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)

 28:10 For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little:

 28:11 For with stammering lips and another tongue will he speak to this people.

 28:12 To whom he said, This is the rest wherewith ye may cause the weary to rest; and this is the refreshing: yet they would not hear.

 28:13 But the word of the Lord was unto them precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little; that they might go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken.




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)

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)

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