Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'put' occurs 1090 times in the standard works.

341 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'put' in the standard works and contain 31.3% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 135 minutes to read the entire list.

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Num. 4:6-14 (11 in 9 verses)

Lev. 8:7-15 (9 in 9 verses)

Lev. 6:10-12 (6 in 3 verses)

Ex. 4:4-7 (6 in 4 verses)

1 Cor. 15:24-28 (6 in 5 verses)

Ex. 29:5-10 (6 in 6 verses)

Matt. 19:6-9 (5 in 4 verses)

Heb. 2:5-8 (5 in 4 verses)

Ex. 28:23-27 (5 in 5 verses)

Ex. 39:16-20 (5 in 5 verses)

Ex. 40:18-22 (5 in 5 verses)

Lev. 20:9-13 (5 in 5 verses)

Deut. 17:6-7 (4 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 15:53-54 (4 in 2 verses)

Num. 5:2-4 (4 in 3 verses)

Mosiah 24:9-11 (4 in 3 verses)

Deut. 24:16 (3 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 13:16 (3 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 14:6 (3 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 7:1 (3 in 1 verse)

Lev. 16:23-24 (3 in 2 verses)

Lev. 24:16-17 (3 in 2 verses)

Num. 16:46-47 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 14:26-27 (3 in 2 verses)

Song. 5:3-4 (3 in 2 verses)

Isa. 51:23-52:1 (3 in 2 verses)

Jer. 13:1-2 (3 in 2 verses)

Matt. 9:16-17 (3 in 2 verses)


2 Ne. 8:23-24 (3 in 2 verses)

 8:23 But I will put it into the hand of them that afflict thee; who have said to thy soul: Bow down, that we may go over-- and thou hast laid thy body as the ground and as the street to them that went over.

 8:24 Awake, awake, put on thy strength, O Zion; put on thy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city; for henceforth there shall no more come into thee the uncircumcised and the unclean.




Hel. 13:4-5 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 113:7-8 (3 in 2 verses)

Abr. 5:7-8 (3 in 2 verses)

Gen. 30:40-42 (3 in 3 verses)

Ex. 21:15-17 (3 in 3 verses)

Num. 35:16-18 (3 in 3 verses)

Judg. 6:19-21 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Sam. 11:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Sam. 17:38-40 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Sam. 10:8-10 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Kgs. 18:23-25 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Chr. 10:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)

Prov. 25:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

Col. 3:8-10 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 41:42 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 25:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 30:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 5:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 10:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 16:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 16:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 13:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 10:24 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 20:13 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 8:14 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 2:35 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 13:4 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 23:33 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 3:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Neh. 4:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 71:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Prov. 4:24 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 5:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 50:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 59:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 1:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 52:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 44:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Luke 15:22 (2 in 1 verse)

John 19:2 (2 in 1 verse)

John 19:29 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 15:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 16:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 40:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 51:21 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 20:36 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 8:17 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 124:57 (2 in 1 verse)

JS-H 1:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 27:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 44:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 26:34-35 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 29:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 31:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 33:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 36:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 40:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 8:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 8:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 14:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 20:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 5:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 6:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 15:34-35 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 16:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 35:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 36:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 21:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 22:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 14:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 7:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 14:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 19:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 20:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 12:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 13:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 19:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 19:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 11:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Job 1:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Job 18:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 118:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 38:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 16:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 30:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 36:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 5:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 27:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 7:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 10:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 15:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 7:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 11:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 30:51-52 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 51:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 6:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 6:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 12:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 124:77-78 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 754 47 801
NT 157 57 214
BM 123 32 155
1 Ne. 3 2 5
2 Ne. 17 4 21
Jacob 1 0 1
Enos 1 0 1
W of M 2 0 2
Mosiah 25 6 31
Alma 40 4 44
Hel. 9 2 11
3 Ne. 12 9 21
4 Ne. 0 1 1
Morm. 3 0 3
Ether 7 1 8
Moro. 3 3 6
DC 39 4 43
PGP 17 0 17
TOTAL 1090 140 1230

2 Ne. 1:23
Awake, my sons; put on the armor of righteousness. Shake off the chains with which ye are bound, and come forth out of obscurity, and arise from the dust.

2 Ne. 4:34
O Lord, I have trusted in thee, and I will trust in thee forever. I will not put my trust in the arm of flesh; for I know that cursed is he that putteth his trust in the arm of flesh. Yea, cursed is he that putteth his trust in man or maketh flesh his arm.

2 Ne. 7:1
Yea, for thus saith the Lord: Have I put thee away, or have I cast thee off forever? For thus saith the Lord: Where is the bill of your mother's divorcement? To whom have I put thee away, or to which of my creditors have I sold you? Yea, to whom have I sold you? Behold, for your iniquities have ye sold yourselves, and for your transgressions is your mother put away.

2 Ne. 8:9
Awake, awake! Put on strength, O arm of the Lord; awake as in the ancient days. Art thou not he that hath cut Rahab, and wounded the dragon?

2 Ne. 8:16
And I have put my words in thy mouth, and have covered thee in the shadow of mine hand, that I may plant the heavens and lay the foundations of the earth, and say unto Zion: Behold, thou art my people.

2 Ne. 8:23
But I will put it into the hand of them that afflict thee; who have said to thy soul: Bow down, that we may go over-- and thou hast laid thy body as the ground and as the street to them that went over.

2 Ne. 8:24
Awake, awake, put on thy strength, O Zion; put on thy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city; for henceforth there shall no more come into thee the uncircumcised and the unclean.

2 Ne. 9:7
Wherefore, it must needs be an infinite atonement-- save it should be an infinite atonement this corruption could not put on incorruption. Wherefore, the first judgment which came upon man must needs have remained to an endless duration. And if so, this flesh must have laid down to rot and to crumble to its mother earth, to rise no more.

2 Ne. 10:9
Yea, the kings of the Gentiles shall be nursing fathers unto them, and their queens shall become nursing mothers; wherefore, the promises of the Lord are great unto the Gentiles, for he hath spoken it, and who can dispute?

2 Ne. 15:20
Wo unto them that call evil good, and good evil, that put darkness for light, and light for darkness, that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!

2 Ne. 20:13
For he saith: By the strength of my hand and by my wisdom I have done these things; for I am prudent; and I have moved the borders of the people, and have robbed their treasures, and I have put down the inhabitants like a valiant man;

2 Ne. 21:8
And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice's den.

2 Ne. 26:20
And the Gentiles are lifted up in the pride of their eyes, and have stumbled, because of the greatness of their stumbling block, that they have built up many churches; nevertheless, they put down the power and miracles of God, and preach up unto themselves their own wisdom and their own learning, that they may get gain and grind upon the face of the poor.

2 Ne. 28:31
Cursed is he that putteth his trust in man, or maketh flesh his arm, or shall hearken unto the precepts of men, save their precepts shall be given by the power of the Holy Ghost.

2 Ne. 30:14
And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice's den.