Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'sing' occurs 146 times in the standard works.

60 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'sing' in the standard works and contain 41.1% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 22 minutes to read the entire list.

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Ps. 47:6-7 (5 in 2 verses)

 47:6 Sing praises to God, sing praises: sing praises unto our King, sing praises.

 47:7 For God is the King of all the earth: sing ye praises with understanding.





Ps. 59:16-17 (3 in 2 verses)

 59:16 But I will sing of thy power; yea, I will sing aloud of thy mercy in the morning: for thou hast been my defence and refuge in the day of my trouble.

 59:17 Unto thee, O my strength, will I sing: for God is my defence, and the God of my mercy.





Ps. 96:1-2 (3 in 2 verses)

 96:1 O sing unto the Lord a new song: sing unto the Lord, all the earth.

 96:2 Sing unto the Lord, bless his name; shew forth his salvation from day to day.





Ps. 66:2-4 (3 in 3 verses)

 66:2 Sing forth the honour of his name: make his praise glorious.

 66:3 Say unto God, How terrible art thou in thy works! through the greatness of thy power shall thine enemies submit themselves unto thee.

 66:4 All the earth shall worship thee, and shall sing unto thee; they shall sing to thy name. Selah.





Judg. 5:3 (2 in 1 verse)

 5:3 Hear, O ye kings; give ear, O ye princes; I, even I, will sing unto the Lord; I will sing praise to the Lord God of Israel.





1 Chr. 16:9 (2 in 1 verse)

 16:9 Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him, talk ye of all his wondrous works.





Ps. 27:6 (2 in 1 verse)

 27:6 And now shall mine head be lifted up above mine enemies round about me: therefore will I offer in his tabernacle sacrifices of joy; I will sing, yea, I will sing praises unto the Lord.





Ps. 68:4 (2 in 1 verse)

 68:4 Sing unto God, sing praises to his name: extol him that rideth upon the heavens by his name Jah, and rejoice before him.





Ps. 68:32 (2 in 1 verse)

 68:32 Sing unto God, ye kingdoms of the earth; O sing praises unto the Lord; Selah:





Ps. 101:1 (2 in 1 verse)

 101:1 I will sing of mercy and judgment: unto thee, O Lord, will I sing.





Ps. 104:33 (2 in 1 verse)

 104:33 I will sing unto the Lord as long as I live: I will sing praise to my God while I have my being.





Ps. 105:2 (2 in 1 verse)

 105:2 Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him: talk ye of all his wondrous works.





Ps. 144:9 (2 in 1 verse)

 144:9 I will sing a new song unto thee, O God: upon a psaltery and an instrument of ten strings will I sing praises unto thee.





Ps. 147:7 (2 in 1 verse)

 147:7 Sing unto the Lord with thanksgiving; sing praise upon the harp unto our God:





1 Cor. 14:15 (2 in 1 verse)

 14:15 What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the understanding also: I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with the understanding also.





Ether 6:9 (2 in 1 verse)

 6:9 And they did sing praises unto the Lord; yea, the brother of Jared did sing praises unto the Lord, and he did thank and praise the Lord all the day long; and when the night came, they did not cease to praise the Lord.





Ps. 33:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

 33:2 Praise the Lord with harp: sing unto him with the psaltery and an instrument of ten strings.

 33:3 Sing unto him a new song; play skilfully with a loud noise.





Ps. 71:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

 71:22 I will also praise thee with the psaltery, even thy truth, O my God: unto thee will I sing with the harp, O thou Holy One of Israel.

 71:23 My lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing unto thee; and my soul, which thou hast redeemed.





Ps. 98:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

 98:4 Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all the earth: make a loud noise, and rejoice, and sing praise.

 98:5 Sing unto the Lord with the harp; with the harp, and the voice of a psalm.





Ps. 137:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

 137:3 For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion.

 137:4 How shall we sing the Lord's song in a strange land?





Isa. 23:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

 23:15 And it shall come to pass in that day, that Tyre shall be forgotten seventy years, according to the days of one king: after the end of seventy years shall Tyre sing as an harlot.

