Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'saying' occurs 1795 times in the standard works.

457 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'saying' in the standard works and contain 25.5% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 211 minutes to read the entire list.

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2 Chr. 10:6-10 (5 in 5 verses)

D&C 88:102-106 (5 in 5 verses)

Moses 5:9-13 (5 in 5 verses)

Josh. 1:10-13 (4 in 4 verses)

2 Sam. 19:8-11 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Kgs. 12:7-10 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Kgs. 12:9-12 (4 in 4 verses)

2 Kgs. 8:6-9 (4 in 4 verses)

2 Kgs. 14:6-9 (4 in 4 verses)

Jer. 29:22-25 (4 in 4 verses)

Luke 23:2-5 (4 in 4 verses)

D&C 43:20-23 (4 in 4 verses)

Moses 7:47-50 (4 in 4 verses)

Gen. 50:4-5 (3 in 2 verses)

Num. 6:22-23 (3 in 2 verses)

Josh. 4:21-22 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 27:11-12 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 13:3-4 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 20:4-5 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 19:9-10 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 25:17-18 (3 in 2 verses)

Isa. 37:9-10 (3 in 2 verses)

Jer. 44:25-26 (3 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 11:19-20 (3 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 12:1-2 (3 in 2 verses)

Moses 7:1-2 (3 in 2 verses)

Gen. 32:17-19 (3 in 3 verses)

Josh. 2:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Sam. 3:12-14 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Sam. 17:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Kgs. 12:14-16 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Kgs. 13:30-32 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Kgs. 21:17-19 (3 in 3 verses)

Neh. 6:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

Jer. 27:14-16 (3 in 3 verses)

Jer. 28:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

Jer. 36:27-29 (3 in 3 verses)

Hag. 1:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

Zech. 4:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

Zech. 4:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

Zech. 7:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

Matt. 26:68-70 (3 in 3 verses)

Luke 4:34-36 (3 in 3 verses)

Rev. 14:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

Rev. 19:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 11:30-32 (3 in 3 verses)

Moses 1:19-21 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 27:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 42:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 43:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 48:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 50:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 35:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 9:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 22:24 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 16:2 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 20:18 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 1:51 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 18:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 22:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Zech. 6:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Luke 9:45 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 7:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 8:29 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 14:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 17:28 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 9:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Moses 4:1 (2 in 1 verse)

JS-H 1:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 18:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 23:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 38:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 42:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 7:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 16:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 31:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 36:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 4:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 6:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 6:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 7:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 7:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 11:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 12:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 17:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 21:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 23:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 23:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 9:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 16:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 19:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 36:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 1:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 13:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 20:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 7:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 17:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 23:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 24:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 3:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 7:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 1:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 2:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 2:38-39 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 12:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 21:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 21:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 22:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 6:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 8:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 9:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 10:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 17:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 4:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 21:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 11:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 18:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 32:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Neh. 6:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 3:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 29:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 2:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 11:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 26:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 26:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 26:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 28:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 29:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 30:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 32:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 33:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 34:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 39:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 12:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 18:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 33:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Hag. 2:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Hag. 2:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Hag. 2:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Zech. 6:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Zech. 7:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 3:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 8:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 9:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 13:35-36 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 14:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 15:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 17:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 18:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 20:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 21:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 22:42-43 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 25:44-45 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 27:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 1:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 8:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 8:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 8:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 9:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 1:66-67 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 5:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 7:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 8:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 8:49-50 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 12:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 15:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 18:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 21:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 22:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 23:39-40 (2 in 2 verses)

John 7:36-37 (2 in 2 verses)

John 8:51-52 (2 in 2 verses)

John 11:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

John 19:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 7:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 11:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 16:35-36 (2 in 2 verses)

Rev. 5:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Rev. 7:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Rev. 18:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 3:31-4:1 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 11:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 11:35-36 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 17:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 31:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 10:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 14:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 14:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 19:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 30:51-52 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 9:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 8:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 28:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 1:36-37 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 5:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 6:54-55 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 7:58-59 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 990 10 1000
Gen. 79 0 79
Ex. 47 0 47
Lev. 51 0 51
Num. 87 1 88
Deut. 39 0 39
Josh. 42 0 42
Judg. 30 1 31
Ruth 3 0 3
1 Sam. 52 1 53
2 Sam. 46 0 46
1 Kgs. 78 0 78
2 Kgs. 63 0 63
1 Chr. 16 0 16
2 Chr. 48 2 50
Ezra 5 0 5
Neh. 9 0 9
Esth. 1 0 1
Job 5 0 5
Ps. 8 2 10
Prov. 1 3 4
Eccl. 1 0 1
Song. 1 0 1
Isa. 36 0 36
Jer. 126 0 126
Lam. 1 0 1
Ezek. 67 0 67
Dan. 3 0 3
Amos 4 0 4
Jonah 4 0 4
Micah 1 0 1
Hag. 10 0 10
Zech. 26 0 26
NT 455 26 481
BM 233 27 260
DC 49 13 62
PGP 68 0 68
TOTAL 1795 76 1871

Deut. 1:5
On this side Jordan, in the land of Moab, began Moses to declare this law, saying,

Deut. 1:6
The Lord our God spake unto us in Horeb, saying, Ye have dwelt long enough in this mount:

Deut. 1:9
And I spake unto you at that time, saying, I am not able to bear you myself alone:

Deut. 1:16
And I charged your judges at that time, saying, Hear the causes between your brethren, and judge righteously between every man and his brother, and the stranger that is with him.

