Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'good' occurs 1070 times in the standard works.

405 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'good' in the standard works and contain 37.9% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 153 minutes to read the entire list.

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Moro. 7:5-28 (26 in 24 verses)

Alma 32:28-39 (13 in 12 verses)

Alma 5:36-42 (9 in 7 verses)

Jacob 5:40-46 (7 in 7 verses)

Jacob 5:42-48 (7 in 7 verses)

Matt. 12:33-35 (6 in 3 verses)

Jer. 24:2-6 (6 in 5 verses)

Alma 41:3-7 (6 in 5 verses)

Josh. 23:11-16 (6 in 6 verses)

Matt. 7:17-19 (5 in 3 verses)

Luke 6:43-45 (5 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 14:17-19 (5 in 3 verses)

Jacob 5:32-36 (5 in 5 verses)

Alma 29:5 (4 in 1 verse)

Hel. 14:31 (4 in 1 verse)

Matt. 19:16-17 (4 in 2 verses)

Alma 41:13-14 (4 in 2 verses)

Ether 4:11-12 (4 in 2 verses)

D&C 6:33-34 (4 in 2 verses)

Jacob 5:75-77 (4 in 3 verses)

Jer. 32:39-42 (4 in 4 verses)

Rom. 7:16-19 (4 in 4 verses)

Rom. 7:18-21 (4 in 4 verses)

Isa. 52:7 (3 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 12:21 (3 in 1 verse)

Alma 13:3 (3 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 20:40 (3 in 1 verse)

Eccl. 3:12-13 (3 in 2 verses)

Mark 10:17-18 (3 in 2 verses)

Luke 18:18-19 (3 in 2 verses)

Rom. 7:12-13 (3 in 2 verses)

Rom. 13:3-4 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Tim. 6:12-13 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Tim. 6:18-19 (3 in 2 verses)

3 Jn. 1:11-12 (3 in 2 verses)

Jacob 5:65-66 (3 in 2 verses)

Gen. 41:24-26 (3 in 3 verses)

Ex. 22:13-15 (3 in 3 verses)

Lev. 27:10-12 (3 in 3 verses)

Ps. 119:66-68 (3 in 3 verses)

Eccl. 2:24-26 (3 in 3 verses)

Lam. 3:25-27 (3 in 3 verses)

Luke 6:33-35 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Tim. 4:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

Jacob 5:25-27 (3 in 3 verses)

Jacob 5:59-61 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 2:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 10:29 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 6:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 30:9 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 19:4 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 3:19 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 10:12 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 18:27 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 22:13 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 3:19 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 3:25 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 20:19 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 19:13 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 18:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Neh. 2:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 38:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 51:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 125:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Eccl. 5:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Eccl. 9:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 5:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 40:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 18:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 40:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 34:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 7:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Luke 8:15 (2 in 1 verse)

John 2:10 (2 in 1 verse)

John 10:11 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Cor. 7:26 (2 in 1 verse)

Gal. 4:18 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Thes. 3:6 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Tim. 5:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Titus 3:8 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Pet. 3:16 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 2:5 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 15:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Omni 1:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 15:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 27:37 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 3:26 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 12:31 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 14:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Moro. 10:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Moro. 10:25 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 127:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Moses 3:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Abr. 3:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Abr. 5:9 (2 in 1 verse)

JS-H 1:6 (2 in 1 verse)

JS-H 1:33 (2 in 1 verse)

A of F 1:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 2:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 3:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 13:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 4:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 31:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 1:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 19:37-38 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 36:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 52:9-53:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Prov. 13:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Eccl. 4:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Eccl. 6:12-7:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 7:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 18:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Amos 5:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 5:44-45 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 13:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 13:37-38 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 14:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

John 10:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

Rom. 16:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Eph. 4:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

Eph. 6:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Thes. 2:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Tim. 1:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Tim. 3:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Pet. 3:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 17:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Jacob 6:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 16:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 5:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 12:44-45 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 26:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 10:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 21:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 58:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 61:35-36 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 98:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 124:80-81 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 3:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 4:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 6:55-56 (2 in 2 verses)

