Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'head' occurs 455 times in the standard works.

124 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'head' in the standard works and contain 27.3% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 47 minutes to read the entire list.

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1 Cor. 11:3-10 (9 in 8 verses)

Lev. 13:40-45 (7 in 6 verses)

Gen. 48:14-18 (6 in 5 verses)

Num. 6:5-9 (5 in 5 verses)

Isa. 7:8-9 (4 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 17:8-9 (4 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 4:7-8 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 14:25-26 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 2:32-33 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 4:18-19 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 50:33-34 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 15:30-32 (3 in 3 verses)

Hel. 1:28-30 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 49:26 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 16:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 21:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 6:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 33:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 2:19 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 12:30 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 13:19 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 2:23 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 4:19 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 20:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Song. 7:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Zech. 3:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Eph. 5:23 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 8:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 5:8 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 28:6 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 124:57 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 40:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 40:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 29:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 13:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 11:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 20:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 6:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 10:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 1:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 9:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Hab. 3:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 27:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)


Mark 6:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

 6:24 And she went forth, and said unto her mother, What shall I ask? And she said, The head of John the Baptist.

 6:25 And she came in straightway with haste unto the king, and asked, saying, I will that thou give me by and by in a charger the head of John the Baptist.




Mark 6:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 19:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 15:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 305 115 420
NT 59 38 97
Matt. 11 2 13
Mark 9 3 12
Luke 7 3 10
John 5 0 5
Acts 3 4 7
Rom. 1 1 2
1 Cor. 10 0 10
Eph. 4 0 4
Col. 3 1 4
2 Tim. 0 1 1
1 Pet. 1 0 1
Rev. 5 23 28
BM 66 44 110
DC 19 26 45
PGP 6 6 12
TOTAL 455 229 684

Mark 6:16
But when Herod heard thereof, he said, It is John, whom I beheaded: he is risen from the dead.

Mark 6:24
And she went forth, and said unto her mother, What shall I ask? And she said, The head of John the Baptist.

Mark 6:25
And she came in straightway with haste unto the king, and asked, saying, I will that thou give me by and by in a charger the head of John the Baptist.

Mark 6:27
And immediately the king sent an executioner, and commanded his head to be brought: and he went and beheaded him in the prison,

Mark 6:28
And brought his head in a charger, and gave it to the damsel: and the damsel gave it to her mother.

Mark 12:4
And again he sent unto them another servant; and at him they cast stones, and wounded him in the head, and sent him away shamefully handled.

Mark 12:10
And have ye not read this scripture; The stone which the builders rejected is become the head of the corner:

Mark 14:3
And being in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at meat, there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment of spikenard very precious; and she brake the box, and poured it on his head.

Mark 15:17
And they clothed him with purple, and plaited a crown of thorns, and put it about his head,

Mark 15:19
And they smote him on the head with a reed, and did spit upon him, and bowing their knees worshipped him.

Mark 15:29
And they that passed by railed on him, wagging their heads, and saying, Ah, thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days,