Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'about' occurs 951 times in the standard works.

267 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'about' in the standard works and contain 28.1% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 106 minutes to read the entire list.

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Ezek. 41:5-12 (9 in 8 verses)

Jonah 2:3-6 (5 in 4 verses)

Mosiah 19:5-8 (5 in 4 verses)

1 Kgs. 7:20-24 (5 in 5 verses)

Ezek. 32:22-26 (5 in 5 verses)

Alma 48:8 (4 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 6:5-6 (4 in 2 verses)

Ex. 28:32-34 (4 in 3 verses)

1 Sam. 5:8-10 (4 in 3 verses)

Ps. 118:10-12 (4 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 5:5-7 (4 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 40:14-17 (4 in 4 verses)

Ezek. 41:16-19 (4 in 4 verses)

Ezek. 46:23-47:2 (4 in 4 verses)

Job 1:10 (3 in 1 verse)

Ex. 25:24-25 (3 in 2 verses)

Ex. 37:11-12 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 4:2-3 (3 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 1:27-28 (3 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 45:1-2 (3 in 2 verses)

Enos 1:19-20 (3 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 27:10-11 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 33:21-22 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 34:15-16 (3 in 2 verses)

Hel. 5:43-44 (3 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 17:24-25 (3 in 2 verses)

Morm. 1:2-3 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 101:45-46 (3 in 2 verses)

Josh. 7:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 42:15-17 (3 in 3 verses)

Mark 3:32-34 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 22:27-29 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 42:13-15 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 50:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

Hel. 1:26-28 (3 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 11:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

Morm. 5:16-18 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 111:5-7 (3 in 3 verses)

Ex. 30:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 37:26 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 38:31 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 11:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 48:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 88:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 125:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Eccl. 1:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 16:57 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 27:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 43:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Mark 6:55 (2 in 1 verse)

Acts 22:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Rev. 7:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 3:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 26:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 28:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 37:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 42:26 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 52:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 53:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 62:34 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 3:14 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 4:7 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 8:19 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 88:41 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 100:3 (2 in 1 verse)

JS-H 1:61 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 39:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 11:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 22:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 11:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 17:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Neh. 12:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 79:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 89:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 97:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Song. 3:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 50:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 52:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 5:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 40:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 42:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 43:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Joel 3:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 3:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 20:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 10:40-41 (2 in 2 verses)

John 7:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

James 3:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Rev. 4:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 8:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Jacob 5:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Jacob 5:63-64 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 2:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 10:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 19:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 43:35-36 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 43:52-53 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 53:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 57:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 1:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 5:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 5:49-50 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 101:70-71 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 471 1 472
NT 161 1 162
BM 262 0 262
DC 51 0 51
PGP 6 1 7
TOTAL 951 3 954

D&C 4:1
Now behold, a marvelous work is about to come forth among the children of men.

D&C 6:1
A great and marvelous work is about to come forth unto the children of men.

D&C 11:1
A great and marvelous work is about to come forth among the children of men.

D&C 12:1
A great and marvelous work is about to come forth among the children of men.

D&C 14:1
A great and marvelous work is about to come forth unto the children of men.

D&C 17:4
And this you shall do that my servant Joseph Smith, Jun., may not be destroyed, that I may bring about my righteous purposes unto the children of men in this work.

D&C 17:9
And I, Jesus Christ, your Lord and your God, have spoken it unto you, that I might bring about my righteous purposes unto the children of men. Amen.

D&C 19:40
Or canst thou run about longer as a blind guide?

D&C 27:16
Stand, therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, having on the breastplate of righteousness, and your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace, which I have sent mine angels to commit unto you;

D&C 30:4
And your home shall be at your father's house, until I give unto you further commandments. And you shall attend to the ministry in the church, and before the world, and in the regions round about. Amen.

D&C 30:10
And your labor shall be at your brother Philip Burroughs', and in that region round about, yea, wherever you can be heard, until I command you to go from hence.

D&C 44:3
And it shall come to pass that they shall go forth into the regions round about, and preach repentance unto the people.

D&C 48:3
And inasmuch as ye have not lands, let them buy for the present time in those regions round about, as seemeth them good, for it must needs be necessary that they have places to live for the present time.

D&C 52:39
Let the residue of the elders watch over the churches, and declare the word in the regions round about them; and let them labor with their own hands that there be no idolatry nor wickedness practiced.

D&C 57:6
And let my servant Sidney Gilbert stand in the office to which I have appointed him, to receive moneys, to be an agent unto the church, to buy land in all the regions round about, inasmuch as can be done in righteousness, and as wisdom shall direct.

D&C 58:46
Wherefore, assemble yourselves together; and they who are not appointed to stay in this land, let them preach the gospel in the regions round about; and after that let them return to their homes.

D&C 66:5
Behold, verily I say unto you, that it is my will that you should proclaim my gospel from land to land, and from city to city, yea, in those regions round about where it has not been proclaimed.

D&C 71:2
Verily I say unto you, proclaim unto the world in the regions round about, and in the church also, for the space of a season, even until it shall be made known unto you.

