Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'moved' occurs 103 times in the standard works.

16 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'moved' in the standard works and contain 15.5% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 7 minutes to read the entire list.

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Isa. 7:2 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 17:2 (2 in 1 verse)

JS-H 1:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 46:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 46:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 20:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 68:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 121:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 57 87 144
NT 18 5 23
BM 11 9 20
DC 13 4 17
PGP 4 2 6
TOTAL 103 107 210

Gen. 1:2
And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

Gen. 7:21
And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of beast, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, and every man:

Deut. 32:21
They have moved me to jealousy with that which is not God; they have provoked me to anger with their vanities: and I will move them to jealousy with those which are not a people; I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation.

Josh. 10:21
And all the people returned to the camp to Joshua at Makkedah in peace: none moved his tongue against any of the children of Israel.

Josh. 15:18
And it came to pass, as she came unto him, that she moved him to ask of her father a field: and she lighted off her ass; and Caleb said unto her, What wouldest thou?

Judg. 1:14
And it came to pass, when she came to him, that she moved him to ask of her father a field: and she lighted from off her ass; and Caleb said unto her, What wilt thou?

Ruth 1:19
So they two went until they came to Beth-lehem. And it came to pass, when they were come to Beth-lehem, that all the city was moved about them, and they said, Is this Naomi?

1 Sam. 1:13
Now Hannah, she spake in her heart; only her lips moved, but her voice was not heard: therefore Eli thought she had been drunken.

2 Sam. 18:33
And the king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept: and as he went, thus he said, O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! would God I had died for thee, O Absalom, my son, my son!

2 Sam. 22:8
Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations of heaven moved and shook, because he was wroth.

2 Sam. 24:1
And again the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel, and he moved David against them to say, Go, number Israel and Judah.

1 Chr. 16:30
Fear before him, all the earth: the world also shall be stable, that it be not moved.

1 Chr. 17:9
Also I will ordain a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, and they shall dwell in their place, and shall be moved no more; neither shall the children of wickedness waste them any more, as at the beginning,

2 Chr. 18:31
And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that they said, It is the king of Israel. Therefore they compassed about him to fight: but Jehoshaphat cried out, and the Lord helped him; and God moved them to depart from him.

Ezra 4:15
That search may be made in the book of the records of thy fathers: so shalt thou find in the book of the records, and know that this city is a rebellious city, and hurtful unto kings and provinces, and that they have moved sedition within the same of old time: for which cause was this city destroyed.

Esth. 5:9
Then went Haman forth that day joyful and with a glad heart: but when Haman saw Mordecai in the king's gate, that he stood not up, nor moved for him, he was full of indignation against Mordecai.

Job 37:1
At this also my heart trembleth, and is moved out of his place.

Job 41:23
The flakes of his flesh are joined together: they are firm in themselves; they cannot be moved.

Ps. 10:6
He hath said in his heart, I shall not be moved: for I shall never be in adversity.

Ps. 13:4
Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him; and those that trouble me rejoice when I am moved.

Ps. 15:5
He that putteth not out his money to usury, nor taketh reward against the innocent. He that doeth these things shall never be moved.

Ps. 16:8
I have set the Lord always before me: because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.

Ps. 18:7
Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations also of the hills moved and were shaken, because he was wroth.

Ps. 21:7
For the king trusteth in the Lord, and through the mercy of the most High he shall not be moved.

Ps. 30:6
And in my prosperity I said, I shall never be moved.

Ps. 46:5
God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God shall help her, and that right early.

Ps. 46:6
The heathen raged, the kingdoms were moved: he uttered his voice, the earth melted.

Ps. 55:22
Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.

Ps. 62:2
He only is my rock and my salvation; he is my defence; I shall not be greatly moved.

Ps. 62:6
He only is my rock and my salvation: he is my defence; I shall not be moved.

Ps. 66:9
Which holdeth our soul in life, and suffereth not our feet to be moved.

Ps. 68:8
The earth shook, the heavens also dropped at the presence of God: even Sinai itself was moved at the presence of God, the God of Israel.

Ps. 78:58
For they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to jealousy with their graven images.

Ps. 93:1
The Lord reigneth, he is clothed with majesty; the Lord is clothed with strength, wherewith he hath girded himself: the world also is stablished, that it cannot be moved.

Ps. 96:10
Say among the heathen that the Lord reigneth: the world also shall be established that it shall not be moved: he shall judge the people righteously.

Ps. 99:1
The Lord reigneth; let the people tremble: he sitteth between the cherubims; let the earth be moved.

Ps. 112:6
Surely he shall not be moved for ever: the righteous shall be in everlasting remembrance.

