Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'understand' occurs 181 times in the standard works.

55 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'understand' in the standard works and contain 30.4% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 22 minutes to read the entire list.

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D&C 77:2-14 (18 in 13 verses)

Matt. 13:13-15 (3 in 3 verses)

Prov. 28:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Dan. 12:10 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 25:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Jacob 4:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 2:40 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 13:32 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 29:33 (2 in 1 verse)

Neh. 8:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 6:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 8:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 10:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 12:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 10:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 33:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 17:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 50:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 113:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 63 145 208
Gen. 2 0 2
Ex. 0 3 3
Num. 1 0 1
Deut. 3 4 7
1 Sam. 0 1 1
1 Kgs. 0 5 5
2 Kgs. 1 0 1
1 Chr. 1 3 4
2 Chr. 0 3 3
Ezra 0 2 2
Neh. 4 2 6
Job 5 19 24
Ps. 9 15 24
Prov. 10 56 66
Eccl. 0 1 1
Isa. 11 9 20
Jer. 1 6 7
Ezek. 1 1 2
Dan. 11 12 23
Hosea 2 1 3
Obad. 0 2 2
Micah 1 0 1
NT 28 30 58
BM 46 22 68
DC 42 17 59
PGP 2 2 4
TOTAL 181 216 397

Dan. 8:16
And I heard a man's voice between the banks of Ulai, which called, and said, Gabriel, make this man to understand the vision.

Dan. 8:17
So he came near where I stood: and when he came, I was afraid, and fell upon my face: but he said unto me, Understand, O son of man: for at the time of the end shall be the vision.

Dan. 9:13
As it is written in the law of Moses, all this evil is come upon us: yet made we not our prayer before the Lord our God, that we might turn from our iniquities, and understand thy truth.

Dan. 9:23
At the beginning of thy supplications the commandment came forth, and I am come to shew thee; for thou art greatly beloved: therefore understand the matter, and consider the vision.

Dan. 9:25
Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times.

Dan. 10:11
And he said unto me, O Daniel, a man greatly beloved, understand the words that I speak unto thee, and stand upright: for unto thee am I now sent. And when he had spoken this word unto me, I stood trembling.

Dan. 10:12
Then said he unto me, Fear not, Daniel: for from the first day that thou didst set thine heart to understand, and to chasten thyself before thy God, thy words were heard, and I am come for thy words.

Dan. 10:14
Now I am come to make thee understand what shall befall thy people in the latter days: for yet the vision is for many days.

Dan. 11:33
And they that understand among the people shall instruct many: yet they shall fall by the sword, and by flame, by captivity, and by spoil, many days.

Dan. 12:10
Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand.