Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'upon' occurs 4474 times in the standard works.

2441 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'upon' in the standard works and contain 54.6% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 988 minutes to read the entire list.

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Ex. 28:29-29:22 (38 in 37 verses)

Lev. 8:7-30 (36 in 24 verses)

Ex. 9:3-23 (22 in 21 verses)

Jer. 48:21-38 (18 in 18 verses)

2 Ne. 12:12-21 (17 in 10 verses)

Lev. 14:14-29 (17 in 16 verses)

Alma 3:6-20 (16 in 15 verses)

Lev. 3:2-16 (15 in 15 verses)

Jer. 50:35-42 (13 in 8 verses)

1 Kgs. 2:25-37 (13 in 13 verses)

3 Ne. 27:5-14 (12 in 10 verses)

1 Ne. 14:11-17 (11 in 7 verses)

1 Ne. 13:11-18 (11 in 8 verses)

Ex. 14:17-26 (11 in 10 verses)

Ether 6:4-13 (11 in 10 verses)

Jacob 3:13-4:9 (11 in 11 verses)

Moses 1:11-21 (11 in 11 verses)

Hag. 1:9-11 (10 in 3 verses)

Isa. 2:12-16 (10 in 5 verses)

2 Kgs. 4:29-35 (10 in 7 verses)

D&C 109:34-41 (10 in 8 verses)

1 Ne. 18:23-19:6 (10 in 9 verses)

Ether 2:8-16 (10 in 9 verses)

1 Kgs. 7:16-25 (10 in 10 verses)

Num. 19:13-20 (9 in 8 verses)

Ether 13:25-14:1 (9 in 8 verses)

Ezek. 23:8-16 (9 in 9 verses)

Alma 19:14-22 (9 in 9 verses)

D&C 63:31-39 (9 in 9 verses)

Isa. 28:10-13 (8 in 4 verses)

Job 16:9-15 (8 in 7 verses)

Ezek. 6:12-7:4 (8 in 7 verses)

D&C 133:2-8 (8 in 7 verses)

Gen. 7:17-24 (8 in 8 verses)

Gen. 8:17-9:2 (8 in 8 verses)

1 Ne. 22:1-8 (8 in 8 verses)

1 Kgs. 12:32-13:3 (7 in 5 verses)

D&C 133:15-20 (7 in 6 verses)

Moses 7:12-17 (7 in 6 verses)

Lev. 1:7-13 (7 in 7 verses)

Lev. 6:9-15 (7 in 7 verses)

Ezek. 25:11-17 (7 in 7 verses)

Dan. 9:11-17 (7 in 7 verses)

Mosiah 11:11-17 (7 in 7 verses)

Hel. 13:17-23 (7 in 7 verses)

Alma 26:28-29 (6 in 2 verses)

Ex. 7:17-19 (6 in 3 verses)

Rev. 16:1-4 (6 in 4 verses)

Ex. 8:3-7 (6 in 5 verses)

1 Sam. 5:3-7 (6 in 5 verses)

2 Sam. 1:6-10 (6 in 5 verses)

Job 30:12-16 (6 in 5 verses)

Hel. 8:11-15 (6 in 5 verses)

Ether 8:22-26 (6 in 5 verses)

Abr. 1:8-12 (6 in 5 verses)

Lev. 11:37-42 (6 in 6 verses)

Lev. 11:41-46 (6 in 6 verses)

Ezek. 4:4-9 (6 in 6 verses)

Ezek. 38:20-39:2 (6 in 6 verses)

Alma 52:16-21 (6 in 6 verses)

3 Ne. 8:18-23 (6 in 6 verses)

D&C 29:8-13 (6 in 6 verses)

D&C 61:2-7 (6 in 6 verses)

D&C 61:23-28 (6 in 6 verses)

Abr. 4:25-30 (6 in 6 verses)

JS-H 1:68-73 (6 in 6 verses)

Jer. 7:20 (5 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 11:39-40 (5 in 2 verses)

Ether 11:6-7 (5 in 2 verses)

Lev. 1:17-2:2 (5 in 3 verses)

Isa. 7:17-19 (5 in 3 verses)

Jonah 1:6-8 (5 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 4:14-16 (5 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 17:17-19 (5 in 3 verses)

D&C 101:52-54 (5 in 3 verses)

Moses 7:1-3 (5 in 3 verses)

JS-H 1:15-17 (5 in 3 verses)

