Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'can' occurs 519 times in the standard works.

173 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'can' in the standard works and contain 33.3% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 61 minutes to read the entire list.

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Mosiah 8:12-17 (8 in 6 verses)

Alma 5:16-21 (7 in 6 verses)

3 Ne. 17:17 (4 in 1 verse)

D&C 128:3-4 (4 in 2 verses)

Alma 5:51-53 (4 in 3 verses)

Moro. 10:21-23 (4 in 3 verses)

Job 41:13-16 (4 in 4 verses)

D&C 123:3-6 (4 in 4 verses)

2 Sam. 19:35 (3 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 17:46 (3 in 1 verse)

Ps. 78:19-20 (3 in 2 verses)

Dan. 2:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)

John 3:2-4 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 5:24-26 (3 in 3 verses)

Esth. 8:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Job 8:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Job 25:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Job 34:29 (2 in 1 verse)

Job 38:37 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 89:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 106:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Eccl. 2:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 28:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 5:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 9:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 14:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 22:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Nahum 1:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 16:3 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Tim. 6:16 (2 in 1 verse)

James 3:12 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 3:31 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 17:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Jacob 2:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 16:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 27:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 11:37 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 11:45 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 26:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 26:24 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 26:31 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 32:27 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 12:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 14:31 (2 in 1 verse)

Morm. 9:26 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 48:4 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 128:18 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 128:24 (2 in 1 verse)

Moses 1:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Moses 6:57 (2 in 1 verse)

Moses 7:36 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 12:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 2:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Prov. 6:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 10:38-39 (2 in 2 verses)

John 15:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 2:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 31:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Jacob 4:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 4:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 34:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 61:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 11:37-38 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 27:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

Morm. 9:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Moro. 9:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 18:35-36 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 30:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 76:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 101:70-71 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 102:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 1:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 159 381 540
Gen. 8 69 77
Ex. 2 35 37
Lev. 1 6 7
Num. 1 29 30
Deut. 6 8 14
Josh. 0 25 25
Judg. 1 26 27
Ruth 0 2 2
1 Sam. 6 5 11
2 Sam. 8 4 12
1 Kgs. 1 5 6
2 Kgs. 0 2 2
1 Chr. 1 10 11
2 Chr. 3 7 10
Ezra 0 3 3
Neh. 0 3 3
Esth. 2 3 5
Job 33 47 80
Ps. 17 11 28
Prov. 8 7 15
Eccl. 11 5 16
Song. 1 1 2
Isa. 8 19 27
Jer. 20 22 42
Lam. 1 2 3
Ezek. 5 4 9
Dan. 6 4 10
Hosea 0 1 1
Joel 1 3 4
Amos 3 0 3
Obad. 0 1 1
Jonah 1 1 2
Micah 2 1 3
Nahum 2 3 5
Hab. 0 2 2
Zeph. 0 2 2
Zech. 0 3 3
NT 76 136 212
BM 193 147 340
DC 79 103 182
PGP 12 25 37
TOTAL 519 792 1311

Isa. 1:13
Bring no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination unto me; the new moons and sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot away with; it is iniquity, even the solemn meeting.

Isa. 19:18
In that day shall five cities in the land of Egypt speak the language of Canaan, and swear to the Lord of hosts; one shall be called, The city of destruction.

Isa. 28:20
For the bed is shorter than that a man can stretch himself on it: and the covering narrower than that he can wrap himself in it.

Isa. 29:11
And the vision of all is become unto you as the words of a book that is sealed, which men deliver to one that is learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I cannot; for it is sealed:

Isa. 33:19
Thou shalt not see a fierce people, a people of a deeper speech than thou canst perceive; of a stammering tongue, that thou canst not understand.

Isa. 38:18
For the grave cannot praise thee, death can not celebrate thee: they that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth.

Isa. 43:9
Let all the nations be gathered together, and let the people be assembled: who among them can declare this, and shew us former things? let them bring forth their witnesses, that they may be justified: or let them hear, and say, It is truth.

Isa. 43:13
Yea, before the day was I am he; and there is none that can deliver out of my hand: I will work, and who shall let it?

Isa. 43:24
Thou hast bought me no sweet cane with money, neither hast thou filled me with the fat of thy sacrifices: but thou hast made me to serve with thy sins, thou hast wearied me with thine iniquities.

Isa. 44:18
They have not known nor understood: for he hath shut their eyes, that they cannot see; and their hearts, that they cannot understand.

Isa. 44:20
He feedeth on ashes: a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?

Isa. 45:20
Assemble yourselves and come; draw near together, ye that are escaped of the nations: they have no knowledge that set up the wood of their graven image, and pray unto a god that cannot save.

Isa. 46:7
They bear him upon the shoulder, they carry him, and set him in his place, and he standeth; from his place shall he not remove: yea, one shall cry unto him, yet can he not answer, nor save him out of his trouble.

Isa. 49:15
Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee.

Isa. 50:2
Wherefore, when I came, was there no man? when I called, was there none to answer? Is my hand shortened at all, that it cannot redeem? or have I no power to deliver? behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea, I make the rivers a wilderness: their fish stinketh, because there is no water, and dieth for thirst.

Isa. 56:10
His watchmen are blind: they are all ignorant, they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber.

Isa. 56:11
Yea, they are greedy dogs which can never have enough, and they are shepherds that cannot understand: they all look to their own way, every one for his gain, from his quarter.

Isa. 57:20
But the wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt.

Isa. 59:1
Behold, the Lord's hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear:

Isa. 59:14
And judgment is turned away backward, and justice standeth afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter.