Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'way' occurs 882 times in the standard works.

256 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'way' in the standard works and contain 29% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 98 minutes to read the entire list.

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Ezek. 46:2-9 (8 in 8 verses)

Prov. 30:19-20 (5 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 13:9-12 (5 in 4 verses)


Num. 22:22-26 (5 in 5 verses)

 22:22 And God's anger was kindled because he went: and the angel of the Lord stood in the way for an adversary against him. Now he was riding upon his ass, and his two servants were with him.

 22:23 And the ass saw the angel of the Lord standing in the way, and his sword drawn in his hand: and the ass turned aside out of the way, and went into the field: and Balaam smote the ass, to turn her into the way.

 22:24 But the angel of the Lord stood in a path of the vineyards, a wall being on this side, and a wall on that side.

 22:25 And when the ass saw the angel of the Lord, she thrust herself unto the wall, and crushed Balaam's foot against the wall: and he smote her again.

 22:26 And the angel of the Lord went further, and stood in a narrow place, where was no way to turn either to the right hand or to the left.




1 Kgs. 13:24-28 (5 in 5 verses)

2 Ne. 4:33 (4 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 33:8-11 (4 in 4 verses)

Ezek. 44:1-4 (4 in 4 verses)

D&C 50:17-20 (4 in 4 verses)

Gen. 48:7 (3 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 22:52 (3 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 47:2 (3 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 13:17-18 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 18:6-7 (3 in 2 verses)

Jer. 2:17-18 (3 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 42:11-12 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 25:28-29 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 31:21-32:1 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 61:24-25 (3 in 2 verses)

Abr. 2:15-16 (3 in 2 verses)

Deut. 1:31-33 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 21:19-21 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 36:17-19 (3 in 3 verses)

Mark 10:52-11:2 (3 in 3 verses)

John 14:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

Acts 9:15-17 (3 in 3 verses)

Ether 9:32-34 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 52:8-10 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 52:25-27 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 3:24 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 2:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 21:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 2:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 3:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 8:20 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 6:12 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 3:8 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 25:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Neh. 9:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 1:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 139:24 (2 in 1 verse)

Prov. 15:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 28:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 35:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 57:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 21:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 39:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 52:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 8:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 18:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 33:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 21:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Mark 11:8 (2 in 1 verse)

John 4:50 (2 in 1 verse)

Acts 21:5 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Pet. 2:15 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 17:41 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 9:41 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 10:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Jacob 7:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 5:62 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 8:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 37:46 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 52:34 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 4:24 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 27:33 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 104:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Moses 4:31 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 24:61-62 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 45:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 13:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 22:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 25:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 5:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 18:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 21:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezra 8:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Job 23:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Job 38:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 25:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 119:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 119:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

Prov. 15:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Prov. 22:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 26:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 5:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 3:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 5:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 7:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 1:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 9:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 18:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 8:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 10:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 9:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 23:36-37 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 49:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 12:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 14:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 21:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Moro. 7:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Moro. 7:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 28:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 52:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 84:107-108 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 527 960 1487
Gen. 36 41 77
Ex. 14 20 34
Lev. 0 22 22
Num. 18 14 32
Deut. 35 48 83
Josh. 16 13 29
Judg. 15 25 40
Ruth 2 0 2
1 Sam. 21 35 56
2 Sam. 10 28 38
1 Kgs. 33 37 70
2 Kgs. 22 38 60
1 Chr. 0 17 17
2 Chr. 9 55 64
Ezra 3 9 12
Neh. 5 2 7
Esth. 1 5 6
Job 25 65 90
Ps. 53 71 124
Prov. 57 58 115
Eccl. 4 7 11
Song. 1 7 8
Isa. 35 93 128
Jer. 40 93 133
Lam. 0 9 9
Ezek. 58 57 115
Dan. 2 15 17
Hosea 4 19 23
Joel 0 3 3
Amos 1 18 19
Obad. 0 2 2
Jonah 2 1 3
Micah 0 5 5
Nahum 2 7 9
Hab. 0 1 1
Zeph. 0 3 3
Hag. 0 2 2
Zech. 1 10 11
Mal. 2 5 7
NT 137 328 465
BM 145 485 630
DC 65 106 171
PGP 8 27 35
TOTAL 882 1906 2788

Num. 4:13
And they shall take away the ashes from the altar, and spread a purple cloth thereon:

Num. 9:16
So it was alway: the cloud covered it by day, and the appearance of fire by night.