 23:16 Take an harp, go about the city, thou harlot that hast been forgotten; make sweet melody, sing many songs, that thou mayest be remembered.





Isa. 42:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

 42:10 Sing unto the Lord a new song, and his praise from the end of the earth, ye that go down to the sea, and all that is therein; the isles, and the inhabitants thereof.

 42:11 Let the wilderness and the cities thereof lift up their voice, the villages that Kedar doth inhabit: let the inhabitants of the rock sing, let them shout from the top of the mountains.





Isa. 52:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

 52:8 Thy watchmen shall lift up the voice; with the voice together shall they sing: for they shall see eye to eye, when the Lord shall bring again Zion.

 52:9 Break forth into joy, sing together, ye waste places of Jerusalem: for the Lord hath comforted his people, he hath redeemed Jerusalem.





Mosiah 12:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

 12:22 Thy watchmen shall lift up the voice; with the voice together shall they sing; for they shall see eye to eye when the Lord shall bring again Zion;

 12:23 Break forth into joy; sing together ye waste places of Jerusalem; for the Lord hath comforted his people, he hath redeemed Jerusalem;





Mosiah 15:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

 15:29 Yea, Lord, thy watchmen shall lift up their voice; with the voice together shall they sing; for they shall see eye to eye, when the Lord shall bring again Zion.

 15:30 Break forth into joy, sing together, ye waste places of Jerusalem; for the Lord hath comforted his people, he hath redeemed Jerusalem.





Mosiah 20:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

 20:1 Now there was a place in Shemlon where the daughters of the Lamanites did gather themselves together to sing, and to dance, and to make themselves merry.

 20:2 And it came to pass that there was one day a small number of them gathered together to sing and to dance.





3 Ne. 16:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

 16:18 Thy watchmen shall lift up the voice; with the voice together shall they sing, for they shall see eye to eye when the Lord shall bring again Zion.

 16:19 Break forth into joy, sing together, ye waste places of Jerusalem; for the Lord hath comforted his people, he hath redeemed Jerusalem.




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Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 113 262 375
Gen. 0 19 19
Ex. 3 3 6
Lev. 0 16 16
Num. 1 6 7
Deut. 0 19 19
Josh. 0 10 10
Judg. 2 5 7
1 Sam. 1 5 6
2 Sam. 1 6 7
1 Kgs. 0 4 4
2 Kgs. 0 2 2
1 Chr. 4 8 12
2 Chr. 3 17 20
Ezra 0 8 8
Neh. 0 21 21
Esth. 0 2 2
Job 1 6 7
Ps. 70 22 92
Prov. 1 12 13
Eccl. 0 2 2
Song. 0 2 2
Isa. 17 21 38
Jer. 4 22 26
Lam. 0 1 1
Ezek. 1 9 10
Dan. 0 2 2
Hosea 1 2 3
Joel 0 1 1
Micah 0 1 1
Nahum 0 1 1
Hab. 0 1 1
Zeph. 2 2 4
Zech. 1 1 2
Mal. 0 3 3
NT 6 84 90
BM 24 140 164
DC 3 134 137
PGP 0 12 12
TOTAL 146 632 778

Isa. 5:1
Now will I sing to my wellbeloved a song of my beloved touching his vineyard. My wellbeloved hath a vineyard in a very fruitful hill:

Isa. 12:5
Sing unto the Lord; for he hath done excellent things: this is known in all the earth.

Isa. 14:7
The whole earth is at rest, and is quiet: they break forth into singing.

Isa. 16:10
And gladness is taken away, and joy out of the plentiful field; and in the vineyards there shall be no singing, neither shall there be shouting: the treaders shall tread out no wine in their presses; I have made their vintage shouting to cease.

Isa. 19:24
In that day shall Israel be the third with Egypt and with Assyria, even a blessing in the midst of the land:

Isa. 23:15
And it shall come to pass in that day, that Tyre shall be forgotten seventy years, according to the days of one king: after the end of seventy years shall Tyre sing as an harlot.

