Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'things' occurs 2638 times in the standard works.

1418 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'things' in the standard works and contain 53.8% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 587 minutes to read the entire list.

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1 Ne. 14:21-15:11 (21 in 21 verses)

3 Ne. 26:1-20 (20 in 20 verses)

1 Ne. 1:6-2:1 (17 in 16 verses)

Moses 6:52-63 (16 in 12 verses)

Moses 6:58-7:1 (16 in 12 verses)

2 Ne. 2:11-24 (15 in 14 verses)

D&C 77:9-78:8 (15 in 15 verses)

Philip. 4:8-18 (11 in 11 verses)

D&C 88:40-42 (10 in 3 verses)

1 Cor. 2:9-15 (10 in 7 verses)

Mosiah 8:9-17 (10 in 9 verses)

Hel. 8:16-24 (10 in 9 verses)

Ether 4:7-16 (10 in 10 verses)

1 Ne. 22:1-6 (9 in 6 verses)

D&C 88:78-80 (8 in 3 verses)

D&C 101:32-34 (8 in 3 verses)

Col. 1:16-20 (8 in 5 verses)

1 Cor. 9:8-15 (8 in 8 verses)

Jacob 4:7-14 (8 in 8 verses)

Moro. 9:24-10:5 (8 in 8 verses)

1 Cor. 1:27-28 (7 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 29:2-5 (7 in 4 verses)

2 Ne. 25:1-5 (7 in 5 verses)

3 Ne. 15:1-7 (7 in 7 verses)

Ether 3:21-27 (7 in 7 verses)

W of M 1:4-7 (6 in 4 verses)

Alma 30:41-44 (6 in 4 verses)

3 Ne. 10:14-17 (6 in 4 verses)

Mosiah 2:13-17 (6 in 5 verses)

Alma 5:42-46 (6 in 5 verses)

3 Ne. 23:1-5 (6 in 5 verses)

D&C 78:18-22 (6 in 5 verses)

A of F 1:9-13 (6 in 5 verses)

Lev. 22:2-7 (6 in 6 verses)

1 Ne. 19:18-23 (6 in 6 verses)

1 Cor. 15:27-28 (5 in 2 verses)

Moro. 7:45-46 (5 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 10:15-17 (5 in 3 verses)

Deut. 33:13-16 (5 in 4 verses)

Luke 10:21-24 (5 in 4 verses)

1 Cor. 10:20-23 (5 in 4 verses)

2 Cor. 4:15-18 (5 in 4 verses)

1 Ne. 6:3-6 (5 in 4 verses)

D&C 104:62-65 (5 in 4 verses)

D&C 132:37-40 (5 in 4 verses)

1 Cor. 13:7-11 (5 in 5 verses)

1 Ne. 13:25-29 (5 in 5 verses)

2 Ne. 27:8-12 (5 in 5 verses)

2 Ne. 30:16-31:2 (5 in 5 verses)

Mosiah 4:23-27 (5 in 5 verses)

Alma 10:8-12 (5 in 5 verses)

Alma 30:13-17 (5 in 5 verses)

Alma 37:14-18 (5 in 5 verses)

3 Ne. 20:46-21:4 (5 in 5 verses)

Morm. 5:8-12 (5 in 5 verses)

D&C 5:24-28 (5 in 5 verses)

D&C 35:18-22 (5 in 5 verses)

D&C 88:13-17 (5 in 5 verses)

D&C 101:68-72 (5 in 5 verses)

Alma 7:22-23 (4 in 2 verses)

D&C 76:59-60 (4 in 2 verses)

Matt. 6:32-34 (4 in 3 verses)

Matt. 25:21-23 (4 in 3 verses)

Rom. 14:18-20 (4 in 3 verses)

1 Cor. 7:32-34 (4 in 3 verses)

Col. 2:23-3:2 (4 in 3 verses)

Heb. 2:8-10 (4 in 3 verses)

Heb. 11:1-3 (4 in 3 verses)

Rev. 1:19-2:1 (4 in 3 verses)

Rev. 10:4-6 (4 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 4:14-16 (4 in 3 verses)

Jacob 7:5-7 (4 in 3 verses)

