Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'heart' occurs 1095 times in the standard works.

321 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'heart' in the standard works and contain 29.3% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 122 minutes to read the entire list.

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Ezek. 28:2-6 (6 in 5 verses)

Eccl. 1:16-2:3 (6 in 6 verses)

1 Kgs. 11:2-4 (5 in 3 verses)

1 Chr. 29:17-19 (5 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 11:19-21 (5 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 4:15-19 (5 in 5 verses)

Ex. 9:34-10:1 (4 in 3 verses)

Prov. 15:13-15 (4 in 3 verses)

Eccl. 7:2-4 (4 in 3 verses)

Hel. 13:3-5 (4 in 3 verses)

Ex. 35:34-36:2 (4 in 4 verses)

Judg. 16:15-18 (4 in 4 verses)

Deut. 30:6 (3 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 10:15 (3 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 36:26 (3 in 1 verse)

Luke 6:45 (3 in 1 verse)

Ex. 28:29-30 (3 in 2 verses)

Deut. 29:18-19 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 8:17-18 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 6:7-8 (3 in 2 verses)

Eccl. 11:9-10 (3 in 2 verses)

Jer. 4:18-19 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Jn. 3:20-21 (3 in 2 verses)

Moro. 7:43-44 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 8:1-2 (3 in 2 verses)

Prov. 23:15-17 (3 in 3 verses)

Eccl. 9:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 14:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

Dan. 5:20-22 (3 in 3 verses)

Rom. 10:8-10 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 4:26-28 (3 in 3 verses)

Jacob 3:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 121:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 8:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 20:8 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 14:7 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 17:10 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 19:14 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 15:3 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 12:38 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 28:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 57:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 73:26 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 104:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Prov. 23:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Eccl. 2:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Eccl. 2:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Eccl. 10:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Song. 4:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 6:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 7:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 10:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 65:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 4:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 23:26 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 24:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 48:36 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 49:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Dan. 4:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Obad. 1:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Zech. 10:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Mal. 2:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Mal. 4:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 13:15 (2 in 1 verse)

John 12:40 (2 in 1 verse)

Acts 28:27 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Cor. 7:37 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 1:21 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 16:10 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 17:2 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 20:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Jacob 2:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 10:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 12:10 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 9:20 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 25:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 4:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 8:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Moro. 8:26 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 128:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Moses 8:25 (2 in 1 verse)

JS-H 1:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 6:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 20:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 7:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 7:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 14:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 6:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 9:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 15:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 14:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 5:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 19:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 19:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 25:36-37 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 8:38-39 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 9:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 12:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 10:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 7:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 32:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 86:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 101:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 112:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 119:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 119:69-70 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 119:111-112 (2 in 2 verses)

Prov. 14:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Prov. 28:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Eccl. 2:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Eccl. 3:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Eccl. 7:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 44:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 47:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 5:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 17:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 23:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Lam. 2:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Joel 2:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 12:34-35 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 15:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 5:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 8:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Eph. 6:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 12:34-35 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 31:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 32:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 37:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 37:36-37 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 2:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 12:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 18:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 23:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 25:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 727 78 805
Gen. 11 2 13
Ex. 37 10 47
Lev. 2 2 4
Num. 3 0 3
Deut. 47 3 50
Josh. 5 4 9
Judg. 12 3 15
Ruth 1 0 1
1 Sam. 23 5 28
2 Sam. 15 2 17
1 Kgs. 34 2 36
2 Kgs. 14 0 14
1 Chr. 18 1 19
2 Chr. 35 5 40
Ezra 3 0 3
Neh. 5 0 5
Esth. 4 0 4
Job 23 1 24
Ps. 125 10 135
Prov. 81 5 86
Eccl. 40 0 40
Song. 5 0 5
Isa. 40 6 46
Jer. 58 8 66
Lam. 9 0 9
Ezek. 38 4 42
Dan. 14 1 15
Hosea 9 1 10
Joel 2 0 2
Obad. 2 0 2
Nahum 1 0 1
Zeph. 3 0 3
Zech. 4 3 7
Mal. 4 0 4
NT 106 64 170
BM 162 289 451
DC 85 109 194
PGP 15 10 25
TOTAL 1095 550 1645

2 Kgs. 5:26
And he said unto him, Went not mine heart with thee, when the man turned again from his chariot to meet thee? Is it a time to receive money, and to receive garments, and oliveyards, and vineyards, and sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and maidservants?

2 Kgs. 6:11
Therefore the heart of the king of Syria was sore troubled for this thing; and he called his servants, and said unto them, Will ye not shew me which of us is for the king of Israel?

2 Kgs. 9:24
And Jehu drew a bow with his full strength, and smote Jehoram between his arms, and the arrow went out at his heart, and he sunk down in his chariot.

2 Kgs. 10:15
And when he was departed thence, he lighted on Jehonadab the son of Rechab coming to meet him: and he saluted him, and said to him, Is thine heart right, as my heart is with thy heart? And Jehonadab answered, It is. If it be, give me thine hand. And he gave him his hand; and he took him up to him into the chariot.

2 Kgs. 10:30
And the Lord said unto Jehu, Because thou hast done well in executing that which is right in mine eyes, and hast done unto the house of Ahab according to all that was in mine heart, thy children of the fourth generation shall sit on the throne of Israel.

2 Kgs. 10:31
But Jehu took no heed to walk in the law of the Lord God of Israel with all his heart: for he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam, which made Israel to sin.

2 Kgs. 12:4
And Jehoash said to the priests, All the money of the dedicated things that is brought into the house of the Lord, even the money of every one that passeth the account, the money that every man is set at, and all the money that cometh into any man's heart to bring into the house of the Lord,

2 Kgs. 14:10
Thou hast indeed smitten Edom, and thine heart hath lifted thee up: glory of this, and tarry at home: for why shouldest thou meddle to thy hurt, that thou shouldest fall, even thou, and Judah with thee?

2 Kgs. 20:3
I beseech thee, O Lord, remember now how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore.

2 Kgs. 22:19
Because thine heart was tender, and thou hast humbled thyself before the Lord, when thou heardest what I spake against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, that they should become a desolation and a curse, and hast rent thy clothes, and wept before me; I also have heard thee, saith the Lord.

2 Kgs. 23:3
And the king stood by a pillar, and made a covenant before the Lord, to walk after the Lord, and to keep his commandments and his testimonies and his statutes with all their heart and all their soul, to perform the words of this covenant that were written in this book. And all the people stood to the covenant.

2 Kgs. 23:25
And like unto him was there no king before him, that turned to the Lord with all his heart, and with all his soul, and with all his might, according to all the law of Moses; neither after him arose there any like him.