Isa. 23:16
Take an harp, go about the city, thou harlot that hast been forgotten; make sweet melody, sing many songs, that thou mayest be remembered.

Isa. 24:14
They shall lift up their voice, they shall sing for the majesty of the Lord, they shall cry aloud from the sea.

Isa. 26:19
Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead.

Isa. 27:2
In that day sing ye unto her, A vineyard of red wine.

Isa. 30:28
And his breath, as an overflowing stream, shall reach to the midst of the neck, to sift the nations with the sieve of vanity: and there shall be a bridle in the jaws of the people, causing them to err.

Isa. 31:5
As birds flying, so will the Lord of hosts defend Jerusalem; defending also he will deliver it; and passing over he will preserve it.

Isa. 35:2
It shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with joy and singing: the glory of Lebanon shall be given unto it, the excellency of Carmel and Sharon, they shall see the glory of the Lord, and the excellency of our God.

Isa. 35:6
Then shall the lame man leap as an hart, and the tongue of the dumb sing: for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in the desert.

Isa. 38:20
The Lord was ready to save me: therefore we will sing my songs to the stringed instruments all the days of our life in the house of the Lord.

Isa. 41:25
I have raised up one from the north, and he shall come: from the rising of the sun shall he call upon my name: and he shall come upon princes as upon mortar, and as the potter treadeth clay.

Isa. 42:10
Sing unto the Lord a new song, and his praise from the end of the earth, ye that go down to the sea, and all that is therein; the isles, and the inhabitants thereof.

Isa. 42:11
Let the wilderness and the cities thereof lift up their voice, the villages that Kedar doth inhabit: let the inhabitants of the rock sing, let them shout from the top of the mountains.

Isa. 44:3
For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring:

Isa. 44:23
Sing, O ye heavens; for the Lord hath done it: shout, ye lower parts of the earth: break forth into singing, ye mountains, O forest, and every tree therein: for the Lord hath redeemed Jacob, and glorified himself in Israel.

Isa. 45:6
That they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is none beside me. I am the Lord, and there is none else.

Isa. 48:20
Go ye forth of Babylon, flee ye from the Chaldeans, with a voice of singing declare ye, tell this, utter it even to the end of the earth; say ye, The Lord hath redeemed his servant Jacob.

Isa. 49:13
Sing, O heavens; and be joyful, O earth; and break forth into singing, O mountains: for the Lord hath comforted his people, and will have mercy upon his afflicted.

Isa. 49:23
And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers: they shall bow down to thee with their face toward the earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know that I am the Lord: for they shall not be ashamed that wait for me.

Isa. 51:11
Therefore the redeemed of the Lord shall return, and come with singing unto Zion; and everlasting joy shall be upon their head: they shall obtain gladness and joy; and sorrow and mourning shall flee away.

Isa. 52:8
Thy watchmen shall lift up the voice; with the voice together shall they sing: for they shall see eye to eye, when the Lord shall bring again Zion.

Isa. 52:9
Break forth into joy, sing together, ye waste places of Jerusalem: for the Lord hath comforted his people, he hath redeemed Jerusalem.

Isa. 54:1
Sing, O barren, thou that didst not bear; break forth into singing, and cry aloud, thou that didst not travail with child: for more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife, saith the Lord.

Isa. 55:12
For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.

Isa. 59:13
In transgressing and lying against the Lord, and departing away from our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood.

Isa. 59:19
So shall they fear the name of the Lord from the west, and his glory from the rising of the sun. When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the Lord shall lift up a standard against him.

Isa. 60:3
And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising.

Isa. 65:8
Thus saith the Lord, As the new wine is found in the cluster, and one saith, Destroy it not; for a blessing is in it: so will I do for my servants' sakes, that I may not destroy them all.

Isa. 65:14
Behold, my servants shall sing for joy of heart, but ye shall cry for sorrow of heart, and shall howl for vexation of spirit.