Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'liken' occurs 21 times in the standard works.

4 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'liken' in the standard works and contain 19% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 2 minutes to read the entire list.

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D&C 101:81 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 19:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 4 31 35
NT 5 9 14
Matt. 2 4 6
Mark 1 0 1
Luke 2 0 2
Acts 0 1 1
Rom. 0 3 3
Philip. 0 1 1
BM 6 9 15
DC 6 12 18
PGP 0 6 6
TOTAL 21 67 88

Matt. 7:24
Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:

Matt. 7:26
And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand:

Matt. 11:16
But whereunto shall I liken this generation? It is like unto children sitting in the markets, and calling unto their fellows,

Matt. 13:24
Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field:

Matt. 18:23
Therefore is the kingdom of heaven likened unto a certain king, which would take account of his servants.

Matt. 25:1
Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom.

Mark 4:30
And he said, Whereunto shall we liken the kingdom of God? or with what comparison shall we compare it?

Luke 7:31
And the Lord said, Whereunto then shall I liken the men of this generation? and to what are they like?

Luke 13:20
And again he said, Whereunto shall I liken the kingdom of God?

Acts 14:11
And when the people saw what Paul had done, they lifted up their voices, saying in the speech of Lycaonia, The gods are come down to us in the likeness of men.

Rom. 6:5
For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection:

Rom. 8:3
For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:

Philip. 2:7
But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: