Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'built' occurs 283 times in the standard works.

109 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'built' in the standard works and contain 38.5% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 46 minutes to read the entire list.

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Mosiah 11:8-13 (6 in 6 verses)

3 Ne. 27:8-11 (5 in 4 verses)

Ether 13:5-8 (5 in 4 verses)

2 Chr. 8:1-5 (5 in 5 verses)

2 Chr. 27:3-4 (4 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 22:22-23 (4 in 2 verses)

Ether 2:16-17 (4 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 6:14-16 (4 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 18:12-13 (3 in 2 verses)


2 Kgs. 21:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

 21:3 For he built up again the high places which Hezekiah his father had destroyed; and he reared up altars for Baal, and made a grove, as did Ahab king of Israel; and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them.

 21:4 And he built altars in the house of the Lord, of which the Lord said, In Jerusalem will I put my name.

 21:5 And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the Lord.




2 Chr. 33:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

Neh. 3:13-15 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 50:2-4 (3 in 3 verses)

Ether 8:23-25 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 84:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 97:10-12 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Sam. 14:35 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 12:25 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 16:24 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 5:16 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 28:3 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 28:28 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 101:53 (2 in 1 verse)

Abr. 2:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 22:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 6:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 9:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 15:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 6:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 8:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 11:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 14:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 26:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 33:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 16:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 6:48-49 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 26:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 31:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Morm. 8:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 95:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 156 0 156
Gen. 4 0 4
Ex. 3 0 3
Num. 5 0 5
Deut. 3 0 3
Josh. 6 0 6
Judg. 5 0 5
1 Sam. 3 0 3
2 Sam. 3 0 3
1 Kgs. 35 0 35
2 Kgs. 9 0 9
1 Chr. 8 0 8
2 Chr. 37 0 37
Neh. 5 0 5
Job 3 0 3
Ps. 2 0 2
Eccl. 1 0 1
Isa. 4 0 4
Jer. 9 0 9
Ezek. 4 0 4
Dan. 2 0 2
Amos 1 0 1
Micah 1 0 1
Hag. 1 0 1
Zech. 2 0 2
NT 14 0 14
BM 70 3 73
DC 36 0 36
PGP 7 0 7
TOTAL 283 3 286

2 Kgs. 14:22
He built Elath, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers.

2 Kgs. 15:35
Howbeit the high places were not removed: the people sacrificed and burned incense still in the high places. He built the higher gate of the house of the Lord.

2 Kgs. 16:11
And Urijah the priest built an altar according to all that king Ahaz had sent from Damascus: so Urijah the priest made it against king Ahaz came from Damascus.

2 Kgs. 16:18
And the covert for the sabbath that they had built in the house, and the king's entry without, turned he from the house of the Lord for the king of Assyria.

2 Kgs. 17:9
And the children of Israel did secretly those things that were not right against the Lord their God, and they built them high places in all their cities, from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city.

2 Kgs. 21:3
For he built up again the high places which Hezekiah his father had destroyed; and he reared up altars for Baal, and made a grove, as did Ahab king of Israel; and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them.

2 Kgs. 21:4
And he built altars in the house of the Lord, of which the Lord said, In Jerusalem will I put my name.

2 Kgs. 21:5
And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the Lord.

2 Kgs. 25:1
And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, he, and all his host, against Jerusalem, and pitched against it; and they built forts against it round about.