Abr. 5:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 472 103 575
Gen. 45 11 56
Ex. 7 7 14
Lev. 7 1 8
Num. 7 6 13
Deut. 31 4 35
Josh. 14 1 15
Judg. 7 1 8
Ruth 1 0 1
1 Sam. 22 4 26
2 Sam. 22 2 24
1 Kgs. 14 3 17
2 Kgs. 10 0 10
1 Chr. 12 1 13
2 Chr. 15 7 22
Ezra 8 4 12
Neh. 11 3 14
Esth. 6 0 6
Job 14 4 18
Ps. 63 20 83
Prov. 43 2 45
Eccl. 25 1 26
Song. 2 0 2
Isa. 18 2 20
Jer. 37 6 43
Lam. 4 0 4
Ezek. 9 4 13
Dan. 1 0 1
Hosea 2 4 6
Joel 0 1 1
Amos 3 0 3
Micah 5 0 5
Nahum 2 0 2
Zeph. 1 1 2
Zech. 2 3 5
Mal. 2 0 2
NT 248 33 281
BM 229 35 264
DC 87 10 97
PGP 34 1 35
TOTAL 1070 182 1252

Gen. 14:11
And they took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their victuals, and went their way.

Gen. 14:12
And they took Lot, Abram's brother's son, who dwelt in Sodom, and his goods, and departed.

Gen. 14:16
And he brought back all the goods, and also brought again his brother Lot, and his goods, and the women also, and the people.

Gen. 14:21
And the king of Sodom said unto Abram, Give me the persons, and take the goods to thyself.

Gen. 24:10
And the servant took ten camels of the camels of his master, and departed; for all the goods of his master were in his hand: and he arose, and went to Mesopotamia, unto the city of Nahor.

Gen. 27:15
And Rebekah took goodly raiment of her eldest son Esau, which were with her in the house, and put them upon Jacob her younger son:

Gen. 31:18
And he carried away all his cattle, and all his goods which he had gotten, the cattle of his getting, which he had gotten in Padan-aram, for to go to Isaac his father in the land of Canaan.

Gen. 39:6
And he left all that he had in Joseph's hand; and he knew not ought he had, save the bread which he did eat. And Joseph was a goodly person, and well favoured.

Gen. 46:6
And they took their cattle, and their goods, which they had gotten in the land of Canaan, and came into Egypt, Jacob, and all his seed with him:

Gen. 49:21
Naphtali is a hind let loose: he giveth goodly words.

Ex. 2:2
And the woman conceived, and bare a son: and when she saw him that he was a goodly child, she hid him three months.

Ex. 18:9
And Jethro rejoiced for all the goodness which the Lord had done to Israel, whom he had delivered out of the hand of the Egyptians.

Ex. 22:8
If the thief be not found, then the master of the house shall be brought unto the judges, to see whether he have put his hand unto his neighbour's goods.

Ex. 22:11
Then shall an oath of the Lord be between them both, that he hath not put his hand unto his neighbour's goods; and the owner of it shall accept thereof, and he shall not make it good.

Ex. 33:19
And he said, I will make all my goodness pass before thee, and I will proclaim the name of the Lord before thee; and will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will shew mercy on whom I will shew mercy.

Ex. 34:6
And the Lord passed by before him, and proclaimed, The Lord, The Lord God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth,

Ex. 39:28
And a mitre of fine linen, and goodly bonnets of fine linen, and linen breeches of fine twined linen,

Lev. 23:40
And ye shall take you on the first day the boughs of goodly trees, branches of palm trees, and the boughs of thick trees, and willows of the brook; and ye shall rejoice before the Lord your God seven days.

Num. 10:32
And it shall be, if thou go with us, yea, it shall be, that what goodness the Lord shall do unto us, the same will we do unto thee.

Num. 16:32
And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their houses, and all the men that appertained unto Korah, and all their goods.

Num. 24:5
How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, and thy tabernacles, O Israel!

Num. 31:9
And the children of Israel took all the women of Midian captives, and their little ones, and took the spoil of all their cattle, and all their flocks, and all their goods.

Num. 31:10
And they burnt all their cities wherein they dwelt, and all their goodly castles, with fire.

Num. 35:3
And the cities shall they have to dwell in; and the suburbs of them shall be for their cattle, and for their goods, and for all their beasts.

Deut. 3:25
I pray thee, let me go over, and see the good land that is beyond Jordan, that goodly mountain, and Lebanon.

Deut. 6:10
And it shall be, when the Lord thy God shall have brought thee into the land which he sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give thee great and goodly cities, which thou buildedst not,

Deut. 8:12
Lest when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt therein;

Deut. 28:11
And the Lord shall make thee plenteous in goods, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground, in the land which the Lord sware unto thy fathers to give thee.

Josh. 7:21
When I saw among the spoils a goodly Babylonish garment, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold of fifty shekels weight, then I coveted them, and took them; and, behold, they are hid in the earth in the midst of my tent, and the silver under it.

Judg. 8:35
Neither shewed they kindness to the house of Jerubbaal, namely, Gideon, according to all the goodness which he had shewed unto Israel.

