Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'spake' occurs 798 times in the standard works.

141 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'spake' in the standard works and contain 17.7% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 63 minutes to read the entire list.

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1 Ne. 11:30-32 (4 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 4:32-35 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Kgs. 4:32-33 (3 in 2 verses)

Matt. 13:33-34 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 15:19-20 (3 in 2 verses)

Jacob 7:17-18 (3 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 23:2-3 (3 in 2 verses)

Ex. 6:27-29 (3 in 3 verses)

Ex. 16:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 1:28-2:2 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 2:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 4:22-24 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 1:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 4:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)

Moses 2:5-7 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Kgs. 12:10 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 10:10 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 10:10 (2 in 1 verse)

John 10:6 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 11:11 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 12:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 12:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 33:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 5:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 27:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 34:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 42:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 6:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 6:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 7:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 19:25-20:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 24:23-25:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 5:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 7:89-8:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 2:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 20:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 8:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 17:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 18:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 23:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 12:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 13:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 26:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 26:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 4:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 19:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 4:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 4:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 10:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 10:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 11:35-36 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 19:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 22:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 5:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 2:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 27:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 5:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 18:36-37 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 28:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 13:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 1:36-37 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 6:42-43 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 451 10 461
Gen. 40 0 40
Ex. 37 0 37
Lev. 38 0 38
Num. 75 0 75
Deut. 23 0 23
Josh. 24 0 24
Judg. 7 2 9
Ruth 1 0 1
1 Sam. 21 1 22
2 Sam. 13 0 13
1 Kgs. 35 3 38
2 Kgs. 18 0 18
1 Chr. 4 0 4
2 Chr. 18 1 19
Neh. 3 1 4
Esth. 3 0 3
Job 6 0 6
Ps. 7 1 8
Prov. 1 0 1
Song. 2 0 2
Isa. 6 0 6
Jer. 29 1 30
Ezek. 7 0 7
Dan. 23 0 23
Hosea 2 0 2
Jonah 1 0 1
Hag. 1 0 1
Zech. 5 0 5
Mal. 1 0 1
NT 136 0 136
BM 170 0 170
DC 13 0 13
PGP 28 0 28
TOTAL 798 10 808

2 Sam. 3:19
And Abner also spake in the ears of Benjamin: and Abner went also to speak in the ears of David in Hebron all that seemed good to Israel, and that seemed good to the whole house of Benjamin.

2 Sam. 5:1
Then came all the tribes of Israel to David unto Hebron, and spake, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.

2 Sam. 5:6
And the king and his men went to Jerusalem unto the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land: which spake unto David, saying, Except thou take away the blind and the lame, thou shalt not come in hither: thinking, David cannot come in hither.

2 Sam. 7:7
In all the places wherein I have walked with all the children of Israel spake I a word with any of the tribes of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people Israel, saying, Why build ye not me an house of cedar?

2 Sam. 12:18
And it came to pass on the seventh day, that the child died. And the servants of David feared to tell him that the child was dead: for they said, Behold, while the child was yet alive, we spake unto him, and he would not hearken unto our voice: how will he then vex himself, if we tell him that the child is dead?

2 Sam. 13:22
And Absalom spake unto his brother Amnon neither good nor bad: for Absalom hated Amnon, because he had forced his sister Tamar.

2 Sam. 14:4
And when the woman of Tekoah spake to the king, she fell on her face to the ground, and did obeisance, and said, Help, O king.

2 Sam. 17:6
And when Hushai was come to Absalom, Absalom spake unto him, saying, Ahithophel hath spoken after this manner: shall we do after his saying? if not; speak thou.

2 Sam. 20:18
Then she spake, saying, They were wont to speak in old time, saying, They shall surely ask counsel at Abel: and so they ended the matter.

2 Sam. 22:1
And David spake unto the Lord the words of this song in the day that the Lord had delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul:

2 Sam. 23:2
The Spirit of the Lord spake by me, and his word was in my tongue.

2 Sam. 23:3
The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake to me, He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God.

2 Sam. 24:17
And David spake unto the Lord when he saw the angel that smote the people, and said, Lo, I have sinned, and I have done wickedly: but these sheep, what have they done? let thine hand, I pray thee, be against me, and against my father's house.