Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'strength' occurs 397 times in the standard works.

100 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'strength' in the standard works and contain 25.2% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 40 minutes to read the entire list.

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Mosiah 10:10-11 (4 in 2 verses)

Ps. 28:7-29:1 (4 in 4 verses)

Job 6:11-12 (3 in 2 verses)

Job 18:12-13 (3 in 2 verses)

Ps. 68:34-35 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 26:11-12 (3 in 2 verses)

Ps. 84:5-7 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 58:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

Josh. 14:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 90:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 25:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 44:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Dan. 10:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Jacob 5:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Jacob 5:48 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 56:56 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 58:34 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 60:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 4:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 4:26 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 101:55 (2 in 1 verse)

JS-H 1:48 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 16:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 2:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 16:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 18:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 33:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 96:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 30:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 40:31-41:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 49:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 10:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 21:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Jacob 5:65-66 (2 in 2 verses)

W of M 1:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 27:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 31:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 58:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 61:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 7:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 14:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 24:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 105:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 113:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 1:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 225 71 296
Gen. 3 1 4
Ex. 6 0 6
Lev. 1 0 1
Num. 2 0 2
Deut. 2 1 3
Josh. 3 0 3
Judg. 8 3 11
1 Sam. 6 1 7
2 Sam. 2 1 3
1 Kgs. 1 1 2
2 Kgs. 3 0 3
1 Chr. 5 1 6
2 Chr. 2 13 15
Ezra 0 3 3
Neh. 2 2 4
Job 24 4 28
Ps. 74 11 85
Prov. 10 2 12
Eccl. 3 1 4
Isa. 35 7 42
Jer. 3 1 4
Lam. 3 0 3
Ezek. 5 7 12
Dan. 10 6 16
Hosea 2 1 3
Joel 2 0 2
Amos 2 2 4
Micah 1 0 1
Nahum 2 0 2
Hab. 1 0 1
Hag. 1 0 1
Zech. 1 2 3
NT 17 10 27
BM 119 29 148
DC 29 13 42
PGP 7 0 7
TOTAL 397 123 520

Gen. 48:2
And one told Jacob, and said, Behold, thy son Joseph cometh unto thee: and Israel strengthened himself, and sat upon the bed.

Deut. 3:28
But charge Joshua, and encourage him, and strengthen him: for he shall go over before this people, and he shall cause them to inherit the land which thou shalt see.

Judg. 3:12
And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the Lord: and the Lord strengthened Eglon the king of Moab against Israel, because they had done evil in the sight of the Lord.

Judg. 7:11
And thou shalt hear what they say; and afterward shall thine hands be strengthened to go down unto the host. Then went he down with Phurah his servant unto the outside of the armed men that were in the host.

Judg. 16:28
And Samson called unto the Lord, and said, O Lord God, remember me, I pray thee, and strengthen me, I pray thee, only this once, O God, that I may be at once avenged of the Philistines for my two eyes.

1 Sam. 23:16
And Jonathan Saul's son arose, and went to David into the wood, and strengthened his hand in God.

2 Sam. 2:7
Therefore now let your hands be strengthened, and be ye valiant: for your master Saul is dead, and also the house of Judah have anointed me king over them.

1 Kgs. 20:22
And the prophet came to the king of Israel, and said unto him, Go, strengthen thyself, and mark, and see what thou doest: for at the return of the year the king of Syria will come up against thee.

1 Chr. 11:10
These also are the chief of the mighty men whom David had, who strengthened themselves with him in his kingdom, and with all Israel, to make him king, according to the word of the Lord concerning Israel.

2 Chr. 1:1
And Solomon the son of David was strengthened in his kingdom, and the Lord his God was with him, and magnified him exceedingly.

2 Chr. 11:17
So they strengthened the kingdom of Judah, and made Rehoboam the son of Solomon strong, three years: for three years they walked in the way of David and Solomon.