1 Sam. 8:16
And he will take your menservants, and your maidservants, and your goodliest young men, and your asses, and put them to his work.

1 Sam. 9:2
And he had a son, whose name was Saul, a choice young man, and a goodly: and there was not among the children of Israel a goodlier person than he: from his shoulders and upward he was higher than any of the people.

1 Sam. 16:12
And he sent, and brought him in. Now he was ruddy, and withal of a beautiful countenance, and goodly to look to. And the Lord said, Arise, anoint him: for this is he.

2 Sam. 7:28
And now, O Lord God, thou art that God, and thy words be true, and thou hast promised this goodness unto thy servant:

2 Sam. 23:21
And he slew an Egyptian, a goodly man: and the Egyptian had a spear in his hand; but he went down to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian's hand, and slew him with his own spear.

1 Kgs. 1:6
And his father had not displeased him at any time in saying, Why hast thou done so? and he also was a very goodly man; and his mother bare him after Absalom.

1 Kgs. 8:66
On the eighth day he sent the people away: and they blessed the king, and went unto their tents joyful and glad of heart for all the goodness that the Lord had done for David his servant, and for Israel his people.

1 Kgs. 20:3
Thy silver and thy gold is mine; thy wives also and thy children, even the goodliest, are mine.

1 Chr. 17:26
And now, Lord, thou art God, and hast promised this goodness unto thy servant:

2 Chr. 6:41
Now therefore arise, O Lord God, into thy resting place, thou, and the ark of thy strength: let thy priests, O Lord God, be clothed with salvation, and let thy saints rejoice in goodness.

2 Chr. 7:10
And on the three and twentieth day of the seventh month he sent the people away into their tents, glad and merry in heart for the goodness that the Lord had shewed unto David, and to Solomon, and to Israel his people.

2 Chr. 21:14
Behold, with a great plague will the Lord smite thy people, and thy children, and thy wives, and all thy goods:

2 Chr. 32:32
Now the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and his goodness, behold, they are written in the vision of Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, and in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.

2 Chr. 35:26
Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and his goodness, according to that which was written in the law of the Lord,

2 Chr. 36:10
And when the year was expired, king Nebuchadnezzar sent, and brought him to Babylon, with the goodly vessels of the house of the Lord, and made Zedekiah his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem.

2 Chr. 36:19
And they burnt the house of God, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem, and burnt all the palaces thereof with fire, and destroyed all the goodly vessels thereof.

Ezra 1:4
And whosoever remaineth in any place where he sojourneth, let the men of his place help him with silver, and with gold, and with goods, and with beasts, beside the freewill offering for the house of God that is in Jerusalem.

Ezra 1:6
And all they that were about them strengthened their hands with vessels of silver, with gold, with goods, and with beasts, and with precious things, beside all that was willingly offered.

Ezra 6:8
Moreover I make a decree what ye shall do to the elders of these Jews for the building of this house of God: that of the king's goods, even of the tribute beyond the river, forthwith expenses be given unto these men, that they be not hindered.

Ezra 7:26
And whosoever will not do the law of thy God, and the law of the king, let judgment be executed speedily upon him, whether it be unto death, or to banishment, or to confiscation of goods, or to imprisonment.

Neh. 9:25
And they took strong cities, and a fat land, and possessed houses full of all goods, wells digged, vineyards, and oliveyards, and fruit trees in abundance: so they did eat, and were filled, and became fat, and delighted themselves in thy great goodness.

Neh. 9:35
For they have not served thee in their kingdom, and in thy great goodness that thou gavest them, and in the large and fat land which thou gavest before them, neither turned they from their wicked works.

Job 20:10
His children shall seek to please the poor, and his hands shall restore their goods.

Job 20:21
There shall none of his meat be left; therefore shall no man look for his goods.

Job 20:28
The increase of his house shall depart, and his goods shall flow away in the day of his wrath.

Job 39:13
Gavest thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks? or wings and feathers unto the ostrich?

Ps. 16:2
O my soul, thou hast said unto the Lord, Thou art my Lord: my goodness extendeth not to thee;

Ps. 16:6
The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly heritage.

Ps. 21:3
For thou preventest him with the blessings of goodness: thou settest a crown of pure gold on his head.

Ps. 23:6
Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever.

Ps. 25:7
Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions: according to thy mercy remember thou me for thy goodness' sake, O Lord.

Ps. 27:13
I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.

Ps. 31:19
Oh how great is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee; which thou hast wrought for them that trust in thee before the sons of men!

Ps. 33:5
He loveth righteousness and judgment: the earth is full of the goodness of the Lord.

