Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'much' occurs 554 times in the standard works.

146 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'much' in the standard works and contain 26.4% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 54 minutes to read the entire list.

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Jacob 5:18-23 (8 in 6 verses)

Jacob 7:3-7 (6 in 5 verses)

Alma 7:1-6 (6 in 6 verses)

1 Ne. 18:15-19 (5 in 5 verses)

1 Ne. 17:5-6 (4 in 2 verses)

Alma 10:4-5 (4 in 2 verses)

Alma 17:3-5 (4 in 3 verses)

Josh. 22:8 (3 in 1 verse)

Luke 12:48 (3 in 1 verse)

Jacob 5:36-37 (3 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 27:32-33 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 58:3-4 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 18:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 1:33-2:2 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 60:16-18 (3 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 1:27-29 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Sam. 14:30 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 26:24 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 32:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Eccl. 1:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Luke 16:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Acts 5:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Rev. 18:7 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 16:19 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 16:35 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 3:24 (2 in 1 verse)

Omni 1:24 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 28:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 29:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 1:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 9:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 17:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 26:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 38:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 45:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 50:30 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 62:35 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 1:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 13:19 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 82:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 43:34-44:1 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 14:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Eccl. 7:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 7:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

John 6:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 27:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Rom. 5:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Thes. 1:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Jacob 5:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

W of M 1:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 27:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 27:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 7:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 63:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 3:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 2:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 123:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 157 33 190
Gen. 8 1 9
Ex. 9 0 9
Lev. 6 0 6
Num. 5 1 6
Deut. 4 3 7
Josh. 6 1 7
Judg. 0 1 1
Ruth 1 1 2
1 Sam. 9 2 11
2 Sam. 7 1 8
1 Kgs. 4 4 8
2 Kgs. 5 1 6
1 Chr. 4 1 5
2 Chr. 21 1 22
Ezra 2 1 3
Neh. 3 0 3
Esth. 1 0 1
Job 8 0 8
Ps. 5 1 6
Prov. 14 0 14
Eccl. 10 0 10
Song. 1 0 1
Isa. 3 2 5
Jer. 3 2 5
Ezek. 7 0 7
Dan. 5 7 12
Joel 1 0 1
Amos 0 1 1
Jonah 1 0 1
Nahum 1 0 1
Hag. 2 0 2
Mal. 1 1 2
NT 130 41 171
BM 232 214 446
DC 31 119 150
PGP 4 6 10
TOTAL 554 413 967

Eccl. 1:18
For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.

Eccl. 5:12
The sleep of a labouring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much: but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.

Eccl. 5:17
All his days also he eateth in darkness, and he hath much sorrow and wrath with his sickness.

Eccl. 5:20
For he shall not much remember the days of his life; because God answereth him in the joy of his heart.

Eccl. 7:16
Be not righteous over much; neither make thyself over wise: why shouldest thou destroy thyself?

Eccl. 7:17
Be not over much wicked, neither be thou foolish: why shouldest thou die before thy time?

Eccl. 9:18
Wisdom is better than weapons of war: but one sinner destroyeth much good.

Eccl. 10:18
By much slothfulness the building decayeth; and through idleness of the hands the house droppeth through.

Eccl. 12:12
And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.