D&C 73:1
For verily, thus saith the Lord, it is expedient in me that they should continue preaching the gospel, and in exhortation to the churches in the regions round about, until conference;

D&C 73:4
And, inasmuch as it is practicable, to preach in the regions round about until conference; and after that it is expedient to continue the work of translation until it be finished.

D&C 76:19
And while we meditated upon these things, the Lord touched the eyes of our understandings and they were opened, and the glory of the Lord shone round about.

D&C 76:29
Wherefore, he maketh war with the saints of God, and encompasseth them round about.

D&C 84:88
And whoso receiveth you, there I will be also, for I will go before your face. I will be on your right hand and on your left, and my Spirit shall be in your hearts, and mine angels round about you, to bear you up.

D&C 84:112
And the bishop, Newel K. Whitney, also should travel round about and among all the churches, searching after the poor to administer to their wants by humbling the rich and the proud.

D&C 88:41
He comprehendeth all things, and all things are before him, and all things are round about him; and he is above all things, and in all things, and is through all things, and is round about all things; and all things are by him, and of him, even God, forever and ever.

D&C 100:3
Behold, and lo, I have much people in this place, in the regions round about; and an effectual door shall be opened in the regions round about in this eastern land.

D&C 101:45
And set watchmen round about them, and build a tower, that one may overlook the land round about, to be a watchman upon the tower, that mine olive trees may not be broken down when the enemy shall come to spoil and take upon themselves the fruit of my vineyard.

D&C 101:46
Now, the servants of the nobleman went and did as their lord commanded them, and planted the olive trees, and built a hedge round about, and set watchmen, and began to build a tower.

D&C 101:53
Ought ye not to have done even as I commanded you, and-- after ye had planted the vineyard, and built the hedge round about, and set watchmen upon the walls thereof-- built the tower also, and set a watchman upon the tower, and watched for my vineyard, and not have fallen asleep, lest the enemy should come upon you?

D&C 101:70
Which saith, or teacheth, to purchase all the lands with money, which can be purchased for money, in the region round about the land which I have appointed to be the land of Zion, for the beginning of the gathering of my saints;

D&C 101:71
All the land which can be purchased in Jackson county, and the counties round about, and leave the residue in mine hand.

D&C 105:20
And now, verily I say unto you, a commandment I give unto you, that as many as have come up hither, that can stay in the region round about, let them stay;

D&C 105:23
And let all my people who dwell in the regions round about be very faithful, and prayerful, and humble before me, and reveal not the things which I have revealed unto them, until it is wisdom in me that they should be revealed.

D&C 105:28
And to have sent wise men, to fulfil that which I have commanded concerning the purchasing of all the lands in Jackson county that can be purchased, and in the adjoining counties round about.

D&C 106:1
It is my will that my servant Warren A. Cowdery should be appointed and ordained a presiding high priest over my church, in the land of Freedom and the regions round about;

D&C 109:22
And we ask thee, Holy Father, that thy servants may go forth from this house armed with thy power, and that thy name may be upon them, and thy glory be round about them, and thine angels have charge over them;

D&C 109:38
Put upon thy servants the testimony of the covenant, that when they go out and proclaim thy word they may seal up the law, and prepare the hearts of thy saints for all those judgments thou art about to send, in thy wrath, upon the inhabitants of the earth, because of their transgressions, that thy people may not faint in the day of trouble.

D&C 111:5
Concern not yourselves about your debts, for I will give you power to pay them.

D&C 111:6
Concern not yourselves about Zion, for I will deal mercifully with her.

D&C 111:7
Tarry in this place, and in the regions round about;

D&C 115:18
And also that other places should be appointed for stakes in the regions round about, as they shall be manifested unto my servant Joseph, from time to time.

D&C 121:22
It had been better for them that a millstone had been hanged about their necks, and they drowned in the depth of the sea.

D&C 124:6
For, behold, I am about to call upon them to give heed to the light and glory of Zion, for the set time has come to favor her.

D&C 127:8
For I am about to restore many things to the earth, pertaining to the priesthood, saith the Lord of Hosts.

D&C 132:3
Therefore, prepare thy heart to receive and obey the instructions which I am about to give unto you; for all those who have this law revealed unto them must obey the same.

D&C 133:9
And behold, and lo, this shall be their cry, and the voice of the Lord unto all people: Go ye forth unto the land of Zion, that the borders of my people may be enlarged, and that her stakes may be strengthened, and that Zion may go forth unto the regions round about.

D&C 135:1
To seal the testimony of this book and the Book of Mormon, we announce the martyrdom of Joseph Smith the Prophet, and Hyrum Smith the Patriarch. They were shot in Carthage jail, on the 27th of June, 1844, about five o'clock p.m., by an armed mob-- painted black-- of from 150 to 200 persons. Hyrum was shot first and fell calmly, exclaiming: I am a dead man! Joseph leaped from the window, and was shot dead in the attempt, exclaiming: O Lord my God! They were both shot after they were dead, in a brutal manner, and both received four balls.

D&C 138:25
I marveled, for I understood that the Savior spent about three years in his ministry among the Jews and those of the house of Israel, endeavoring to teach them the everlasting gospel and call them unto repentance;