2 Chr. 12:1
And it came to pass, when Rehoboam had established the kingdom, and had strengthened himself, he forsook the law of the Lord, and all Israel with him.

2 Chr. 12:13
So king Rehoboam strengthened himself in Jerusalem, and reigned: for Rehoboam was one and forty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the Lord had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there. And his mother's name was Naamah an Ammonitess.

2 Chr. 13:7
And there are gathered unto him vain men, the children of Belial, and have strengthened themselves against Rehoboam the son of Solomon, when Rehoboam was young and tenderhearted, and could not withstand them.

2 Chr. 17:1
And Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his stead, and strengthened himself against Israel.

2 Chr. 21:4
Now when Jehoram was risen up to the kingdom of his father, he strengthened himself, and slew all his brethren with the sword, and divers also of the princes of Israel.

2 Chr. 23:1
And in the seventh year Jehoiada strengthened himself, and took the captains of hundreds, Azariah the son of Jeroham, and Ishmael the son of Jehohanan, and Azariah the son of Obed, and Maaseiah the son of Adaiah, and Elishaphat the son of Zichri, into covenant with him.

2 Chr. 24:13
So the workmen wrought, and the work was perfected by them, and they set the house of God in his state, and strengthened it.

2 Chr. 25:11
And Amaziah strengthened himself, and led forth his people, and went to the valley of salt, and smote of the children of Seir ten thousand.

2 Chr. 26:8
And the Ammonites gave gifts to Uzziah: and his name spread abroad even to the entering in of Egypt; for he strengthened himself exceedingly.

2 Chr. 28:20
And Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria came unto him, and distressed him, but strengthened him not.

2 Chr. 32:5
Also he strengthened himself, and built up all the wall that was broken, and raised it up to the towers, and another wall without, and repaired Millo in the city of David, and made darts and shields in abundance.

Ezra 1:6
And all they that were about them strengthened their hands with vessels of silver, with gold, with goods, and with beasts, and with precious things, beside all that was willingly offered.

Ezra 6:22
And kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with joy: for the Lord had made them joyful, and turned the heart of the king of Assyria unto them, to strengthen their hands in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel.

Ezra 7:28
And hath extended mercy unto me before the king, and his counsellors, and before all the king's mighty princes. And I was strengthened as the hand of the Lord my God was upon me, and I gathered together out of Israel chief men to go up with me.

Neh. 2:18
Then I told them of the hand of my God which was good upon me; as also the king's words that he had spoken unto me. And they said, Let us rise up and build. So they strengthened their hands for this good work.

Neh. 6:9
For they all made us afraid, saying, Their hands shall be weakened from the work, that it be not done. Now therefore, O God, strengthen my hands.

Job 4:3
Behold, thou hast instructed many, and thou hast strengthened the weak hands.

Job 4:4
Thy words have upholden him that was falling, and thou hast strengthened the feeble knees.

Job 15:25
For he stretcheth out his hand against God, and strengtheneth himself against the Almighty.

Job 16:5
But I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the moving of my lips should assuage your grief.

Ps. 20:2
Send thee help from the sanctuary, and strengthen thee out of Zion;

Ps. 27:14
Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the Lord.

Ps. 31:24
Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the Lord.

Ps. 41:3
The Lord will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: thou wilt make all his bed in his sickness.

Ps. 52:7
Lo, this is the man that made not God his strength; but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness.

Ps. 68:28
Thy God hath commanded thy strength: strengthen, O God, that which thou hast wrought for us.

Ps. 89:21
With whom my hand shall be established: mine arm also shall strengthen him.

Ps. 104:15
And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face to shine, and bread which strengtheneth man's heart.

Ps. 119:28
My soul melteth for heaviness: strengthen thou me according unto thy word.

Ps. 138:3
In the day when I cried thou answeredst me, and strengthenedst me with strength in my soul.

Ps. 147:13
For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates; he hath blessed thy children within thee.

