Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'over' occurs 1475 times in the standard works.

636 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'over' in the standard works and contain 43.1% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 254 minutes to read the entire list.

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1 Chr. 27:25-28:5 (18 in 15 verses)

D&C 107:85-95 (12 in 11 verses)

2 Sam. 2:4-15 (12 in 12 verses)

Judg. 9:8-15 (9 in 8 verses)

Gen. 1:26-28 (8 in 3 verses)

Moses 2:26-28 (8 in 3 verses)

Abr. 4:26-28 (8 in 3 verses)

Josh. 4:7-13 (7 in 7 verses)

Neh. 3:25-31 (7 in 7 verses)

Deut. 1:13-15 (6 in 3 verses)

Num. 10:22-27 (6 in 6 verses)

2 Sam. 4:12-5:5 (6 in 6 verses)

2 Sam. 17:19-24 (6 in 6 verses)

2 Sam. 19:36-41 (6 in 6 verses)

Mosiah 23:37-24:3 (6 in 6 verses)

2 Sam. 15:22-23 (5 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 19:15-18 (5 in 4 verses)

2 Sam. 20:21-24 (5 in 4 verses)

1 Kgs. 4:4-7 (5 in 4 verses)

Ezek. 48:18-21 (5 in 4 verses)

Ex. 8:5-9 (5 in 5 verses)

Josh. 3:14-4:1 (5 in 5 verses)

Josh. 3:16-4:3 (5 in 5 verses)

1 Sam. 14:4-8 (5 in 5 verses)

1 Chr. 29:26-30 (5 in 5 verses)

Rev. 14:18-15:2 (5 in 5 verses)

Alma 30:19-23 (5 in 5 verses)

Deut. 17:14-15 (4 in 2 verses)

Judg. 8:22-23 (4 in 2 verses)

Gen. 32:21-23 (4 in 3 verses)

Dan. 6:1-3 (4 in 3 verses)

Matt. 25:21-23 (4 in 3 verses)

Alma 46:5-7 (4 in 3 verses)

Josh. 4:22-5:1 (4 in 4 verses)

Judg. 11:29-32 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Sam. 8:9-12 (4 in 4 verses)

Eccl. 7:14-17 (4 in 4 verses)

Mosiah 24:8-11 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 35:6-9 (4 in 4 verses)

Num. 1:50 (3 in 1 verse)

Neh. 9:37 (3 in 1 verse)

Alma 7:5 (3 in 1 verse)

Ether 10:9 (3 in 1 verse)

Ether 10:32 (3 in 1 verse)

Deut. 2:13-14 (3 in 2 verses)

Deut. 4:21-22 (3 in 2 verses)

Deut. 31:2-3 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 1:34-35 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 9:19-20 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 12:14-15 (3 in 2 verses)

Isa. 8:7-8 (3 in 2 verses)

Dan. 2:48-49 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 18:7-8 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 8:2-3 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 8:11-12 (3 in 2 verses)

Ether 9:3-4 (3 in 2 verses)

Ex. 10:12-14 (3 in 3 verses)

Num. 10:14-16 (3 in 3 verses)

Num. 10:18-20 (3 in 3 verses)

Deut. 3:27-29 (3 in 3 verses)

Deut. 27:2-4 (3 in 3 verses)

Josh. 8:31-33 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Sam. 12:12-14 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Sam. 19:31-33 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Kgs. 5:14-16 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Chr. 26:20-22 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 1:20-22 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 42:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

Acts 27:5-7 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 15:18-16:1 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 16:5-7 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 43:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 50:39-51:1 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 51:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 107:60-62 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 124:136-138 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 1:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 21:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 31:52 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 37:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 15:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 25:46 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 10:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 31:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 15:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 28:63 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 30:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 5:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 9:2 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 15:1 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 1:17 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 3:10 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 6:21 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 7:8 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 4:24 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 9:23 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 15:25 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 16:29 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 22:51 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 9:6 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 10:5 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 24:31 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 26:26 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 25:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezra 4:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Neh. 12:24 (2 in 1 verse)

Esth. 5:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Esth. 9:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 108:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 11:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 15:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 19:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 25:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 45:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 51:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 62:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 1:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 31:28 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 42:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 47:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Dan. 11:43 (2 in 1 verse)

Jonah 4:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Micah 3:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Zeph. 3:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Mark 10:42 (2 in 1 verse)

Luke 15:7 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 1:25 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 5:3 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 8:23 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 21:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 7:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 14:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 16:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 21:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 47:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 48:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 53:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 61:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 11:24 (2 in 1 verse)

Moro. 9:24 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 117:10 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 132:53 (2 in 1 verse)

Moses 2:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Abr. 4:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 39:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 41:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 41:40-41 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 14:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 26:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 14:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 26:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 8:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 32:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 2:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 11:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 18:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Ruth 2:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 9:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 15:35-16:1 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 3:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 8:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 11:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 12:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 19:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 2:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 8:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 11:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 11:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 11:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 9:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 11:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 18:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 6:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 10:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Neh. 7:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Neh. 11:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Neh. 12:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Neh. 12:37-38 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 124:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Prov. 19:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Eccl. 8:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 23:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 1:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 10:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 10:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 41:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 45:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 2:38-39 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 4:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 11:39-40 (2 in 2 verses)


Acts 7:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

 7:10 And delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favour and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and he made him governor over Egypt and all his house.

