Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'hearken' occurs 314 times in the standard works.

66 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'hearken' in the standard works and contain 21% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 28 minutes to read the entire list.

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2 Ne. 1:28-29 (3 in 2 verses)

Hel. 11:13-14 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 45:1-2 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 8:28-30 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Chr. 6:19-21 (3 in 3 verses)

Jer. 26:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

Judg. 9:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 6:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 3:7 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 4:32 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 21:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 13:21 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 1:1 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 101:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 4:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 28:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 1:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 18:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 27:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 9:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 28:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 28:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

Omni 1:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 5:37-38 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 41:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 42:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 70:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 101:74-75 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 103:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 124:45-46 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 145 84 229
NT 8 1 9
BM 85 15 100
DC 66 7 73
PGP 10 10 20
Moses 7 8 15
Abr. 3 2 5
TOTAL 314 117 431

Moses 4:23
And unto Adam, I, the Lord God, said: Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the fruit of the tree of which I commanded thee, saying-- Thou shalt not eat of it, cursed shall be the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life.

Moses 5:16
And Adam and Eve, his wife, ceased not to call upon God. And Adam knew Eve his wife, and she conceived and bare Cain, and said: I have gotten a man from the Lord; wherefore he may not reject his words. But behold, Cain hearkened not, saying: Who is the Lord that I should know him?

Moses 5:17
And she again conceived and bare his brother Abel. And Abel hearkened unto the voice of the Lord. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.

Moses 6:1
And Adam hearkened unto the voice of God, and called upon his sons to repent.

Moses 8:13
And Noah and his sons hearkened unto the Lord, and gave heed, and they were called the sons of God.

Moses 8:20
And it came to pass that Noah called upon the children of men that they should repent; but they hearkened not unto his words;

Moses 8:21
And also, after that they had heard him, they came up before him, saying: Behold, we are the sons of God; have we not taken unto ourselves the daughters of men? And are we not eating and drinking, and marrying and giving in marriage? And our wives bear unto us children, and the same are mighty men, which are like unto men of old, men of great renown. And they hearkened not unto the words of Noah.

Moses 8:24
Believe and repent of your sins and be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ, the Son of God, even as our fathers, and ye shall receive the Holy Ghost, that ye may have all things made manifest; and if ye do not this, the floods will come in upon you; nevertheless they hearkened not.

Abr. 1:7
Therefore they turned their hearts to the sacrifice of the heathen in offering up their children unto these dumb idols, and hearkened not unto my voice, but endeavored to take away my life by the hand of the priest of Elkenah. The priest of Elkenah was also the priest of Pharaoh.

Abr. 1:15
And as they lifted up their hands upon me, that they might offer me up and take away my life, behold, I lifted up my voice unto the Lord my God, and the Lord hearkened and heard, and he filled me with the vision of the Almighty, and the angel of his presence stood by me, and immediately unloosed my bands;