Num. 11:6
But now our soul is dried away: there is nothing at all, beside this manna, before our eyes.

Num. 13:17
And Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said unto them, Get you up this way southward, and go up into the mountain:

Num. 14:25
(Now the Amalekites and the Canaanites dwelt in the valley.) To morrow turn you, and get you into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea.

Num. 14:43
For the Amalekites and the Canaanites are there before you, and ye shall fall by the sword: because ye are turned away from the Lord, therefore the Lord will not be with you.

Num. 17:10
And the Lord said unto Moses, Bring Aaron's rod again before the testimony, to be kept for a token against the rebels; and thou shalt quite take away their murmurings from me, that they die not.

Num. 20:17
Let us pass, I pray thee, through thy country: we will not pass through the fields, or through the vineyards, neither will we drink of the water of the wells: we will go by the king's high way, we will not turn to the right hand nor to the left, until we have passed thy borders.

Num. 20:19
And the children of Israel said unto him, We will go by the high way: and if I and my cattle drink of thy water, then I will pay for it: I will only, without doing any thing else, go through on my feet.

Num. 20:21
Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his border: wherefore Israel turned away from him.

Num. 21:1
And when king Arad the Canaanite, which dwelt in the south, heard tell that Israel came by the way of the spies; then he fought against Israel, and took some of them prisoners.

Num. 21:4
And they journeyed from mount Hor by the way of the Red sea, to compass the land of Edom: and the soul of the people was much discouraged because of the way.

Num. 21:7
Therefore the people came to Moses, and said, We have sinned, for we have spoken against the Lord, and against thee; pray unto the Lord, that he take away the serpents from us. And Moses prayed for the people.

Num. 21:22
Let me pass through thy land: we will not turn into the fields, or into the vineyards; we will not drink of the waters of the well: but we will go along by the king's high way, until we be past thy borders.

Num. 21:33
And they turned and went up by the way of Bashan: and Og the king of Bashan went out against them, he, and all his people, to the battle at Edrei.

Num. 22:22
And God's anger was kindled because he went: and the angel of the Lord stood in the way for an adversary against him. Now he was riding upon his ass, and his two servants were with him.

Num. 22:23
And the ass saw the angel of the Lord standing in the way, and his sword drawn in his hand: and the ass turned aside out of the way, and went into the field: and Balaam smote the ass, to turn her into the way.

Num. 22:26
And the angel of the Lord went further, and stood in a narrow place, where was no way to turn either to the right hand or to the left.

Num. 22:31
Then the Lord opened the eyes of Balaam, and he saw the angel of the Lord standing in the way, and his sword drawn in his hand: and he bowed down his head, and fell flat on his face.

Num. 22:32
And the angel of the Lord said unto him, Wherefore hast thou smitten thine ass these three times? behold, I went out to withstand thee, because thy way is perverse before me:

Num. 22:34
And Balaam said unto the angel of the Lord, I have sinned; for I knew not that thou stoodest in the way against me: now therefore, if it displease thee, I will get me back again.

Num. 24:22
Nevertheless the Kenite shall be wasted, until Asshur shall carry thee away captive.

Num. 24:25
And Balaam rose up, and went and returned to his place: and Balak also went his way.

Num. 25:4
And the Lord said unto Moses, Take all the heads of the people, and hang them up before the Lord against the sun, that the fierce anger of the Lord may be turned away from Israel.

Num. 25:11
Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, hath turned my wrath away from the children of Israel, while he was zealous for my sake among them, that I consumed not the children of Israel in my jealousy.

Num. 27:4
Why should the name of our father be done away from among his family, because he hath no son? Give unto us therefore a possession among the brethren of our father.

Num. 30:15
But if he shall any ways make them void after that he hath heard them; then he shall bear her iniquity.

Num. 32:15
For if ye turn away from after him, he will yet again leave them in the wilderness; and ye shall destroy all this people.

Num. 36:4
And when the jubilee of the children of Israel shall be, then shall their inheritance be put unto the inheritance of the tribe whereunto they are received: so shall their inheritance be taken away from the inheritance of the tribe of our fathers.