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

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?