Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'verily' occurs 604 times in the standard works.

294 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'verily' in the standard works and contain 48.7% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 109 minutes to read the entire list.

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3 Ne. 20:46-21:3 (6 in 4 verses)

John 13:16-21 (6 in 6 verses)

D&C 11:8-13 (6 in 6 verses)

D&C 33:2-7 (6 in 6 verses)

D&C 132:46-51 (6 in 6 verses)

3 Ne. 11:27-31 (5 in 5 verses)

3 Ne. 12:26 (4 in 1 verse)

John 5:24-25 (4 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 12:13-14 (4 in 2 verses)

John 3:3-5 (4 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 12:32-34 (4 in 3 verses)

D&C 39:14-16 (4 in 3 verses)

D&C 43:2-4 (4 in 3 verses)

D&C 132:64-66 (4 in 3 verses)

John 16:20-23 (4 in 4 verses)

3 Ne. 18:15-18 (4 in 4 verses)

D&C 6:26-29 (4 in 4 verses)

D&C 6:29-32 (4 in 4 verses)

D&C 34:12-35:3 (4 in 4 verses)

D&C 66:2-5 (4 in 4 verses)

D&C 96:8-97:2 (4 in 4 verses)

D&C 132:18-21 (4 in 4 verses)

3 Ne. 13:1-2 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 7:8-8:1 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 29:3-4 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 82:1-2 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 84:59-60 (3 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 15:19-21 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 71:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 81:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 84:74-76 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 90:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 114:1-115:1 (3 in 3 verses)

Ps. 58:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 15:11 (2 in 1 verse)

John 1:51 (2 in 1 verse)

John 3:11 (2 in 1 verse)

John 5:19 (2 in 1 verse)

John 6:26 (2 in 1 verse)

John 6:32 (2 in 1 verse)

John 6:47 (2 in 1 verse)

John 6:53 (2 in 1 verse)

John 8:34 (2 in 1 verse)

John 8:51 (2 in 1 verse)

John 8:58 (2 in 1 verse)

John 10:1 (2 in 1 verse)

John 10:7 (2 in 1 verse)

John 12:24 (2 in 1 verse)

John 13:38 (2 in 1 verse)

John 14:12 (2 in 1 verse)

John 21:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 48:17 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 11:35 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 11:39 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 14:1 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 16:1 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 16:9 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 16:16 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 18:27 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 20:12 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 20:39 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 27:4 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 27:21 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 6:8 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 6:14 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 6:22 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 7:3 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 10:20 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 10:28 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 10:56 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 11:30 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 25:16 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 28:2 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 29:12 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 29:22 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 33:12 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 33:18 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 34:7 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 38:7 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 39:5 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 54:2 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 67:3 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 75:1 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 78:17 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 84:103 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 103:21 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 112:23 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 124:49 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 132:26 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 132:41 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 27:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 1:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 1:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 42:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 46:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 61:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 64:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 64:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 72:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 72:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 75:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 84:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 86:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 86:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 93:44-45 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 93:53-94:1 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 96:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 112:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 112:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 112:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 117:16-118:1 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 119:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 124:39-40 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 124:110-111 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 16 0 16
Gen. 1 0 1
Ex. 1 0 1
Judg. 1 0 1
1 Kgs. 1 0 1
2 Kgs. 1 0 1
1 Chr. 1 0 1
Job 1 0 1
Ps. 6 0 6
Isa. 1 0 1
Jer. 2 0 2
NT 124 0 124
BM 76 0 76
DC 385 0 385
PGP 3 0 3
TOTAL 604 0 604

Gen. 42:21
And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.

Ex. 31:13
Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying, Verily my sabbaths ye shall keep: for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations; that ye may know that I am the Lord that doth sanctify you.

Judg. 15:2
And her father said, I verily thought that thou hadst utterly hated her; therefore I gave her to thy companion: is not her younger sister fairer than she? take her, I pray thee, instead of her.

1 Kgs. 1:43
And Jonathan answered and said to Adonijah, Verily our lord king David hath made Solomon king.

2 Kgs. 4:14
And he said, What then is to be done for her? And Gehazi answered, Verily she hath no child, and her husband is old.

1 Chr. 21:24
And king David said to Ornan, Nay; but I will verily buy it for the full price: for I will not take that which is thine for the Lord, nor offer burnt offerings without cost.

Job 19:13
He hath put my brethren far from me, and mine acquaintance are verily estranged from me.

Ps. 37:3
Trust in the Lord, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.

Ps. 39:5
Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah.

Ps. 58:11
So that a man shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous: verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth.

Ps. 66:19
But verily God hath heard me; he hath attended to the voice of my prayer.

Ps. 73:13
Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency.

Isa. 45:15
Verily thou art a God that hidest thyself, O God of Israel, the Saviour.

Jer. 15:11
The Lord said, Verily it shall be well with thy remnant; verily I will cause the enemy to entreat thee well in the time of evil and in the time of affliction.