Deut. 1:23
And the saying pleased me well: and I took twelve men of you, one of a tribe:

Deut. 1:28
Whither shall we go up? our brethren have discouraged our heart, saying, The people is greater and taller than we; the cities are great and walled up to heaven; and moreover we have seen the sons of the Anakims there.

Deut. 1:34
And the Lord heard the voice of your words, and was wroth, and sware, saying,

Deut. 1:37
Also the Lord was angry with me for your sakes, saying, Thou also shalt not go in thither.

Deut. 2:2
And the Lord spake unto me, saying,

Deut. 2:4
And command thou the people, saying, Ye are to pass through the coast of your brethren the children of Esau, which dwell in Seir; and they shall be afraid of you: take ye good heed unto yourselves therefore:

Deut. 2:17
That the Lord spake unto me, saying,

Deut. 2:26
And I sent messengers out of the wilderness of Kedemoth unto Sihon king of Heshbon with words of peace, saying,

Deut. 3:18
And I commanded you at that time, saying, The Lord your God hath given you this land to possess it: ye shall pass over armed before your brethren the children of Israel, all that are meet for the war.

Deut. 3:21
And I commanded Joshua at that time, saying, Thine eyes have seen all that the Lord your God hath done unto these two kings: so shall the Lord do unto all the kingdoms whither thou passest.

Deut. 3:23
And I besought the Lord at that time, saying,

Deut. 5:5
(I stood between the Lord and you at that time, to shew you the word of the Lord: for ye were afraid by reason of the fire, and went not up into the mount;) saying,

Deut. 6:20
And when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What mean the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which the Lord our God hath commanded you?

Deut. 9:4
Speak not thou in thine heart, after that the Lord thy God hath cast them out from before thee, saying, For my righteousness the Lord hath brought me in to possess this land: but for the wickedness of these nations the Lord doth drive them out from before thee.

Deut. 9:13
Furthermore the Lord spake unto me, saying, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people:

Deut. 9:23
Likewise when the Lord sent you from Kadesh-barnea, saying, Go up and possess the land which I have given you; then ye rebelled against the commandment of the Lord your God, and ye believed him not, nor hearkened to his voice.

Deut. 12:30
Take heed to thyself that thou be not snared by following them, after that they be destroyed from before thee; and that thou inquire not after their gods, saying, How did these nations serve their gods? even so will I do likewise.

Deut. 13:2
And the sign or the wonder come to pass, whereof he spake unto thee, saying, Let us go after other gods, which thou hast not known, and let us serve them;

Deut. 13:6
If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, which is as thine own soul, entice thee secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which thou hast not known, thou, nor thy fathers;

Deut. 13:12
If thou shalt hear say in one of thy cities, which the Lord thy God hath given thee to dwell there, saying,

Deut. 13:13
Certain men, the children of Belial, are gone out from among you, and have withdrawn the inhabitants of their city, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which ye have not known;

Deut. 15:9
Beware that there be not a thought in thy wicked heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thine eye be evil against thy poor brother, and thou givest him nought; and he cry unto the Lord against thee, and it be sin unto thee.

Deut. 15:11
For the poor shall never cease out of the land: therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land.

Deut. 18:16
According to all that thou desiredst of the Lord thy God in Horeb in the day of the assembly, saying, Let me not hear again the voice of the Lord my God, neither let me see this great fire any more, that I die not.

Deut. 19:7
Wherefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt separate three cities for thee.

Deut. 20:5
And the officers shall speak unto the people, saying, What man is there that hath built a new house, and hath not dedicated it? let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man dedicate it.

Deut. 22:17
And, lo, he hath given occasions of speech against her, saying, I found not thy daughter a maid; and yet these are the tokens of my daughter's virginity. And they shall spread the cloth before the elders of the city.

Deut. 27:1
And Moses with the elders of Israel commanded the people, saying, Keep all the commandments which I command you this day.

Deut. 27:9
And Moses and the priests the Levites spake unto all Israel, saying, Take heed, and hearken, O Israel; this day thou art become the people of the Lord thy God.

Deut. 27:11
And Moses charged the people the same day, saying,

Deut. 29:19
And it come to pass, when he heareth the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the imagination of mine heart, to add drunkenness to thirst:

Deut. 31:10
And Moses commanded them, saying, At the end of every seven years, in the solemnity of the year of release, in the feast of tabernacles,

Deut. 31:25
That Moses commanded the Levites, which bare the ark of the covenant of the Lord, saying,

Deut. 32:48
And the Lord spake unto Moses that selfsame day, saying,

Deut. 34:4
And the Lord said unto him, This is the land which I sware unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, saying, I will give it unto thy seed: I have caused thee to see it with thine eyes, but thou shalt not go over thither.