Ps. 52:1
Why boastest thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man? the goodness of God endureth continually.

Ps. 65:4
Blessed is the man whom thou choosest, and causest to approach unto thee, that he may dwell in thy courts: we shall be satisfied with the goodness of thy house, even of thy holy temple.

Ps. 65:11
Thou crownest the year with thy goodness; and thy paths drop fatness.

Ps. 68:10
Thy congregation hath dwelt therein: thou, O God, hast prepared of thy goodness for the poor.

Ps. 80:10
The hills were covered with the shadow of it, and the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedars.

Ps. 107:8
Oh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!

Ps. 107:9
For he satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness.

Ps. 107:15
Oh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!

Ps. 107:21
Oh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!

Ps. 107:31
Oh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!

Ps. 144:2
My goodness, and my fortress; my high tower, and my deliverer; my shield, and he in whom I trust; who subdueth my people under me.

Ps. 145:7
They shall abundantly utter the memory of thy great goodness, and shall sing of thy righteousness.

Prov. 7:19
For the goodman is not at home, he is gone a long journey:

Prov. 20:6
Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness: but a faithful man who can find?

Eccl. 5:11
When goods increase, they are increased that eat them: and what good is there to the owners thereof, saving the beholding of them with their eyes?

Isa. 40:6
The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field:

Isa. 63:7
I will mention the lovingkindnesses of the Lord, and the praises of the Lord, according to all that the Lord hath bestowed on us, and the great goodness toward the house of Israel, which he hath bestowed on them according to his mercies, and according to the multitude of his lovingkindnesses.

Jer. 2:7
And I brought you into a plentiful country, to eat the fruit thereof and the goodness thereof; but when ye entered, ye defiled my land, and made mine heritage an abomination.

Jer. 3:19
But I said, How shall I put thee among the children, and give thee a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the hosts of nations? and I said, Thou shalt call me, My father; and shalt not turn away from me.

Jer. 11:16
The Lord called thy name, A green olive tree, fair, and of goodly fruit: with the noise of a great tumult he hath kindled fire upon it, and the branches of it are broken.

Jer. 31:12
Therefore they shall come and sing in the height of Zion, and shall flow together to the goodness of the Lord, for wheat, and for wine, and for oil, and for the young of the flock and of the herd: and their soul shall be as a watered garden; and they shall not sorrow any more at all.

Jer. 31:14
And I will satiate the soul of the priests with fatness, and my people shall be satisfied with my goodness, saith the Lord.

Jer. 33:9
And it shall be to me a name of joy, a praise and an honour before all the nations of the earth, which shall hear all the good that I do unto them: and they shall fear and tremble for all the goodness and for all the prosperity that I procure unto it.

Ezek. 17:8
It was planted in a good soil by great waters, that it might bring forth branches, and that it might bear fruit, that it might be a goodly vine.

Ezek. 17:23
In the mountain of the height of Israel will I plant it: and it shall bring forth boughs, and bear fruit, and be a goodly cedar: and under it shall dwell all fowl of every wing; in the shadow of the branches thereof shall they dwell.

Ezek. 38:12
To take a spoil, and to take a prey; to turn thine hand upon the desolate places that are now inhabited, and upon the people that are gathered out of the nations, which have gotten cattle and goods, that dwell in the midst of the land.

Ezek. 38:13
Sheba, and Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish, with all the young lions thereof, shall say unto thee, Art thou come to take a spoil? hast thou gathered thy company to take a prey? to carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to take a great spoil?

Hosea 3:5
Afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek the Lord their God, and David their king; and shall fear the Lord and his goodness in the latter days.

Hosea 6:4
O Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee? O Judah, what shall I do unto thee? for your goodness is as a morning cloud, and as the early dew it goeth away.

Hosea 10:1
Israel is an empty vine, he bringeth forth fruit unto himself: according to the multitude of his fruit he hath increased the altars; according to the goodness of his land they have made goodly images.

Joel 3:5
Because ye have taken my silver and my gold, and have carried into your temples my goodly pleasant things:

Zeph. 1:13
Therefore their goods shall become a booty, and their houses a desolation: they shall also build houses, but not inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, but not drink the wine thereof.

Zech. 9:17
For how great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty! corn shall make the young men cheerful, and new wine the maids.

Zech. 10:3
Mine anger was kindled against the shepherds, and I punished the goats: for the Lord of hosts hath visited his flock the house of Judah, and hath made them as his goodly horse in the battle.

Zech. 11:13
And the Lord said unto me, Cast it unto the potter: a goodly price that I was prised at of them. And I took the thirty pieces of silver, and cast them to the potter in the house of the Lord.