Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'praise' occurs 276 times in the standard works.

113 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'praise' in the standard works and contain 40.9% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 48 minutes to read the entire list.

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Ps. 147:20-150:6 (31 in 30 verses)

Ps. 67:3-5 (4 in 3 verses)

Ps. 116:19-117:2 (4 in 3 verses)

Ps. 135:1-3 (4 in 3 verses)

Ps. 145:21-146:2 (4 in 3 verses)

2 Chr. 20:19-22 (4 in 4 verses)

Ps. 138:1-4 (4 in 4 verses)

Ps. 113:1 (3 in 1 verse)

Ps. 146:10-147:1 (3 in 2 verses)

Ps. 105:45-106:2 (3 in 3 verses)

Jer. 33:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)

Ps. 7:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 56:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 109:30 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 111:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 147:12 (2 in 1 verse)

John 12:43 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Cor. 11:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 6:9 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 136:28 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 5:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 9:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 22:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 22:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 33:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 42:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 43:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 106:47-48 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 107:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 111:10-112:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 115:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 38:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Zeph. 3:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 128:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 220 53 273
Gen. 2 0 2
Ex. 0 1 1
Lev. 1 0 1
Deut. 2 0 2
Judg. 2 1 3
2 Sam. 0 3 3
1 Chr. 6 3 9
2 Chr. 9 5 14
Ezra 1 1 2
Neh. 3 1 4
Ps. 158 28 186
Prov. 4 2 6
Eccl. 0 1 1
Song. 0 1 1
Isa. 15 3 18
Jer. 11 0 11
Dan. 2 3 5
Joel 1 0 1
Hab. 1 0 1
Zeph. 2 0 2
NT 26 3 29
BM 23 9 32
DC 7 1 8
PGP 0 1 1
TOTAL 276 67 343

Jer. 13:11
For as the girdle cleaveth to the loins of a man, so have I caused to cleave unto me the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Judah, saith the Lord; that they might be unto me for a people, and for a name, and for a praise, and for a glory: but they would not hear.

Jer. 17:14
Heal me, O Lord, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved: for thou art my praise.

Jer. 17:26
And they shall come from the cities of Judah, and from the places about Jerusalem, and from the land of Benjamin, and from the plain, and from the mountains, and from the south, bringing burnt offerings, and sacrifices, and meat offerings, and incense, and bringing sacrifices of praise, unto the house of the Lord.

Jer. 20:13
Sing unto the Lord, praise ye the Lord: for he hath delivered the soul of the poor from the hand of evildoers.

Jer. 31:7
For thus saith the Lord; Sing with gladness for Jacob, and shout among the chief of the nations: publish ye, praise ye, and say, O Lord, save thy people, the remnant of Israel.

Jer. 33:9
And it shall be to me a name of joy, a praise and an honour before all the nations of the earth, which shall hear all the good that I do unto them: and they shall fear and tremble for all the goodness and for all the prosperity that I procure unto it.

Jer. 33:11
The voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the voice of them that shall say, Praise the Lord of hosts: for the Lord is good; for his mercy endureth for ever: and of them that shall bring the sacrifice of praise into the house of the Lord. For I will cause to return the captivity of the land, as at the first, saith the Lord.

Jer. 48:2
There shall be no more praise of Moab: in Heshbon they have devised evil against it; come, and let us cut it off from being a nation. Also thou shalt be cut down, O Madmen; the sword shall pursue thee.

Jer. 49:25
How is the city of praise not left, the city of my joy!

Jer. 51:41
How is Sheshach taken! and how is the praise of the whole earth surprised! how is Babylon become an astonishment among the nations!