Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'able' occurs 198 times in the standard works.

29 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'able' in the standard works and contain 14.6% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 12 minutes to read the entire list.

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2 Chr. 32:13-15 (3 in 3 verses)


Luke 14:29-31 (3 in 3 verses)

 14:29 Lest haply, after he hath laid the foundation, and is not able to finish it, all that behold it begin to mock him,

 14:30 Saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish.

 14:31 Or what king, going to make war against another king, sitteth not down first, and consulteth whether he be able with ten thousand to meet him that cometh against him with twenty thousand?




D&C 27:15-17 (3 in 3 verses)

Dan. 4:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 10:28 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 20:22 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Cor. 3:2 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Cor. 10:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Jacob 4:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 14:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 13:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 47:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 27:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 99 243 342
NT 61 156 217
Matt. 9 27 36
Mark 1 17 18
Luke 8 28 36
John 2 4 6
Acts 4 8 12
Rom. 5 10 15
1 Cor. 5 6 11
2 Cor. 3 5 8
Eph. 5 2 7
Philip. 1 2 3
Col. 0 2 2
1 Thes. 0 2 2
2 Thes. 0 3 3
1 Tim. 0 8 8
2 Tim. 4 3 7
Titus 1 4 5
Philem. 0 2 2
Heb. 4 10 14
James 3 3 6
1 Pet. 0 4 4
2 Pet. 1 4 5
Jude 1 0 1
Rev. 4 2 6
BM 17 97 114
DC 19 83 102
PGP 2 14 16
TOTAL 198 593 791

Luke 1:20
And, behold, thou shalt be dumb, and not able to speak, until the day that these things shall be performed, because thou believest not my words, which shall be fulfilled in their season.

Luke 1:63
And he asked for a writing table, and wrote, saying, His name is John. And they marvelled all.

Luke 3:8
Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance, and begin not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, That God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.

Luke 3:17
Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and will gather the wheat into his garner; but the chaff he will burn with fire unquenchable.

Luke 4:19
To preach the acceptable year of the Lord.

Luke 5:36
And he spake also a parable unto them; No man putteth a piece of a new garment upon an old; if otherwise, then both the new maketh a rent, and the piece that was taken out of the new agreeth not with the old.

Luke 6:39
And he spake a parable unto them, Can the blind lead the blind? shall they not both fall into the ditch?

Luke 8:4
And when much people were gathered together, and were come to him out of every city, he spake by a parable:

Luke 8:9
And his disciples asked him, saying, What might this parable be?

Luke 8:10
And he said, Unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God: but to others in parables; that seeing they might not see, and hearing they might not understand.

Luke 8:11
Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.

Luke 10:12
But I say unto you, that it shall be more tolerable in that day for Sodom, than for that city.

Luke 10:14
But it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the judgment, than for you.

Luke 12:1
In the mean time, when there were gathered together an innumerable multitude of people, insomuch that they trode one upon another, he began to say unto his disciples first of all, Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.

Luke 12:16
And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully:

Luke 12:26
If ye then be not able to do that thing which is least, why take ye thought for the rest?

Luke 12:41
Then Peter said unto him, Lord, speakest thou this parable unto us, or even to all?

Luke 13:6
He spake also this parable; A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came and sought fruit thereon, and found none.

Luke 13:24
Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.

Luke 14:7
And he put forth a parable to those which were bidden, when he marked how they chose out the chief rooms; saying unto them,

Luke 14:8
When thou art bidden of any man to a wedding, sit not down in the highest room; lest a more honourable man than thou be bidden of him;

Luke 14:29
Lest haply, after he hath laid the foundation, and is not able to finish it, all that behold it begin to mock him,

Luke 14:30
Saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish.

Luke 14:31
Or what king, going to make war against another king, sitteth not down first, and consulteth whether he be able with ten thousand to meet him that cometh against him with twenty thousand?

Luke 15:3
And he spake this parable unto them, saying,

Luke 16:21
And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.

Luke 17:10
So likewise ye, when ye shall have done all those things which are commanded you, say, We are unprofitable servants: we have done that which was our duty to do.

Luke 18:1
And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;

Luke 18:9
And he spake this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others:

Luke 19:11
And as they heard these things, he added and spake a parable, because he was nigh to Jerusalem, and because they thought that the kingdom of God should immediately appear.

Luke 20:9
Then began he to speak to the people this parable; A certain man planted a vineyard, and let it forth to husbandmen, and went into a far country for a long time.

Luke 20:19
And the chief priests and the scribes the same hour sought to lay hands on him; and they feared the people: for they perceived that he had spoken this parable against them.

Luke 21:15
For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist.

Luke 21:29
And he spake to them a parable; Behold the fig tree, and all the trees;

Luke 22:21
But, behold, the hand of him that betrayeth me is with me on the table.

Luke 22:30
That ye may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.