Ps. 121:3
He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber.

Prov. 12:3
A man shall not be established by wickedness: but the root of the righteous shall not be moved.

Song. 5:4
My beloved put in his hand by the hole of the door, and my bowels were moved for him.

Isa. 6:4
And the posts of the door moved at the voice of him that cried, and the house was filled with smoke.

Isa. 7:2
And it was told the house of David, saying, Syria is confederate with Ephraim. And his heart was moved, and the heart of his people, as the trees of the wood are moved with the wind.

Isa. 10:14
And my hand hath found as a nest the riches of the people: and as one gathereth eggs that are left, have I gathered all the earth; and there was none that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or peeped.

Isa. 14:9
Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming: it stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the chief ones of the earth; it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations.

Isa. 19:1
The burden of Egypt. Behold, the Lord rideth upon a swift cloud, and shall come into Egypt: and the idols of Egypt shall be moved at his presence, and the heart of Egypt shall melt in the midst of it.

Isa. 24:19
The earth is utterly broken down, the earth is clean dissolved, the earth is moved exceedingly.

Isa. 40:20
He that is so impoverished that he hath no oblation chooseth a tree that will not rot; he seeketh unto him a cunning workman to prepare a graven image, that shall not be moved.

Isa. 41:7
So the carpenter encouraged the goldsmith, and he that smootheth with the hammer him that smote the anvil, saying, It is ready for the sodering: and he fastened it with nails, that it should not be moved.

Jer. 4:24
I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills moved lightly.

Jer. 25:16
And they shall drink, and be moved, and be mad, because of the sword that I will send among them.

Jer. 46:7
Who is this that cometh up as a flood, whose waters are moved as the rivers?

Jer. 46:8
Egypt riseth up like a flood, and his waters are moved like the rivers; and he saith, I will go up, and will cover the earth; I will destroy the city and the inhabitants thereof.

Jer. 49:21
The earth is moved at the noise of their fall, at the cry the noise thereof was heard in the Red sea.

Jer. 50:46
At the noise of the taking of Babylon the earth is moved, and the cry is heard among the nations.

Dan. 8:7
And I saw him come close unto the ram, and he was moved with choler against him, and smote the ram, and brake his two horns: and there was no power in the ram to stand before him, but he cast him down to the ground, and stamped upon him: and there was none that could deliver the ram out of his hand.

Dan. 11:11
And the king of the south shall be moved with choler, and shall come forth and fight with him, even with the king of the north: and he shall set forth a great multitude; but the multitude shall be given into his hand.

Matt. 9:36
But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd.

Matt. 14:14
And Jesus went forth, and saw a great multitude, and was moved with compassion toward them, and he healed their sick.

Matt. 18:27
Then the lord of that servant was moved with compassion, and loosed him, and forgave him the debt.

Matt. 20:24
And when the ten heard it, they were moved with indignation against the two brethren.

Matt. 21:10
And when he was come into Jerusalem, all the city was moved, saying, Who is this?

Mark 1:41
And Jesus, moved with compassion, put forth his hand, and touched him, and saith unto him, I will; be thou clean.

Mark 6:34
And Jesus, when he came out, saw much people, and was moved with compassion toward them, because they were as sheep not having a shepherd: and he began to teach them many things.

Mark 15:11
But the chief priests moved the people, that he should rather release Barabbas unto them.

Acts 2:25
For David speaketh concerning him, I foresaw the Lord always before my face, for he is on my right hand, that I should not be moved:

Acts 7:9
And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt: but God was with him,

Acts 17:5
But the Jews which believed not, moved with envy, took unto them certain lewd fellows of the baser sort, and gathered a company, and set all the city on an uproar, and assaulted the house of Jason, and sought to bring them out to the people.

Acts 21:30
And all the city was moved, and the people ran together: and they took Paul, and drew him out of the temple: and forthwith the doors were shut.

Col. 1:23
If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which was preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a minister;

1 Thes. 3:3
That no man should be moved by these afflictions: for yourselves know that we are appointed thereunto.

Heb. 11:7
By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith.

Heb. 12:28
Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear:

2 Pet. 1:21
For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.

Rev. 6:14
And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places.

2 Ne. 16:4
And the posts of the door moved at the voice of him that cried, and the house was filled with smoke.

2 Ne. 17:2
And it was told the house of David, saying: Syria is confederate with Ephraim. And his heart was moved, and the heart of his people, as the trees of the wood are moved with the wind.

