Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'told' occurs 351 times in the standard works.

74 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'told' in the standard works and contain 21.1% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 31 minutes to read the entire list.

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Judg. 14:16-17 (4 in 2 verses)

Gen. 29:12-13 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 17:17-18 (3 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 19:22-24 (3 in 3 verses)

JS-H 1:48-50 (3 in 3 verses)

Judg. 13:6 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 10:16 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 10:3 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 13:11 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 9:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Esth. 3:4 (2 in 1 verse)

John 16:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 9:41 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 37:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 45:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 48:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 16:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 4:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 11:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 19:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 25:36-37 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 1:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 18:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 7:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 8:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 12:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 4:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 2:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 24:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 13:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 20:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 22:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 45:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

JS-M 1:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 221 0 221
Gen. 34 0 34
Ex. 7 0 7
Lev. 1 0 1
Num. 6 0 6
Deut. 1 0 1
Josh. 4 0 4
Judg. 22 0 22
Ruth 1 0 1
1 Sam. 35 0 35
2 Sam. 25 0 25
1 Kgs. 17 0 17
2 Kgs. 21 0 21
1 Chr. 3 0 3
2 Chr. 7 0 7
Ezra 1 0 1
Neh. 3 0 3
Esth. 11 0 11
Job 2 0 2
Ps. 3 0 3
Eccl. 1 0 1
Isa. 6 0 6
Jer. 2 0 2
Dan. 5 0 5
Jonah 1 0 1
Hab. 1 0 1
Zech. 1 0 1
NT 61 2 63
BM 46 1 47
DC 10 1 11
PGP 13 0 13
TOTAL 351 4 355

2 Chr. 2:2
And Solomon told out threescore and ten thousand men to bear burdens, and fourscore thousand to hew in the mountain, and three thousand and six hundred to oversee them.

2 Chr. 5:6
Also king Solomon, and all the congregation of Israel that were assembled unto him before the ark, sacrificed sheep and oxen, which could not be told nor numbered for multitude.

2 Chr. 9:2
And Solomon told her all her questions: and there was nothing hid from Solomon which he told her not.

2 Chr. 9:6
Howbeit I believed not their words, until I came, and mine eyes had seen it: and, behold, the one half of the greatness of thy wisdom was not told me: for thou exceedest the fame that I heard.

2 Chr. 20:2
Then there came some that told Jehoshaphat, saying, There cometh a great multitude against thee from beyond the sea on this side Syria; and, behold, they be in Hazazon-tamar, which is En-gedi.

2 Chr. 34:18
Then Shaphan the scribe told the king, saying, Hilkiah the priest hath given me a book. And Shaphan read it before the king.