 7:11 Now there came a dearth over all the land of Egypt and Chanaan, and great affliction: and our fathers found no sustenance.




1 Ne. 2:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 2:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 4:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 21:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 34:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 34:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 35:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 35:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 43:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 43:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 45:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 49:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 51:37-52:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 52:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 60:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 62:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 62:52-63:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 4:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 6:41-7:1 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 2:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 6:30-7:1 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 1:35-36 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 77:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 102:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 107:65-66 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 124:133-134 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 124:140-141 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 127:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Abr. 2:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

JS-M 1:49-50 (2 in 2 verses)

JS-H 1:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 886 916 1802
NT 122 159 281
Matt. 15 21 36
Mark 13 10 23
Luke 26 20 46
John 5 17 22
Acts 16 18 34
Rom. 9 6 15
1 Cor. 2 13 15
2 Cor. 4 7 11
Gal. 0 2 2
Eph. 2 0 2
Col. 1 0 1
1 Thes. 2 1 3
1 Tim. 1 2 3
2 Tim. 0 5 5
Titus 0 2 2
Heb. 7 4 11
James 1 1 2
1 Pet. 2 3 5
2 Pet. 0 7 7
1 Jn. 0 6 6
Jude 1 0 1
Rev. 15 14 29
BM 321 244 565
DC 110 81 191
PGP 36 22 58
TOTAL 1475 1422 2897

Acts 2:26
Therefore did my heart rejoice, and my tongue was glad; moreover also my flesh shall rest in hope:

Acts 5:15
Insomuch that they brought forth the sick into the streets, and laid them on beds and couches, that at the least the shadow of Peter passing by might overshadow some of them.

Acts 5:39
But if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it; lest haply ye be found even to fight against God.

Acts 6:3
Wherefore, brethren, look ye out among you seven men of honest report, full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business.

Acts 7:10
And delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favour and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and he made him governor over Egypt and all his house.

Acts 7:11
Now there came a dearth over all the land of Egypt and Chanaan, and great affliction: and our fathers found no sustenance.

Acts 7:16
And were carried over into Sychem, and laid in the sepulchre that Abraham bought for a sum of money of the sons of Emmor the father of Sychem.

Acts 7:27
But he that did his neighbour wrong thrust him away, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge over us?

Acts 8:2
And devout men carried Stephen to his burial, and made great lamentation over him.

Acts 11:12
And the Spirit bade me go with them, nothing doubting. Moreover these six brethren accompanied me, and we entered into the man's house:

Acts 16:9
And a vision appeared to Paul in the night; There stood a man of Macedonia, and prayed him, saying, Come over into Macedonia, and help us.

Acts 18:23
And after he had spent some time there, he departed, and went over all the country of Galatia and Phrygia in order, strengthening all the disciples.

Acts 19:13
Then certain of the vagabond Jews, exorcists, took upon them to call over them which had evil spirits the name of the Lord Jesus, saying, We adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preacheth.

Acts 19:16
And the man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on them, and overcame them, and prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.

Acts 19:26
Moreover ye see and hear, that not alone at Ephesus, but almost throughout all Asia, this Paul hath persuaded and turned away much people, saying that they be no gods, which are made with hands:

Acts 20:2
And when he had gone over those parts, and had given them much exhortation, he came into Greece,

Acts 20:15
And we sailed thence, and came the next day over against Chios; and the next day we arrived at Samos, and tarried at Trogyllium; and the next day we came to Miletus.

Acts 20:28
Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.

Acts 21:2
And finding a ship sailing over unto Phenicia, we went aboard, and set forth.

Acts 21:3
Now when we had discovered Cyprus, we left it on the left hand, and sailed into Syria, and landed at Tyre: for there the ship was to unlade her burden.

Acts 23:24
And provide them beasts, that they may set Paul on, and bring him safe unto Felix the governor.

Acts 23:26
Claudius Lysias unto the most excellent governor Felix sendeth greeting.

Acts 23:33
Who, when they came to Caesarea, and delivered the epistle to the governor, presented Paul also before him.

Acts 23:34
And when the governor had read the letter, he asked of what province he was. And when he understood that he was of Cilicia;

Acts 24:1
And after five days Ananias the high priest descended with the elders, and with a certain orator named Tertullus, who informed the governor against Paul.

Acts 24:5
For we have found this man a pestilent fellow, and a mover of sedition among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes:

Acts 24:10
Then Paul, after that the governor had beckoned unto him to speak, answered, Forasmuch as I know that thou hast been of many years a judge unto this nation, I do the more cheerfully answer for myself:

Acts 26:30
And when he had thus spoken, the king rose up, and the governor, and Bernice, and they that sat with them:

Acts 27:5
And when we had sailed over the sea of Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came to Myra, a city of Lycia.

Acts 27:7
And when we had sailed slowly many days, and scarce were come over against Cnidus, the wind not suffering us, we sailed under Crete, over against Salmone;

Acts 27:39
And when it was day, they knew not the land: but they discovered a certain creek with a shore, into the which they were minded, if it were possible, to thrust in the ship.