Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'heard' occurs 836 times in the standard works.

179 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'heard' in the standard works and contain 21.4% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 76 minutes to read the entire list.

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3 Ne. 17:15-17 (5 in 3 verses)

Isa. 37:6-9 (4 in 4 verses)

Isa. 37:8-11 (4 in 4 verses)

Rev. 18:22-19:1 (4 in 4 verses)

3 Ne. 11:3-6 (4 in 4 verses)

Num. 30:7-8 (3 in 2 verses)

Deut. 5:26-28 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Sam. 7:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

Jer. 26:10-12 (3 in 3 verses)

Col. 1:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

Rev. 6:5-7 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 1:18-20 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 33:8-10 (3 in 3 verses)

Hel. 5:48-50 (3 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 8:24-9:1 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 21:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 4:12 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 5:17 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 1:41 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 14:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 23:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 26:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Lam. 1:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Dan. 10:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 14:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Mark 6:20 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Jn. 2:24 (2 in 1 verse)

Rev. 14:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Rev. 22:8 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 1:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 19:31 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 36:11 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 2:1 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 19:36 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 3:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Moro. 2:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Moses 6:39 (2 in 1 verse)

JS-H 1:24 (2 in 1 verse)

JS-H 1:46 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 27:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 14:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 30:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 30:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 4:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 5:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 2:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 22:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 13:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 23:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 4:34-5:1 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 10:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 21:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 19:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 22:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 9:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 34:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)


Ezra 3:13-4:1 (2 in 2 verses)

 3:13 So that the people could not discern the noise of the shout of joy from the noise of the weeping of the people: for the people shouted with a loud shout, and the noise was heard afar off.

 4:1 Now when the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the children of the captivity builded the temple unto the Lord God of Israel;




Ps. 6:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Eccl. 9:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 48:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 3:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 35:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 12:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 22:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 4:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 8:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 18:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 14:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Jacob 7:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Enos 1:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 20:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 28:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 28:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Morm. 8:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 76:49-50 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 102:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 128:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 7:48-49 (2 in 2 verses)

Abr. 1:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 393 12 405
Gen. 30 0 30
Ex. 12 0 12
Lev. 2 0 2
Num. 21 0 21
Deut. 13 1 14
Josh. 14 1 15
Judg. 5 0 5
Ruth 1 0 1
1 Sam. 27 0 27
2 Sam. 11 0 11
1 Kgs. 29 0 29
2 Kgs. 19 1 20
1 Chr. 6 0 6
2 Chr. 15 1 16
Ezra 3 0 3
Neh. 12 3 15
Esth. 2 0 2
Job 13 0 13
Ps. 31 2 33
Prov. 1 0 1
Eccl. 2 0 2
Song. 1 0 1
Isa. 30 2 32
Jer. 53 0 53
Lam. 4 0 4
Ezek. 14 0 14
Dan. 11 0 11
Hosea 2 0 2
Obad. 1 0 1
Jonah 1 1 2
Micah 1 0 1
Nahum 1 0 1
Hab. 2 0 2
Zeph. 1 0 1
Zech. 1 0 1
Mal. 1 0 1
NT 248 0 248
BM 141 2 143
DC 31 0 31
PGP 23 0 23
TOTAL 836 14 850

Ezra 3:13
So that the people could not discern the noise of the shout of joy from the noise of the weeping of the people: for the people shouted with a loud shout, and the noise was heard afar off.

Ezra 4:1
Now when the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the children of the captivity builded the temple unto the Lord God of Israel;

Ezra 9:3
And when I heard this thing, I rent my garment and my mantle, and plucked off the hair of my head and of my beard, and sat down astonied.