Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'knew' occurs 284 times in the standard works.

50 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'knew' in the standard works and contain 17.6% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 17 minutes to read the entire list.

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JS-H 1:24-25 (6 in 2 verses)

Alma 19:6-7 (4 in 2 verses)


3 Ne. 4:33-5:2 (4 in 3 verses)

 4:33 And their hearts were swollen with joy, unto the gushing out of many tears, because of the great goodness of God in delivering them out of the hands of their enemies; and they knew it was because of their repentance and their humility that they had been delivered from an everlasting destruction.

 5:1 And now behold, there was not a living soul among all the people of the Nephites who did doubt in the least the words of all the holy prophets who had spoken; for they knew that it must needs be that they must be fulfilled.

 5:2 And they knew that it must be expedient that Christ had come, because of the many signs which had been given, according to the words of the prophets; and because of the things which had come to pass already they knew that it must needs be that all things should come to pass according to that which had been spoken.




Alma 55:1 (3 in 1 verse)

Gen. 42:7-8 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 20:39 (2 in 1 verse)

Esth. 1:13 (2 in 1 verse)

John 2:9 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 17:19 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 2:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 46:30 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 3:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 48:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 12:47-48 (2 in 2 verses)

John 2:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Cor. 12:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 4:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 20:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

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