Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'according' occurs 1523 times in the standard works.

578 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'according' in the standard works and contain 38% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 224 minutes to read the entire list.

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Alma 10:32-11:4 (7 in 5 verses)

1 Ne. 19:5-10 (7 in 6 verses)

D&C 128:6-9 (6 in 4 verses)

2 Ne. 2:26-30 (6 in 5 verses)

Alma 7:12-16 (6 in 5 verses)

Lev. 25:15-16 (5 in 2 verses)

Alma 4:13-16 (5 in 4 verses)

Alma 12:6-9 (5 in 4 verses)

Alma 41:2-5 (5 in 4 verses)

2 Ne. 25:3-7 (5 in 5 verses)

Mosiah 29:11-15 (5 in 5 verses)

Alma 12:36-13:3 (5 in 5 verses)

D&C 48:6-49:4 (5 in 5 verses)

D&C 51:2-6 (5 in 5 verses)

Esth. 8:9 (4 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 45:25 (4 in 1 verse)

Deut. 17:10-11 (4 in 2 verses)

Alma 3:26-27 (4 in 2 verses)

Lev. 25:50-52 (4 in 3 verses)

2 Chr. 35:4-6 (4 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 17:29-31 (4 in 3 verses)

Alma 10:11-13 (4 in 3 verses)

Num. 26:53-56 (4 in 4 verses)

2 Ne. 25:19-22 (4 in 4 verses)

Jacob 5:73-76 (4 in 4 verses)

D&C 18:29-32 (4 in 4 verses)

Ex. 39:14 (3 in 1 verse)

Num. 4:49 (3 in 1 verse)

Isa. 63:7 (3 in 1 verse)

Alma 6:8 (3 in 1 verse)

Alma 9:28 (3 in 1 verse)

Alma 30:17 (3 in 1 verse)

Hel. 9:37 (3 in 1 verse)

Abr. 3:4 (3 in 1 verse)

Ex. 12:3-4 (3 in 2 verses)

Ezra 6:13-14 (3 in 2 verses)

Esth. 1:7-8 (3 in 2 verses)

Esth. 1:21-22 (3 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 42:11-12 (3 in 2 verses)

Rom. 16:25-26 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Tim. 1:8-9 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 22:1-2 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 12:17-18 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 29:4-5 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 30:27-28 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 62:9-10 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 94:5-6 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 101:77-78 (3 in 2 verses)

Ex. 16:16-18 (3 in 3 verses)

Lev. 27:16-18 (3 in 3 verses)

Lev. 27:25-27 (3 in 3 verses)

Num. 9:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

Num. 9:12-14 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Kgs. 23:35-37 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Chr. 17:15-17 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezra 10:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 16:28-30 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 18:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 29:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)

Jacob 2:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)

Enos 1:10-12 (3 in 3 verses)

W of M 1:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

Mosiah 4:26-28 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 7:26-8:1 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 11:18-20 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 11:20-22 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 12:30-32 (3 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 1:19-21 (3 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 6:25-27 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 42:79-81 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 115:14-16 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 132:63-65 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 134:8-10 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 43:33 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 28:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 29:41 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 2:34 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 9:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 15:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 17:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 33:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 34:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 3:24 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 7:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 11:23 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 7:17 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 22:21 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 22:25 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 21:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Esth. 3:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Esth. 9:27 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 7:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 18:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 18:24 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 28:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 51:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 119:149 (2 in 1 verse)

Eccl. 8:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 11:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 17:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 25:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 32:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 50:29 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 20:44 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 24:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 25:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 35:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 36:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 39:24 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 43:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Hosea 10:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Hosea 12:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Zech. 1:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Zech. 5:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Rom. 12:6 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Cor. 8:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Eph. 2:2 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Pet. 4:6 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 14:4 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 2:17 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 2:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 13:26 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 20:24 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 42:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 1:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 6:24 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 7:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 8:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 9:15 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 5:2 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 5:14 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 7:14 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 27:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Morm. 2:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Morm. 9:32 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 1:10 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 11:17 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 46:15 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 76:111 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 101:65 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 102:4 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 132:26 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 133:52 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 137:9 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 138:10 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 138:34 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 41:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 6:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 6:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 7:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 10:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 14:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 10:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 26:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 1:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 15:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 18:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 18:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 18:28-19:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 19:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 19:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 19:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 19:39-40 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 7:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 16:34-17:1 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 17:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 4:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 16:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 24:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 17:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 24:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 25:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 7:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 8:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 35:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 35:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Neh. 5:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Neh. 6:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Neh. 9:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Esth. 4:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 119:169-170 (2 in 2 verses)

Prov. 26:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)


Jer. 42:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

 42:4 Then Jeremiah the prophet said unto them, I have heard you; behold, I will pray unto the Lord your God according to your words; and it shall come to pass, that whatsoever thing the Lord shall answer you, I will declare it unto you; I will keep nothing back from you.

 42:5 Then they said to Jeremiah, The Lord be a true and faithful witness between us, if we do not even according to all things for the which the Lord thy God shall send thee to us.




