Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'river' occurs 230 times in the standard works.

105 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'river' in the standard works and contain 45.7% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 39 minutes to read the entire list.

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Ex. 7:15-8:3 (14 in 14 verses)

 7:15 Get thee unto Pharaoh in the morning; lo, he goeth out unto the water; and thou shalt stand by the river's brink against he come; and the rod which was turned to a serpent shalt thou take in thine hand.

 7:16 And thou shalt say unto him, The Lord God of the Hebrews hath sent me unto thee, saying, Let my people go, that they may serve me in the wilderness: and, behold, hitherto thou wouldest not hear.

 7:17 Thus saith the Lord, In this thou shalt know that I am the Lord: behold, I will smite with the rod that is in mine hand upon the waters which are in the river, and they shall be turned to blood.

 7:18 And the fish that is in the river shall die, and the river shall stink; and the Egyptians shall lothe to drink of the water of the river.

 7:19 And the Lord spake unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and stretch out thine hand upon the waters of Egypt, upon their streams, upon their rivers, and upon their ponds, and upon all their pools of water, that they may become blood; and that there may be blood throughout all the land of Egypt, both in vessels of wood, and in vessels of stone.

 7:20 And Moses and Aaron did so, as the Lord commanded; and he lifted up the rod, and smote the waters that were in the river, in the sight of Pharaoh, and in the sight of his servants; and all the waters that were in the river were turned to blood.

 7:21 And the fish that was in the river died; and the river stank, and the Egyptians could not drink of the water of the river; and there was blood throughout all the land of Egypt.

 7:22 And the magicians of Egypt did so with their enchantments: and Pharaoh's heart was hardened, neither did he hearken unto them; as the Lord had said.

 7:23 And Pharaoh turned and went into his house, neither did he set his heart to this also.

 7:24 And all the Egyptians digged round about the river for water to drink; for they could not drink of the water of the river.

 7:25 And seven days were fulfilled, after that the Lord had smitten the river.

 8:1 And the Lord spake unto Moses, Go unto Pharaoh, and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord, Let my people go, that they may serve me.

 8:2 And if thou refuse to let them go, behold, I will smite all thy borders with frogs:

 8:3 And the river shall bring forth frogs abundantly, which shall go up and come into thine house, and into thy bedchamber, and upon thy bed, and into the house of thy servants, and upon thy people, and into thine ovens, and into thy kneadingtroughs:




Ezek. 47:5-9 (5 in 5 verses)

Josh. 12:1-2 (4 in 2 verses)

Alma 16:6-7 (4 in 2 verses)

Gen. 41:1-3 (4 in 3 verses)

Dan. 12:5-7 (4 in 3 verses)

Alma 43:51-53 (4 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 2:6-9 (4 in 4 verses)

Gen. 15:18 (3 in 1 verse)

Josh. 17:9 (3 in 1 verse)

Judg. 5:21 (3 in 1 verse)

Gen. 2:13-14 (3 in 2 verses)

Deut. 2:36-37 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 2:34-35 (3 in 2 verses)

Moses 3:13-14 (3 in 2 verses)

Ex. 2:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezra 6:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 43:39-41 (3 in 3 verses)

Ex. 4:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 1:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 3:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 11:24 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 1:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 13:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 13:16 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 4:24 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 24:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezra 5:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 43:27 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 41:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezra 4:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezra 4:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 8:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Rev. 22:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 173 76 249
Gen. 15 0 15
Ex. 24 2 26
Lev. 0 2 2
Num. 3 0 3
Deut. 13 1 14
Josh. 18 0 18
Judg. 5 0 5
2 Sam. 4 0 4
1 Kgs. 5 1 6
2 Kgs. 6 2 8
1 Chr. 5 0 5
2 Chr. 2 0 2
Ezra 18 0 18
Neh. 3 0 3
Job 1 4 5
Ps. 6 8 14
Prov. 0 2 2
Eccl. 0 2 2
Song. 0 1 1
Isa. 9 17 26
Jer. 5 3 8
Lam. 1 1 2
Ezek. 18 20 38
Dan. 8 0 8
Joel 0 2 2
Amos 1 0 1
Micah 1 1 2
Nahum 0 3 3
Hab. 0 3 3
Zeph. 0 1 1
Zech. 2 0 2
NT 6 3 9
BM 44 3 47
DC 2 2 4
PGP 5 2 7
TOTAL 230 86 316

Ex. 1:22
And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river, and every daughter ye shall save alive.

Ex. 2:3
And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch, and put the child therein; and she laid it in the flags by the river's brink.

Ex. 2:5
And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to wash herself at the river; and her maidens walked along by the river's side; and when she saw the ark among the flags, she sent her maid to fetch it.

Ex. 4:9
And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe also these two signs, neither hearken unto thy voice, that thou shalt take of the water of the river, and pour it upon the dry land: and the water which thou takest out of the river shall become blood upon the dry land.

Ex. 7:15
Get thee unto Pharaoh in the morning; lo, he goeth out unto the water; and thou shalt stand by the river's brink against he come; and the rod which was turned to a serpent shalt thou take in thine hand.

Ex. 7:17
Thus saith the Lord, In this thou shalt know that I am the Lord: behold, I will smite with the rod that is in mine hand upon the waters which are in the river, and they shall be turned to blood.

Ex. 7:18
And the fish that is in the river shall die, and the river shall stink; and the Egyptians shall lothe to drink of the water of the river.

Ex. 7:19
And the Lord spake unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and stretch out thine hand upon the waters of Egypt, upon their streams, upon their rivers, and upon their ponds, and upon all their pools of water, that they may become blood; and that there may be blood throughout all the land of Egypt, both in vessels of wood, and in vessels of stone.

Ex. 7:20
And Moses and Aaron did so, as the Lord commanded; and he lifted up the rod, and smote the waters that were in the river, in the sight of Pharaoh, and in the sight of his servants; and all the waters that were in the river were turned to blood.

Ex. 7:21
And the fish that was in the river died; and the river stank, and the Egyptians could not drink of the water of the river; and there was blood throughout all the land of Egypt.

Ex. 7:24
And all the Egyptians digged round about the river for water to drink; for they could not drink of the water of the river.

Ex. 7:25
And seven days were fulfilled, after that the Lord had smitten the river.

Ex. 8:3
And the river shall bring forth frogs abundantly, which shall go up and come into thine house, and into thy bedchamber, and upon thy bed, and into the house of thy servants, and upon thy people, and into thine ovens, and into thy kneadingtroughs:

Ex. 8:5
And the Lord spake unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch forth thine hand with thy rod over the streams, over the rivers, and over the ponds, and cause frogs to come up upon the land of Egypt.

Ex. 8:9
And Moses said unto Pharaoh, Glory over me: when shall I entreat for thee, and for thy servants, and for thy people, to destroy the frogs from thee and thy houses, that they may remain in the river only?

Ex. 8:11
And the frogs shall depart from thee, and from thy houses, and from thy servants, and from thy people; they shall remain in the river only.

Ex. 17:5
And the Lord said unto Moses, Go on before the people, and take with thee of the elders of Israel; and thy rod, wherewith thou smotest the river, take in thine hand, and go.

Ex. 23:31
And I will set thy bounds from the Red sea even unto the sea of the Philistines, and from the desert unto the river: for I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand; and thou shalt drive them out before thee.