Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'head' occurs 455 times in the standard works.

124 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'head' in the standard works and contain 27.3% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 47 minutes to read the entire list.

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1 Cor. 11:3-10 (9 in 8 verses)

Lev. 13:40-45 (7 in 6 verses)


Gen. 48:14-18 (6 in 5 verses)

 48:14 And Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it upon Ephraim's head, who was the younger, and his left hand upon Manasseh's head, guiding his hands wittingly; for Manasseh was the firstborn.

 48:15 And he blessed Joseph, and said, God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God which fed me all my life long unto this day,

 48:16 The Angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.

 48:17 And when Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand upon the head of Ephraim, it displeased him: and he held up his father's hand, to remove it from Ephraim's head unto Manasseh's head.

 48:18 And Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my father: for this is the firstborn; put thy right hand upon his head.




Num. 6:5-9 (5 in 5 verses)

Isa. 7:8-9 (4 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 17:8-9 (4 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 4:7-8 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 14:25-26 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 2:32-33 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 4:18-19 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 50:33-34 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 15:30-32 (3 in 3 verses)

Hel. 1:28-30 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 49:26 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 16:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 21:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 6:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 33:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 2:19 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 12:30 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 13:19 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 2:23 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 4:19 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 20:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Song. 7:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Zech. 3:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Eph. 5:23 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 8:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 5:8 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 28:6 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 124:57 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 40:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 40:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 29:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 13:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 11:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 20:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 6:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 10:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 1:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 9:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Hab. 3:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 27:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 6:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 6:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 19:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 15:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 305 115 420
Gen. 17 2 19
Ex. 11 6 17
Lev. 41 6 47
Num. 13 7 20
Deut. 9 5 14
Josh. 4 9 13
Judg. 11 3 14
1 Sam. 16 4 20
2 Sam. 25 1 26
1 Kgs. 9 3 12
2 Kgs. 15 3 18
1 Chr. 5 15 20
2 Chr. 2 6 8
Ezra 2 0 2
Neh. 1 1 2
Esth. 4 0 4
Job 7 3 10
Ps. 21 8 29
Prov. 7 0 7
Eccl. 2 0 2
Song. 6 0 6
Isa. 18 3 21
Jer. 10 3 13
Lam. 3 2 5
Ezek. 17 20 37
Dan. 12 1 13
Hosea 1 0 1
Joel 2 0 2
Amos 3 0 3
Obad. 1 0 1
Jonah 3 0 3
Micah 1 3 4
Hab. 2 0 2
Zech. 4 1 5
NT 59 38 97
BM 66 44 110
DC 19 26 45
PGP 6 6 12
TOTAL 455 229 684

Gen. 2:10
And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads.

Gen. 3:15
And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.

Gen. 24:26
And the man bowed down his head, and worshipped the Lord.

Gen. 24:48
And I bowed down my head, and worshipped the Lord, and blessed the Lord God of my master Abraham, which had led me in the right way to take my master's brother's daughter unto his son.

Gen. 40:13
Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thine head, and restore thee unto thy place: and thou shalt deliver Pharaoh's cup into his hand, after the former manner when thou wast his butler.

Gen. 40:16
When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was good, he said unto Joseph, I also was in my dream, and, behold, I had three white baskets on my head:

Gen. 40:17
And in the uppermost basket there was of all manner of bakemeats for Pharaoh; and the birds did eat them out of the basket upon my head.

Gen. 40:19
Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thy head from off thee, and shall hang thee on a tree; and the birds shall eat thy flesh from off thee.

Gen. 40:20
And it came to pass the third day, which was Pharaoh's birthday, that he made a feast unto all his servants: and he lifted up the head of the chief butler and of the chief baker among his servants.

Gen. 43:28
And they answered, Thy servant our father is in good health, he is yet alive. And they bowed down their heads, and made obeisance.

Gen. 47:31
And he said, Swear unto me. And he sware unto him. And Israel bowed himself upon the bed's head.

Gen. 48:14
And Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it upon Ephraim's head, who was the younger, and his left hand upon Manasseh's head, guiding his hands wittingly; for Manasseh was the firstborn.

Gen. 48:17
And when Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand upon the head of Ephraim, it displeased him: and he held up his father's hand, to remove it from Ephraim's head unto Manasseh's head.

Gen. 48:18
And Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my father: for this is the firstborn; put thy right hand upon his head.

Gen. 49:26
The blessings of thy father have prevailed above the blessings of my progenitors unto the utmost bound of the everlasting hills: they shall be on the head of Joseph, and on the crown of the head of him that was separate from his brethren.