Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'understand' occurs 181 times in the standard works.

55 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'understand' in the standard works and contain 30.4% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 22 minutes to read the entire list.

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D&C 77:2-14 (18 in 13 verses)

Matt. 13:13-15 (3 in 3 verses)

Prov. 28:5 (2 in 1 verse)


Dan. 12:10 (2 in 1 verse)

 12:10 Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand.




2 Ne. 25:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Jacob 4:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 2:40 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 13:32 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 29:33 (2 in 1 verse)

Neh. 8:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 6:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 8:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 10:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 12:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 10:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 33:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 17:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 50:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 113:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 63 145 208
NT 28 30 58
BM 46 22 68
DC 42 17 59
PGP 2 2 4
TOTAL 181 216 397

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