Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'upon' occurs 4474 times in the standard works.

2441 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'upon' in the standard works and contain 54.6% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 988 minutes to read the entire list.

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Ex. 28:29-29:22 (38 in 37 verses)

Lev. 8:7-30 (36 in 24 verses)

Ex. 9:3-23 (22 in 21 verses)

Jer. 48:21-38 (18 in 18 verses)

2 Ne. 12:12-21 (17 in 10 verses)

Lev. 14:14-29 (17 in 16 verses)

Alma 3:6-20 (16 in 15 verses)

Lev. 3:2-16 (15 in 15 verses)

Jer. 50:35-42 (13 in 8 verses)

1 Kgs. 2:25-37 (13 in 13 verses)

3 Ne. 27:5-14 (12 in 10 verses)

1 Ne. 14:11-17 (11 in 7 verses)

1 Ne. 13:11-18 (11 in 8 verses)

Ex. 14:17-26 (11 in 10 verses)

Ether 6:4-13 (11 in 10 verses)

Jacob 3:13-4:9 (11 in 11 verses)

Moses 1:11-21 (11 in 11 verses)

Hag. 1:9-11 (10 in 3 verses)

Isa. 2:12-16 (10 in 5 verses)


2 Kgs. 4:29-35 (10 in 7 verses)

 4:29 Then he said to Gehazi, Gird up thy loins, and take my staff in thine hand, and go thy way: if thou meet any man, salute him not; and if any salute thee, answer him not again: and lay my staff upon the face of the child.

 4:30 And the mother of the child said, As the Lord liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. And he arose, and followed her.

 4:31 And Gehazi passed on before them, and laid the staff upon the face of the child; but there was neither voice, nor hearing. Wherefore he went again to meet him, and told him, saying, The child is not awaked.

 4:32 And when Elisha was come into the house, behold, the child was dead, and laid upon his bed.

 4:33 He went in therefore, and shut the door upon them twain, and prayed unto the Lord.

 4:34 And he went up, and lay upon the child, and put his mouth upon his mouth, and his eyes upon his eyes, and his hands upon his hands: and he stretched himself upon the child; and the flesh of the child waxed warm.

 4:35 Then he returned, and walked in the house to and fro; and went up, and stretched himself upon him: and the child sneezed seven times, and the child opened his eyes.




D&C 109:34-41 (10 in 8 verses)

1 Ne. 18:23-19:6 (10 in 9 verses)

Ether 2:8-16 (10 in 9 verses)

1 Kgs. 7:16-25 (10 in 10 verses)

Num. 19:13-20 (9 in 8 verses)

Ether 13:25-14:1 (9 in 8 verses)

Ezek. 23:8-16 (9 in 9 verses)

Alma 19:14-22 (9 in 9 verses)

D&C 63:31-39 (9 in 9 verses)

Isa. 28:10-13 (8 in 4 verses)

Job 16:9-15 (8 in 7 verses)

Ezek. 6:12-7:4 (8 in 7 verses)

D&C 133:2-8 (8 in 7 verses)

Gen. 7:17-24 (8 in 8 verses)

Gen. 8:17-9:2 (8 in 8 verses)

1 Ne. 22:1-8 (8 in 8 verses)

1 Kgs. 12:32-13:3 (7 in 5 verses)

D&C 133:15-20 (7 in 6 verses)

Moses 7:12-17 (7 in 6 verses)

Lev. 1:7-13 (7 in 7 verses)

Lev. 6:9-15 (7 in 7 verses)

Ezek. 25:11-17 (7 in 7 verses)

Dan. 9:11-17 (7 in 7 verses)

Mosiah 11:11-17 (7 in 7 verses)

Hel. 13:17-23 (7 in 7 verses)

Alma 26:28-29 (6 in 2 verses)

Ex. 7:17-19 (6 in 3 verses)

Rev. 16:1-4 (6 in 4 verses)

Ex. 8:3-7 (6 in 5 verses)

1 Sam. 5:3-7 (6 in 5 verses)

2 Sam. 1:6-10 (6 in 5 verses)

Job 30:12-16 (6 in 5 verses)

Hel. 8:11-15 (6 in 5 verses)

Ether 8:22-26 (6 in 5 verses)

Abr. 1:8-12 (6 in 5 verses)

Lev. 11:37-42 (6 in 6 verses)

Lev. 11:41-46 (6 in 6 verses)

Ezek. 4:4-9 (6 in 6 verses)

Ezek. 38:20-39:2 (6 in 6 verses)

Alma 52:16-21 (6 in 6 verses)

3 Ne. 8:18-23 (6 in 6 verses)

D&C 29:8-13 (6 in 6 verses)

D&C 61:2-7 (6 in 6 verses)

D&C 61:23-28 (6 in 6 verses)

Abr. 4:25-30 (6 in 6 verses)

JS-H 1:68-73 (6 in 6 verses)

Jer. 7:20 (5 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 11:39-40 (5 in 2 verses)

Ether 11:6-7 (5 in 2 verses)

Lev. 1:17-2:2 (5 in 3 verses)

Isa. 7:17-19 (5 in 3 verses)

Jonah 1:6-8 (5 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 4:14-16 (5 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 17:17-19 (5 in 3 verses)

D&C 101:52-54 (5 in 3 verses)

Moses 7:1-3 (5 in 3 verses)

JS-H 1:15-17 (5 in 3 verses)

Ex. 8:18-21 (5 in 4 verses)

1 Sam. 30:14-17 (5 in 4 verses)

Matt. 7:24-27 (5 in 4 verses)

Jacob 1:1-4 (5 in 4 verses)

Mosiah 7:25-28 (5 in 4 verses)

Mosiah 28:20-29:3 (5 in 4 verses)

Alma 46:18-21 (5 in 4 verses)

3 Ne. 14:24-27 (5 in 4 verses)

D&C 128:18-21 (5 in 4 verses)

Moses 7:48-51 (5 in 4 verses)

JS-M 1:18-21 (5 in 4 verses)

Gen. 27:12-16 (5 in 5 verses)

Lev. 16:18-22 (5 in 5 verses)

Judg. 16:26-30 (5 in 5 verses)

2 Chr. 34:24-28 (5 in 5 verses)

Isa. 47:9-13 (5 in 5 verses)

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