Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'told' occurs 351 times in the standard works.

74 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'told' in the standard works and contain 21.1% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 31 minutes to read the entire list.

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Judg. 14:16-17 (4 in 2 verses)

Gen. 29:12-13 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 17:17-18 (3 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 19:22-24 (3 in 3 verses)

JS-H 1:48-50 (3 in 3 verses)

Judg. 13:6 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 10:16 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 10:3 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 13:11 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 9:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Esth. 3:4 (2 in 1 verse)

John 16:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 9:41 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 37:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 45:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 48:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 16:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 4:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 11:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 19:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 25:36-37 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 1:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 18:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 7:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 8:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 12:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 4:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 2:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 24:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 13:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 20:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 22:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 45:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

JS-M 1:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 221 0 221
Gen. 34 0 34
Ex. 7 0 7
Lev. 1 0 1
Num. 6 0 6
Deut. 1 0 1
Josh. 4 0 4
Judg. 22 0 22
Ruth 1 0 1
1 Sam. 35 0 35
2 Sam. 25 0 25
1 Kgs. 17 0 17
2 Kgs. 21 0 21
1 Chr. 3 0 3
2 Chr. 7 0 7
Ezra 1 0 1
Neh. 3 0 3
Esth. 11 0 11
Job 2 0 2
Ps. 3 0 3
Eccl. 1 0 1
Isa. 6 0 6
Jer. 2 0 2
Dan. 5 0 5
Jonah 1 0 1
Hab. 1 0 1
Zech. 1 0 1
NT 61 2 63
BM 46 1 47
DC 10 1 11
PGP 13 0 13
TOTAL 351 4 355

Ex. 4:28
And Moses told Aaron all the words of the Lord who had sent him, and all the signs which he had commanded him.

Ex. 5:1
And afterward Moses and Aaron went in, and told Pharaoh, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Let my people go, that they may hold a feast unto me in the wilderness.

Ex. 14:5
And it was told the king of Egypt that the people fled: and the heart of Pharaoh and of his servants was turned against the people, and they said, Why have we done this, that we have let Israel go from serving us?

Ex. 16:22
And it came to pass, that on the sixth day they gathered twice as much bread, two omers for one man: and all the rulers of the congregation came and told Moses.

Ex. 18:8
And Moses told his father in law all that the Lord had done unto Pharaoh and to the Egyptians for Israel's sake, and all the travail that had come upon them by the way, and how the Lord delivered them.

Ex. 19:9
And the Lord said unto Moses, Lo, I come unto thee in a thick cloud, that the people may hear when I speak with thee, and believe thee for ever. And Moses told the words of the people unto the Lord.

Ex. 24:3
And Moses came and told the people all the words of the Lord, and all the judgments: and all the people answered with one voice, and said, All the words which the Lord hath said will we do.