to my mother, "I have learned for myself that Presbyterianism is not true." It seems as though the adversary was aware, at a very early period of my life, that I was destined to prove a disturber and an annoyer of his kingdom; else why should the powers of darkness combine against me? Why the opposition and persecution that arose against me, almost in my infancy?

JS-H 1:21
Some few days after I had this vision, I happened to be in company with one of the Methodist preachers, who was very active in the before mentioned religious excitement; and, conversing with him on the subject of religion, I took occasion to give him an account of the vision which I had had. I was greatly surprised at his behavior; he treated my communication not only lightly, but with great contempt, saying it was all of the devil, that there were no such things as visions or revelations in these days; that all such things had ceased with the apostles, and that there would never be any more of them.

JS-H 1:26
I had now got my mind satisfied so far as the sectarian world was concerned-- that it was not my duty to join with any of them, but to continue as I was until further directed. I had found the testimony of James to be true-- that a man who lacked wisdom might ask of God, and obtain, and not be upbraided.

JS-H 1:28
During the space of time which intervened between the time I had the vision and the year eighteen hundred and twenty-three-- having been forbidden to join any of the religious sects of the day, and being of very tender years, and persecuted by those who ought to have been my friends and to have treated me kindly, and if they supposed me to be deluded to have endeavored in a proper and affectionate manner to have reclaimed me-- I was left to all kinds of temptations; and, mingling with all kinds of society, I frequently fell into many foolish errors, and displayed the weakness of youth, and the foibles of human nature; which, I am sorry to say, led me into divers temptations, offensive in the sight of God. In making this confession, no one need suppose me guilty of any great or malignant sins. A disposition to commit such was never in my nature. But I was guilty of levity, and sometimes associated with jovial company, etc., not consistent with that character which ought to be maintained by one who was called of God as I had been. But this will not seem very strange to any one who recollects my youth, and is acquainted with my native cheery temperament.

JS-H 1:31
He had on a loose robe of most exquisite whiteness. It was a whiteness beyond anything earthly I had ever seen; nor do I believe that any earthly thing could be made to appear so exceedingly white and brilliant. His hands were naked, and his arms also, a little above the wrist; so, also, were his feet naked, as were his legs, a little above the ankles. His head and neck were also bare. I could discover that he had no other clothing on but this robe, as it was open, so that I could see into his bosom.

JS-H 1:42
Again, he told me, that when I got those plates of which he had spoken-- for the time that they should be obtained was not yet fulfilled-- I should not show them to any person; neither the breastplate with the Urim and Thummim; only to those to whom I should be commanded to show them; if I did I should be destroyed. While he was conversing with me about the plates, the vision was opened to my mind that I could see the place where the plates were deposited, and that so clearly and distinctly that I knew the place again when I visited it.

JS-H 1:46
By this time, so deep were the impressions made on my mind, that sleep had fled from my eyes, and I lay overwhelmed in astonishment at what I had both seen and heard. But what was my surprise when again I beheld the same messenger at my bedside, and heard him rehearse or repeat over again to me the same things as before; and added a caution to me, telling me that Satan would try to tempt me (in consequence of the indigent circumstances of my father's family), to get the plates for the purpose of getting rich. This he forbade me, saying that I must have no other object in view in getting the plates but to glorify God, and must not be influenced by any other motive than that of building his kingdom; otherwise I could not get them.

JS-H 1:51
Convenient to the village of Manchester, Ontario county, New York, stands a hill of considerable size, and the most elevated of any in the neighborhood. On the west side of this hill, not far from the top, under a stone of considerable size, lay the plates, deposited in a stone box. This stone was thick and rounding in the middle on the upper side, and thinner towards the edges, so that the middle part of it was visible above the ground, but the edge all around was covered with earth.

JS-H 1:59
At length the time arrived for obtaining the plates, the Urim and Thummim, and the breastplate. On the twenty-second day of September, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-seven, having gone as usual at the end of another year to the place where they were deposited, the same heavenly messenger delivered them up to me with this charge: that I should be responsible for them; that if I should let them go carelessly, or through any neglect of mine, I should be cut off; but that if I would use all my endeavors to preserve them, until he, the messenger, should call for them, they should be protected.

JS-H 1:64
"I went to the city of New York, and presented the characters which had been translated, with the translation thereof, to Professor Charles Anthon, a gentleman celebrated for his literary attainments. Professor Anthon stated that the translation was correct, more so than any he had before seen translated from the Egyptian. I then showed him those which were not yet translated, and he said that they were Egyptian, Chaldaic, Assyriac, and Arabic; and he said they were true characters. He gave me a certificate, certifying to the people of Palmyra that they were true characters, and that the translation of such of them as had been translated was also correct. I took the certificate and put it into my pocket, and was just leaving the house, when Mr. Anthon called me back, and asked me how the young man found out that there were gold plates in the place where he found them. I answered that an angel of God had revealed it unto him.