Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'about' occurs 951 times in the standard works.

267 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'about' in the standard works and contain 28.1% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 106 minutes to read the entire list.

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Ezek. 41:5-12 (9 in 8 verses)

Jonah 2:3-6 (5 in 4 verses)

Mosiah 19:5-8 (5 in 4 verses)

1 Kgs. 7:20-24 (5 in 5 verses)

Ezek. 32:22-26 (5 in 5 verses)

Alma 48:8 (4 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 6:5-6 (4 in 2 verses)

Ex. 28:32-34 (4 in 3 verses)

1 Sam. 5:8-10 (4 in 3 verses)

Ps. 118:10-12 (4 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 5:5-7 (4 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 40:14-17 (4 in 4 verses)

Ezek. 41:16-19 (4 in 4 verses)

Ezek. 46:23-47:2 (4 in 4 verses)

Job 1:10 (3 in 1 verse)

Ex. 25:24-25 (3 in 2 verses)

Ex. 37:11-12 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 4:2-3 (3 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 1:27-28 (3 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 45:1-2 (3 in 2 verses)

Enos 1:19-20 (3 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 27:10-11 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 33:21-22 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 34:15-16 (3 in 2 verses)

Hel. 5:43-44 (3 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 17:24-25 (3 in 2 verses)

Morm. 1:2-3 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 101:45-46 (3 in 2 verses)

Josh. 7:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 42:15-17 (3 in 3 verses)

Mark 3:32-34 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 22:27-29 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 42:13-15 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 50:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

Hel. 1:26-28 (3 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 11:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

Morm. 5:16-18 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 111:5-7 (3 in 3 verses)

Ex. 30:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 37:26 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 38:31 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 11:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 48:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 88:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 125:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Eccl. 1:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 16:57 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 27:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 43:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Mark 6:55 (2 in 1 verse)

Acts 22:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Rev. 7:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 3:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 26:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 28:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 37:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 42:26 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 52:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 53:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 62:34 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 3:14 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 4:7 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 8:19 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 88:41 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 100:3 (2 in 1 verse)

JS-H 1:61 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 39:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 11:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 22:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 11:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 17:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Neh. 12:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 79:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 89:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 97:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Song. 3:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 50:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 52:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 5:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 40:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 42:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 43:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Joel 3:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 3:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 20:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 10:40-41 (2 in 2 verses)

John 7:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

James 3:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Rev. 4:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 8:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Jacob 5:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Jacob 5:63-64 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 2:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 10:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 19:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 43:35-36 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 43:52-53 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 53:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 57:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 1:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 5:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 5:49-50 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 101:70-71 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 471 1 472
NT 161 1 162
BM 262 0 262
1 Ne. 16 0 16
2 Ne. 7 0 7
Jacob 10 0 10
Enos 3 0 3
Omni 1 0 1
W of M 1 0 1
Mosiah 37 0 37
Alma 111 0 111
Hel. 26 0 26
3 Ne. 29 0 29
4 Ne. 1 0 1
Morm. 11 0 11
Ether 9 0 9
DC 51 0 51
PGP 6 1 7
TOTAL 951 3 954

1 Ne. 3:14
But Laman fled out of his presence, and told the things which Laban had done, unto us. And we began to be exceedingly sorrowful, and my brethren were about to return unto my father in the wilderness.

1 Ne. 4:19
And after I had smitten off his head with his own sword, I took the garments of Laban and put them upon mine own body; yea, even every whit; and I did gird on his armor about my loins.

1 Ne. 4:21
And he supposed me to be his master, Laban, for he beheld the garments and also the sword girded about my loins.

1 Ne. 4:30
And it came to pass that when the servant of Laban beheld my brethren he began to tremble, and was about to flee from before me and return to the city of Jerusalem.

1 Ne. 8:13
And as I cast my eyes round about, that perhaps I might discover my family also, I beheld a river of water; and it ran along, and it was near the tree of which I was partaking the fruit.

1 Ne. 8:25
And after they had partaken of the fruit of the tree they did cast their eyes about as if they were ashamed.

1 Ne. 8:26
And I also cast my eyes round about, and beheld, on the other side of the river of water, a great and spacious building; and it stood as it were in the air, high above the earth.

1 Ne. 16:29
And there was also written upon them a new writing, which was plain to be read, which did give us understanding concerning the ways of the Lord; and it was written and changed from time to time, according to the faith and diligence which we gave unto it. And thus we see that by small means the Lord can bring about great things.

1 Ne. 17:17
And when my brethren saw that I was about to build a ship, they began to murmur against me, saying: Our brother is a fool, for he thinketh that he can build a ship; yea, and he also thinketh that he can cross these great waters.

1 Ne. 17:43
And now, after all these things, the time has come that they have become wicked, yea, nearly unto ripeness; and I know not but they are at this day about to be destroyed; for I know that the day must surely come that they must be destroyed, save a few only, who shall be led away into captivity.

1 Ne. 17:55
And now, they said: We know of a surety that the Lord is with thee, for we know that it is the power of the Lord that has shaken us. And they fell down before me, and were about to worship me, but I would not suffer them, saying: I am thy brother, yea, even thy younger brother; wherefore, worship the Lord thy God, and honor thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long in the land which the Lord thy God shall give thee.

1 Ne. 18:15
And it came to pass that we were about to be swallowed up in the depths of the sea. And after we had been driven back upon the waters for the space of four days, my brethren began to see that the judgments of God were upon them, and that they must perish save that they should repent of their iniquities; wherefore, they came unto me, and loosed the bands which were upon my wrists, and behold they had swollen exceedingly; and also mine ankles were much swollen, and great was the soreness thereof.

1 Ne. 18:18
Because of their grief and much sorrow, and the iniquity of my brethren, they were brought near even to be carried out of this time to meet their God; yea, their grey hairs were about to be brought down to lie low in the dust; yea, even they were near to be cast with sorrow into a watery grave.

1 Ne. 18:20
And there was nothing save it were the power of God, which threatened them with destruction, could soften their hearts; wherefore, when they saw that they were about to be swallowed up in the depths of the sea they repented of the thing which they had done, insomuch that they loosed me.

1 Ne. 21:18
Lift up thine eyes round about and behold; all these gather themselves together, and they shall come to thee. And as I live, saith the Lord, thou shalt surely clothe thee with them all, as with an ornament, and bind them on even as a bride.

1 Ne. 22:11
Wherefore, the Lord God will proceed to make bare his arm in the eyes of all the nations, in bringing about his covenants and his gospel unto those who are of the house of Israel.