Prov. 8:28
When he established the clouds above: when he strengthened the fountains of the deep:

Prov. 31:17
She girdeth her loins with strength, and strengtheneth her arms.

Eccl. 7:19
Wisdom strengtheneth the wise more than ten mighty men which are in the city.

Isa. 22:21
And I will clothe him with thy robe, and strengthen him with thy girdle, and I will commit thy government into his hand: and he shall be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to the house of Judah.

Isa. 30:2
That walk to go down into Egypt, and have not asked at my mouth; to strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh, and to trust in the shadow of Egypt!

Isa. 33:23
Thy tacklings are loosed; they could not well strengthen their mast, they could not spread the sail: then is the prey of a great spoil divided; the lame take the prey.

Isa. 35:3
Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees.

Isa. 41:10
Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.

Isa. 44:14
He heweth him down cedars, and taketh the cypress and the oak, which he strengtheneth for himself among the trees of the forest: he planteth an ash, and the rain doth nourish it.

Isa. 54:2
Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of thine habitations: spare not, lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes;

Jer. 23:14
I have seen also in the prophets of Jerusalem an horrible thing: they commit adultery, and walk in lies: they strengthen also the hands of evildoers, that none doth return from his wickedness: they are all of them unto me as Sodom, and the inhabitants thereof as Gomorrah.

Ezek. 7:13
For the seller shall not return to that which is sold, although they were yet alive: for the vision is touching the whole multitude thereof, which shall not return; neither shall any strengthen himself in the iniquity of his life.

Ezek. 13:22
Because with lies ye have made the heart of the righteous sad, whom I have not made sad; and strengthened the hands of the wicked, that he should not return from his wicked way, by promising him life:

Ezek. 16:49
Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.

Ezek. 30:24
And I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and put my sword in his hand: but I will break Pharaoh's arms, and he shall groan before him with the groanings of a deadly wounded man.

Ezek. 30:25
But I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and the arms of Pharaoh shall fall down; and they shall know that I am the Lord, when I shall put my sword into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall stretch it out upon the land of Egypt.

Ezek. 34:4
The diseased have ye not strengthened, neither have ye healed that which was sick, neither have ye bound up that which was broken, neither have ye brought again that which was driven away, neither have ye sought that which was lost; but with force and with cruelty have ye ruled them.

Ezek. 34:16
I will seek that which was lost, and bring again that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick: but I will destroy the fat and the strong; I will feed them with judgment.

Dan. 10:18
Then there came again and touched me one like the appearance of a man, and he strengthened me,

Dan. 10:19
And said, O man greatly beloved, fear not: peace be unto thee, be strong, yea, be strong. And when he had spoken unto me, I was strengthened, and said, Let my lord speak; for thou hast strengthened me.

Dan. 11:1
Also I in the first year of Darius the Mede, even I, stood to confirm and to strengthen him.

Dan. 11:6
And in the end of years they shall join themselves together; for the king's daughter of the south shall come to the king of the north to make an agreement: but she shall not retain the power of the arm; neither shall he stand, nor his arm: but she shall be given up, and they that brought her, and he that begat her, and he that strengthened her in these times.

Dan. 11:12
And when he hath taken away the multitude, his heart shall be lifted up; and he shall cast down many ten thousands: but he shall not be strengthened by it.

Hosea 7:15
Though I have bound and strengthened their arms, yet do they imagine mischief against me.

Amos 2:14
Therefore the flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not strengthen his force, neither shall the mighty deliver himself:

Amos 5:9
That strengtheneth the spoiled against the strong, so that the spoiled shall come against the fortress.

Zech. 10:6
And I will strengthen the house of Judah, and I will save the house of Joseph, and I will bring them again to place them; for I have mercy upon them: and they shall be as though I had not cast them off: for I am the Lord their God, and will hear them.

Zech. 10:12
And I will strengthen them in the Lord; and they shall walk up and down in his name, saith the Lord.