Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'high' occurs 614 times in the standard works.

184 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'high' in the standard works and contain 30% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 79 minutes to read the entire list.

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D&C 102:24-30 (9 in 7 verses)

D&C 102:1-8 (9 in 8 verses)

Alma 13:6-14 (9 in 9 verses)

D&C 107:76-82 (7 in 7 verses)

D&C 20:66-67 (6 in 2 verses)

D&C 107:33-38 (6 in 6 verses)

D&C 107:64-69 (6 in 6 verses)

2 Kgs. 23:13-15 (4 in 3 verses)

John 18:13-16 (4 in 4 verses)

Heb. 7:26-8:1 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 30:20-23 (4 in 4 verses)

D&C 107:9-12 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Kgs. 13:32-33 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 23:8-9 (3 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 11:11-12 (3 in 2 verses)

Gen. 14:18-20 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Sam. 9:12-14 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Kgs. 3:2-4 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Kgs. 17:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)

Isa. 2:13-15 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 17:22-24 (3 in 3 verses)

Dan. 7:25-27 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 12:13-15 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 4:18-20 (3 in 3 verses)

Num. 35:28 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 14:23 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 22:43 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 12:3 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 14:4 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 15:4 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 15:35 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 17:32 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 24:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 30:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 57:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Acts 4:6 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 11:6 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 4:32 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 85:11 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 12:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 23:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 23:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 34:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 68:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 113:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 17:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 16:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 20:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 31:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 4:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 26:57-58 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 26:62-63 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 14:53-54 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 14:60-61 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 23:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Heb. 4:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Heb. 6:20-7:1 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 4:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 6:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 78:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 81:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 6:37-38 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 332 73 405
Gen. 6 8 14
Ex. 4 1 5
Lev. 3 0 3
Num. 13 4 17
Deut. 11 0 11
Josh. 1 0 1
Judg. 1 8 9
1 Sam. 8 3 11
2 Sam. 7 3 10
1 Kgs. 22 0 22
2 Kgs. 33 2 35
1 Chr. 5 0 5
2 Chr. 26 0 26
Neh. 4 1 5
Esth. 2 0 2
Job 11 2 13
Ps. 51 5 56
Prov. 5 3 8
Eccl. 1 3 4
Song. 0 2 2
Isa. 34 13 47
Jer. 21 3 24
Lam. 2 0 2
Ezek. 24 8 32
Dan. 15 3 18
Hosea 3 0 3
Amos 2 1 3
Obad. 1 0 1
Micah 4 0 4
Hab. 3 0 3
Zeph. 1 0 1
Hag. 5 0 5
Zech. 3 0 3
NT 84 27 111
BM 69 24 93
DC 122 10 132
PGP 7 0 7
TOTAL 614 134 748

Deut. 2:27
Let me pass through thy land: I will go along by the high way, I will neither turn unto the right hand nor to the left.

Deut. 3:5
All these cities were fenced with high walls, gates, and bars; beside unwalled towns a great many.

Deut. 12:2
Ye shall utterly destroy all the places, wherein the nations which ye shall possess served their gods, upon the high mountains, and upon the hills, and under every green tree:

Deut. 26:19
And to make thee high above all nations which he hath made, in praise, and in name, and in honour; and that thou mayest be an holy people unto the Lord thy God, as he hath spoken.

Deut. 28:1
And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the Lord thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth:

Deut. 28:43
The stranger that is within thee shall get up above thee very high; and thou shalt come down very low.

Deut. 28:52
And he shall besiege thee in all thy gates, until thy high and fenced walls come down, wherein thou trustedst, throughout all thy land: and he shall besiege thee in all thy gates throughout all thy land, which the Lord thy God hath given thee.

Deut. 32:8
When the most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel.

Deut. 32:13
He made him ride on the high places of the earth, that he might eat the increase of the fields; and he made him to suck honey out of the rock, and oil out of the flinty rock;

Deut. 32:27
Were it not that I feared the wrath of the enemy, lest their adversaries should behave themselves strangely, and lest they should say, Our hand is high, and the Lord hath not done all this.

Deut. 33:29
Happy art thou, O Israel: who is like unto thee, O people saved by the Lord, the shield of thy help, and who is the sword of thy excellency! and thine enemies shall be found liars unto thee; and thou shalt tread upon their high places.