Ezek. 4:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 7:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 40:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 40:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 47:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 11:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Rom. 1:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Rom. 8:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 15:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Eph. 1:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Heb. 8:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Pet. 1:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Rev. 20:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 13:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 14:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 1:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 5:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 25:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 31:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Jacob 5:65-66 (2 in 2 verses)

Enos 1:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Jarom 1:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

W of M 1:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 26:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 29:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 1:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 1:33-2:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 5:43-44 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 15:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 17:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 28:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 30:49-50 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 42:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 10:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 6:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 23:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 29:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Morm. 6:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Morm. 9:36-37 (2 in 2 verses)

Moro. 3:4-4:1 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 52:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 53:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 56:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 88:60-61 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 102:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 107:84-85 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 666 1 667
Gen. 32 0 32
Ex. 47 0 47
Lev. 24 0 24
Num. 93 0 93
Deut. 29 0 29
Josh. 48 0 48
Judg. 7 0 7
Ruth 1 0 1
1 Sam. 10 0 10
2 Sam. 12 0 12
1 Kgs. 34 0 34
2 Kgs. 37 0 37
1 Chr. 25 0 25
2 Chr. 38 0 38
Ezra 15 0 15
Neh. 14 0 14
Esth. 21 0 21
Job 7 0 7
Ps. 45 0 45
Prov. 5 0 5
Eccl. 3 0 3
Isa. 11 1 12
Jer. 31 0 31
Lam. 2 0 2
Ezek. 48 0 48
Dan. 10 0 10
Hosea 8 0 8
Jonah 1 0 1
Micah 1 0 1
Hab. 1 0 1
Hag. 1 0 1
Zech. 4 0 4
Mal. 1 0 1
NT 127 0 127
BM 519 1 520
DC 194 2 196
PGP 17 5 22
TOTAL 1523 9 1532

Jer. 2:28
But where are thy gods that thou hast made thee? let them arise, if they can save thee in the time of thy trouble: for according to the number of thy cities are thy gods, O Judah.

Jer. 3:15
And I will give you pastors according to mine heart, which shall feed you with knowledge and understanding.

Jer. 11:4
Which I commanded your fathers in the day that I brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, from the iron furnace, saying, Obey my voice, and do them, according to all which I command you: so shall ye be my people, and I will be your God:

Jer. 11:13
For according to the number of thy cities were thy gods, O Judah; and according to the number of the streets of Jerusalem have ye set up altars to that shameful thing, even altars to burn incense unto Baal.

Jer. 13:2
So I got a girdle according to the word of the Lord, and put it on my loins.

Jer. 17:10
I the Lord search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.

Jer. 21:2
Inquire, I pray thee, of the Lord for us; for Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon maketh war against us; if so be that the Lord will deal with us according to all his wondrous works, that he may go up from us.

Jer. 21:14
But I will punish you according to the fruit of your doings, saith the Lord: and I will kindle a fire in the forest thereof, and it shall devour all things round about it.

Jer. 25:14
For many nations and great kings shall serve themselves of them also: and I will recompense them according to their deeds, and according to the works of their own hands.

Jer. 26:20
And there was also a man that prophesied in the name of the Lord, Urijah the son of Shemaiah of Kirjath-jearim, who prophesied against this city and against this land according to all the words of Jeremiah:

Jer. 27:12
I spake also to Zedekiah king of Judah according to all these words, saying, Bring your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him and his people, and live.

Jer. 31:32
Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they brake, although I was an husband unto them, saith the Lord:

Jer. 32:8
So Hanameel mine uncle's son came to me in the court of the prison according to the word of the Lord, and said unto me, Buy my field, I pray thee, that is in Anathoth, which is in the country of Benjamin: for the right of inheritance is thine, and the redemption is thine; buy it for thyself. Then I knew that this was the word of the Lord.

Jer. 32:11
So I took the evidence of the purchase, both that which was sealed according to the law and custom, and that which was open:

Jer. 32:19
Great in counsel, and mighty in work: for thine eyes are open upon all the ways of the sons of men: to give every one according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings:

Jer. 35:10
But we have dwelt in tents, and have obeyed, and done according to all that Jonadab our father commanded us.

Jer. 35:18
And Jeremiah said unto the house of the Rechabites, Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Because ye have obeyed the commandment of Jonadab your father, and kept all his precepts, and done according unto all that he hath commanded you:

Jer. 36:8
And Baruch the son of Neriah did according to all that Jeremiah the prophet commanded him, reading in the book the words of the Lord in the Lord's house.

Jer. 38:27
Then came all the princes unto Jeremiah, and asked him: and he told them according to all these words that the king had commanded. So they left off speaking with him; for the matter was not perceived.

Jer. 40:3
Now the Lord hath brought it, and done according as he hath said: because ye have sinned against the Lord, and have not obeyed his voice, therefore this thing is come upon you.

Jer. 42:4
Then Jeremiah the prophet said unto them, I have heard you; behold, I will pray unto the Lord your God according to your words; and it shall come to pass, that whatsoever thing the Lord shall answer you, I will declare it unto you; I will keep nothing back from you.

Jer. 42:5
Then they said to Jeremiah, The Lord be a true and faithful witness between us, if we do not even according to all things for the which the Lord thy God shall send thee to us.

Jer. 42:20
For ye dissembled in your hearts, when ye sent me unto the Lord your God, saying, Pray for us unto the Lord our God; and according unto all that the Lord our God shall say, so declare unto us, and we will do it.

Jer. 50:21
Go up against the land of Merathaim, even against it, and against the inhabitants of Pekod: waste and utterly destroy after them, saith the Lord, and do according to all that I have commanded thee.

Jer. 50:29
Call together the archers against Babylon: all ye that bend the bow, camp against it round about; let none thereof escape: recompense her according to her work; according to all that she hath done, do unto her: for she hath been proud against the Lord, against the Holy One of Israel.

Jer. 52:2
And he did that which was evil in the eyes of the Lord, according to all that Jehoiakim had done.