Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'take' occurs 1248 times in the standard works.

388 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'take' in the standard works and contain 31.1% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 167 minutes to read the entire list.

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D&C 52:22-33 (12 in 12 verses)

Ezek. 38:12-13 (6 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 5:1-4 (6 in 4 verses)

1 Sam. 8:13-17 (5 in 5 verses)

Alma 7:11-13 (4 in 3 verses)

Gen. 14:21-24 (4 in 4 verses)

Ex. 29:19-22 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 53:13-16 (4 in 4 verses)

D&C 61:9-12 (4 in 4 verses)

Abr. 1:15-18 (4 in 4 verses)

Ezek. 29:19 (3 in 1 verse)

Lev. 21:13-14 (3 in 2 verses)

Josh. 7:13-14 (3 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 23:25-26 (3 in 2 verses)

Jacob 5:8-9 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 18:27-28 (3 in 2 verses)

Gen. 27:46-28:2 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 43:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

Ex. 12:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

Lev. 14:40-42 (3 in 3 verses)

Num. 3:45-47 (3 in 3 verses)

Num. 8:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

Isa. 14:2-4 (3 in 3 verses)

Micah 2:2-4 (3 in 3 verses)

Matt. 17:25-27 (3 in 3 verses)

Rev. 22:17-19 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 1:20-2:2 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 24:2-4 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 75:13-15 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 84:84-86 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 84:105-107 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 27:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 28:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 17:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 21:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 5:17 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 2:16 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 21:9 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 12:28 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 20:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Prov. 20:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Prov. 27:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 4:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 10:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 30:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 40:24 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 29:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 38:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 49:29 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 37:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 44:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Hosea 14:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Nahum 2:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Zech. 8:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 6:34 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Pet. 2:20 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 7:1 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 17:44 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 14:1 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 20:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 7:27 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 29:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 24:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 44:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 51:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 16:6 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 4:1 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 13:34 (2 in 1 verse)

Morm. 4:2 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 61:21 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 63:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Abr. 2:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 24:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 24:37-38 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 31:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 33:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 34:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 45:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 12:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 15:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 25:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 29:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 29:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 3:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 4:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 4:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 4:34-35 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 9:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 14:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 14:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 18:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 3:40-41 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 4:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 5:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 6:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 16:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 19:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 31:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 35:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 22:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 25:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 4:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 8:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 6:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 6:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 17:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 25:39-40 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 11:34-35 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 21:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 5:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 9:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 21:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 19:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezra 5:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Job 24:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Job 24:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Job 36:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 71:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Prov. 25:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 18:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 27:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 47:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 57:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 25:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 32:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 43:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 11:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 43:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 45:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Hosea 4:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Amos 5:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Amos 9:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Zech. 6:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Mal. 2:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 16:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 24:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 8:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 13:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 16:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

John 5:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

John 10:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 15:37-38 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 27:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

Rev. 10:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 16:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 5:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

W of M 1:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 5:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 21:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 27:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 32:41-42 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 39:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 46:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 56:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 57:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 2:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 2:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Morm. 4:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 20:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 20:77-78 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 29:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 52:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 54:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 55:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 60:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 75:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

JS-M 1:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 713 346 1059
Gen. 53 23 76
Ex. 61 9 70
Lev. 59 7 66
Num. 53 19 72
Deut. 43 18 61
Josh. 20 11 31
Judg. 12 8 20
Ruth 2 0 2
1 Sam. 29 24 53
2 Sam. 15 8 23
1 Kgs. 24 7 31
2 Kgs. 29 11 40
1 Chr. 5 4 9
2 Chr. 7 9 16
Ezra 4 7 11
Neh. 5 2 7
Esth. 4 3 7
Job 24 19 43
Ps. 28 20 48
Prov. 15 11 26
Eccl. 4 8 12
Song. 2 0 2
Isa. 48 35 83
Jer. 52 31 83
Lam. 1 2 3
Ezek. 61 27 88
Dan. 6 7 13
Hosea 10 3 13
Joel 0 1 1
Amos 9 8 17
Jonah 2 0 2
Micah 5 2 7
Nahum 3 0 3
Hab. 3 0 3
Zeph. 1 1 2
Hag. 2 0 2
Zech. 9 1 10
Mal. 3 0 3
NT 161 132 293
BM 243 229 472
DC 114 86 200
PGP 17 19 36
TOTAL 1248 812 2060

2 Sam. 2:21
And Abner said to him, Turn thee aside to thy right hand or to thy left, and lay thee hold on one of the young men, and take thee his armour. But Asahel would not turn aside from following of him.

2 Sam. 4:11
How much more, when wicked men have slain a righteous person in his own house upon his bed? shall I not therefore now require his blood of your hand, and take you away from the earth?

2 Sam. 5:6
And the king and his men went to Jerusalem unto the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land: which spake unto David, saying, Except thou take away the blind and the lame, thou shalt not come in hither: thinking, David cannot come in hither.

2 Sam. 12:4
And there came a traveller unto the rich man, and he spared to take of his own flock and of his own herd, to dress for the wayfaring man that was come unto him; but took the poor man's lamb, and dressed it for the man that was come to him.

2 Sam. 12:11
Thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will raise up evil against thee out of thine own house, and I will take thy wives before thine eyes, and give them unto thy neighbour, and he shall lie with thy wives in the sight of this sun.

2 Sam. 12:28
Now therefore gather the rest of the people together, and encamp against the city, and take it: lest I take the city, and it be called after my name.

2 Sam. 13:33
Now therefore let not my lord the king take the thing to his heart, to think that all the king's sons are dead: for Amnon only is dead.

2 Sam. 15:20
Whereas thou camest but yesterday, should I this day make thee go up and down with us? seeing I go whither I may, return thou, and take back thy brethren: mercy and truth be with thee.

2 Sam. 16:9
Then said Abishai the son of Zeruiah unto the king, Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? let me go over, I pray thee, and take off his head.

2 Sam. 19:19
And said unto the king, Let not my lord impute iniquity unto me, neither do thou remember that which thy servant did perversely the day that my lord the king went out of Jerusalem, that the king should take it to his heart.

2 Sam. 19:30
And Mephibosheth said unto the king, Yea, let him take all, forasmuch as my lord the king is come again in peace unto his own house.

2 Sam. 20:6
And David said to Abishai, Now shall Sheba the son of Bichri do us more harm than did Absalom: take thou thy lord's servants, and pursue after him, lest he get him fenced cities, and escape us.

2 Sam. 24:10
And David's heart smote him after that he had numbered the people. And David said unto the Lord, I have sinned greatly in that I have done: and now, I beseech thee, O Lord, take away the iniquity of thy servant; for I have done very foolishly.

2 Sam. 24:22
And Araunah said unto David, Let my lord the king take and offer up what seemeth good unto him: behold, here be oxen for burnt sacrifice, and threshing instruments and other instruments of the oxen for wood.