2 Ne. 20:13
For he saith: By the strength of my hand and by my wisdom I have done these things; for I am prudent; and I have moved the borders of the people, and have robbed their treasures, and I have put down the inhabitants like a valiant man;

2 Ne. 20:14
And my hand hath found as a nest the riches of the people; and as one gathereth eggs that are left have I gathered all the earth; and there was none that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or peeped.

2 Ne. 24:9
Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming; it stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the chief ones of the earth; it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations.

Alma 27:4
Now when Ammon and his brethren saw this work of destruction among those whom they so dearly beloved, and among those who had so dearly beloved them-- for they were treated as though they were angels sent from God to save them from everlasting destruction-- therefore, when Ammon and his brethren saw this great work of destruction, they were moved with compassion, and they said unto the king:

Alma 48:6
And it came to pass that they took their camp, and moved forth toward the land of Zarahemla in the wilderness.

Alma 53:13
But it came to pass that when they saw the danger, and the many afflictions and tribulations which the Nephites bore for them, they were moved with compassion and were desirous to take up arms in the defence of their country.

Hel. 12:13
Yea, and if he say unto the earth-- Move-- it is moved.

Ether 12:30
For the brother of Jared said unto the mountain Zerin, Remove-- and it was removed. And if he had not had faith it would not have moved; wherefore thou workest after men have faith.

D&C 45:32
But my disciples shall stand in holy places, and shall not be moved; but among the wicked, men shall lift up their voices and curse God and die.

D&C 68:3
And this is the ensample unto them, that they shall speak as they are moved upon by the Holy Ghost.

D&C 68:4
And whatsoever they shall speak when moved upon by the Holy Ghost shall be scripture, shall be the will of the Lord, shall be the mind of the Lord, shall be the word of the Lord, shall be the voice of the Lord, and the power of God unto salvation.

D&C 84:40
Therefore, all those who receive the priesthood, receive this oath and covenant of my Father, which he cannot break, neither can it be moved.

D&C 87:8
Wherefore, stand ye in holy places, and be not moved, until the day of the Lord come; for behold, it cometh quickly, saith the Lord. Amen.

D&C 97:19
And the nations of the earth shall honor her, and shall say: Surely Zion is the city of our God, and surely Zion cannot fall, neither be moved out of her place, for God is there, and the hand of the Lord is there;

D&C 101:17
Zion shall not be moved out of her place, notwithstanding her children are scattered.

D&C 121:3
Yea, O Lord, how long shall they suffer these wrongs and unlawful oppressions, before thine heart shall be softened toward them, and thy bowels be moved with compassion toward them?

D&C 121:4
O Lord God Almighty, maker of heaven, earth, and seas, and of all things that in them are, and who controllest and subjectest the devil, and the dark and benighted dominion of Sheol-- stretch forth thy hand; let thine eye pierce; let thy pavilion be taken up; let thy hiding place no longer be covered; let thine ear be inclined; let thine heart be softened, and thy bowels moved with compassion toward us.

D&C 121:43
Reproving betimes with sharpness, when moved upon by the Holy Ghost; and then showing forth afterwards an increase of love toward him whom thou hast reproved, lest he esteem thee to be his enemy;

D&C 124:45
And if my people will hearken unto my voice, and unto the voice of my servants whom I have appointed to lead my people, behold, verily I say unto you, they shall not be moved out of their place.

D&C 124:71
And if they do appropriate any portion of that stock anywhere else, only in that house, without the consent of the stockholder, and do not repay four-fold for the stock which they appropriate anywhere else, only in that house, they shall be accursed, and shall be moved out of their place, saith the Lord God; for I, the Lord, am God, and cannot be mocked in any of these things.

D&C 124:88
Let my servant William go and proclaim my everlasting gospel with a loud voice, and with great joy, as he shall be moved upon by my Spirit, unto the inhabitants of Warsaw, and also unto the inhabitants of Carthage, and also unto the inhabitants of Burlington, and also unto the inhabitants of Madison, and await patiently and diligently for further instructions at my general conference, saith the Lord.

Moses 2:2
And the earth was without form, and void; and I caused darkness to come up upon the face of the deep; and my Spirit moved upon the face of the water; for I am God.

Moses 6:8
Now this prophecy Adam spake, as he was moved upon by the Holy Ghost, and a genealogy was kept of the children of God. And this was the book of the generations of Adam, saying: In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him;

JS-H 1:3
I was born in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and five, on the twenty-third day of December, in the town of Sharon, Windsor county, State of Vermont ... My father, Joseph Smith, Sen., left the State of Vermont, and moved to Palmyra, Ontario (now Wayne) county, in the State of New York, when I was in my tenth year, or thereabouts. In about four years after my father's arrival in Palmyra, he moved with his family into Manchester in the same county of Ontario--