Ex. 8:18-21 (5 in 4 verses)

1 Sam. 30:14-17 (5 in 4 verses)

Matt. 7:24-27 (5 in 4 verses)

Jacob 1:1-4 (5 in 4 verses)

Mosiah 7:25-28 (5 in 4 verses)

Mosiah 28:20-29:3 (5 in 4 verses)

Alma 46:18-21 (5 in 4 verses)

3 Ne. 14:24-27 (5 in 4 verses)

D&C 128:18-21 (5 in 4 verses)

Moses 7:48-51 (5 in 4 verses)

JS-M 1:18-21 (5 in 4 verses)

Gen. 27:12-16 (5 in 5 verses)

Lev. 16:18-22 (5 in 5 verses)

Judg. 16:26-30 (5 in 5 verses)

2 Chr. 34:24-28 (5 in 5 verses)

Isa. 47:9-13 (5 in 5 verses)

Ezek. 1:26-2:2 (5 in 5 verses)

Ezek. 5:13-17 (5 in 5 verses)

Ezek. 5:16-6:3 (5 in 5 verses)

Ezek. 32:4-8 (5 in 5 verses)

Ezek. 37:6-10 (5 in 5 verses)

Zech. 3:9-4:3 (5 in 5 verses)

1 Ne. 18:13-17 (5 in 5 verses)


Alma 7:9-13 (5 in 5 verses)

 7:9 But behold, the Spirit hath said this much unto me, saying: Cry unto this people, saying-- Repent ye, and prepare the way of the Lord, and walk in his paths, which are straight; for behold, the kingdom of heaven is at hand, and the Son of God cometh upon the face of the earth.

 7:10 And behold, he shall be born of Mary, at Jerusalem which is the land of our forefathers, she being a virgin, a precious and chosen vessel, who shall be overshadowed and conceive by the power of the Holy Ghost, and bring forth a son, yea, even the Son of God.

 7:11 And he shall go forth, suffering pains and afflictions and temptations of every kind; and this that the word might be fulfilled which saith he will take upon him the pains and the sicknesses of his people.

 7:12 And he will take upon him death, that he may loose the bands of death which bind his people; and he will take upon him their infirmities, that his bowels may be filled with mercy, according to the flesh, that he may know according to the flesh how to succor his people according to their infirmities.

 7:13 Now the Spirit knoweth all things; nevertheless the Son of God suffereth according to the flesh that he might take upon him the sins of his people, that he might blot out their transgressions according to the power of his deliverance; and now behold, this is the testimony which is in me.




Alma 56:19-23 (5 in 5 verses)

4 Ne. 1:19-23 (5 in 5 verses)

Ether 14:9-13 (5 in 5 verses)

Ether 14:12-16 (5 in 5 verses)

D&C 39:12-16 (5 in 5 verses)

D&C 104:40-44 (5 in 5 verses)

D&C 104:64-68 (5 in 5 verses)

D&C 109:50-54 (5 in 5 verses)

D&C 121:33-37 (5 in 5 verses)

Abr. 3:3-7 (5 in 5 verses)

Abr. 3:5-9 (5 in 5 verses)

Isa. 44:3 (4 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 21:12 (4 in 1 verse)

Jacob 1:19 (4 in 1 verse)

Deut. 23:19-20 (4 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 4:4-5 (4 in 2 verses)

Ps. 123:2-3 (4 in 2 verses)

Jer. 36:30-31 (4 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 18:12-13 (4 in 2 verses)

D&C 115:6-7 (4 in 2 verses)

JS-M 1:3-4 (4 in 2 verses)

Gen. 19:23-25 (4 in 3 verses)

Lev. 16:13-15 (4 in 3 verses)

2 Kgs. 13:16-18 (4 in 3 verses)

2 Chr. 29:22-24 (4 in 3 verses)

Esth. 9:25-27 (4 in 3 verses)

Isa. 9:6-8 (4 in 3 verses)

Isa. 30:16-18 (4 in 3 verses)

Isa. 59:21-60:2 (4 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 24:6-8 (4 in 3 verses)

Obad. 1:15-17 (4 in 3 verses)

Rev. 3:10-12 (4 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 19:6-8 (4 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 28:28-30 (4 in 3 verses)

Alma 14:25-27 (4 in 3 verses)

Alma 37:28-30 (4 in 3 verses)

Alma 50:2-4 (4 in 3 verses)

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