Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'long' occurs 318 times in the standard works.

55 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'long' in the standard works and contain 17.3% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 21 minutes to read the entire list.

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Ps. 13:1-2 (4 in 2 verses)

Hel. 13:29 (3 in 1 verse)

Ps. 94:3-4 (3 in 2 verses)


Mark 9:19-21 (3 in 3 verses)

 9:19 He answereth him, and saith, O faithless generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him unto me.

 9:20 And they brought him unto him: and when he saw him, straightway the spirit tare him; and he fell on the ground, and wallowed foaming.

 9:21 And he asked his father, How long is it ago since this came unto him? And he said, Of a child.




Num. 14:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 28:59 (2 in 1 verse)

Job 8:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 4:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 41:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 17:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Jacob 5:76 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 29:32 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 9:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 26:34-35 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 9:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 74:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 47:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 40:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 43:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 20:46-47 (2 in 2 verses)

Rom. 7:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 11:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 25:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Jacob 5:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 121:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 159 125 284
NT 52 39 91
Matt. 6 0 6
Mark 7 1 8
Luke 8 6 14
John 4 2 6
Acts 7 3 10
Rom. 5 3 8
1 Cor. 4 1 5
2 Cor. 1 1 2
Gal. 1 2 3
Eph. 1 1 2
Philip. 1 2 3
Col. 0 2 2
1 Thes. 0 2 2
1 Tim. 1 2 3
2 Tim. 0 2 2
Heb. 1 2 3
James 1 0 1
1 Pet. 1 2 3
2 Pet. 2 2 4
Rev. 1 3 4
BM 80 86 166
DC 27 49 76
PGP 0 6 6
TOTAL 318 305 623

Mark 2:19
And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bridechamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them? as long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast.

Mark 9:19
He answereth him, and saith, O faithless generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him unto me.

Mark 9:21
And he asked his father, How long is it ago since this came unto him? And he said, Of a child.

Mark 9:41
For whosoever shall give you a cup of water to drink in my name, because ye belong to Christ, verily I say unto you, he shall not lose his reward.

Mark 12:38
And he said unto them in his doctrine, Beware of the scribes, which love to go in long clothing, and love salutations in the marketplaces,

Mark 12:40
Which devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayers: these shall receive greater damnation.

Mark 16:5
And entering into the sepulchre, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, clothed in a long white garment; and they were affrighted.