Mosiah 2:41-3:2 (4 in 3 verses)

Mosiah 29:8-10 (4 in 3 verses)

Alma 38:4-6 (4 in 3 verses)

Abr. 3:15-17 (4 in 3 verses)

Luke 21:6-9 (4 in 4 verses)

John 3:9-12 (4 in 4 verses)

John 8:26-29 (4 in 4 verses)

John 16:1-4 (4 in 4 verses)

Rom. 1:32-2:3 (4 in 4 verses)

Heb. 12:24-27 (4 in 4 verses)

2 Pet. 3:14-17 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Ne. 8:36-9:1 (4 in 4 verses)

2 Ne. 6:2-5 (4 in 4 verses)

2 Ne. 11:1-4 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 37:6-9 (4 in 4 verses)

Hel. 7:29-8:3 (4 in 4 verses)

Hel. 14:16-19 (4 in 4 verses)

3 Ne. 28:13-16 (4 in 4 verses)

Ether 8:23-26 (4 in 4 verses)

Ether 12:3-6 (4 in 4 verses)

Ether 12:5-8 (4 in 4 verses)

Ether 12:21-24 (4 in 4 verses)

D&C 10:37-40 (4 in 4 verses)

D&C 28:11-14 (4 in 4 verses)

D&C 70:11-14 (4 in 4 verses)

D&C 72:14-17 (4 in 4 verses)

D&C 72:19-22 (4 in 4 verses)

D&C 76:7-10 (4 in 4 verses)

D&C 101:59-62 (4 in 4 verses)

D&C 123:15-124:1 (4 in 4 verses)

John 12:16 (3 in 1 verse)

1 Cor. 6:12 (3 in 1 verse)

Philip. 2:10 (3 in 1 verse)

Alma 37:43 (3 in 1 verse)

Hel. 4:14 (3 in 1 verse)

D&C 88:6 (3 in 1 verse)

Deut. 29:29-30:1 (3 in 2 verses)

Josh. 23:14-15 (3 in 2 verses)

Isa. 41:22-23 (3 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 42:13-14 (3 in 2 verses)

Matt. 12:34-35 (3 in 2 verses)

Mark 11:28-29 (3 in 2 verses)

Luke 12:30-31 (3 in 2 verses)

John 14:25-26 (3 in 2 verses)

John 21:24-25 (3 in 2 verses)

Rom. 8:37-38 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 3:21-22 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Cor. 5:17-18 (3 in 2 verses)

Philip. 3:7-8 (3 in 2 verses)

Heb. 9:22-23 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 33:1-2 (3 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 1:4-5 (3 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 4:9-10 (3 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 26:38-39 (3 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 28:19-20 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 14:21-22 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 22:10-11 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 26:21-22 (3 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 12:46-47 (3 in 2 verses)

Morm. 8:33-34 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 25:9-10 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 30:2-3 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 38:2-3 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 50:27-28 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 58:26-27 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 124:41-42 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 132:13-14 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 132:19-20 (3 in 2 verses)

JS-H 1:20-21 (3 in 2 verses)

JS-H 1:45-46 (3 in 2 verses)

Eccl. 1:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

Matt. 21:22-24 (3 in 3 verses)

Mark 8:31-33 (3 in 3 verses)

Luke 2:18-20 (3 in 3 verses)

Acts 4:32-34 (3 in 3 verses)

Acts 15:27-29 (3 in 3 verses)

Acts 17:20-22 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Cor. 8:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Pet. 1:8-10 (3 in 3 verses)

Rev. 1:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

Rev. 2:12-14 (3 in 3 verses)

Rev. 2:18-20 (3 in 3 verses)

Rev. 22:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

Rev. 22:18-20 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 3:22-24 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 7:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 15:31-33 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 16:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 5:30-32 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 25:20-22 (3 in 3 verses)

Mosiah 5:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

Mosiah 7:26-28 (3 in 3 verses)

Mosiah 11:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

Mosiah 13:31-33 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 4:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 7:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 17:39-18:2 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 18:20-22 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 21:8-10 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 21:21-23 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 34:28-30 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 40:26-41:2 (3 in 3 verses)

Hel. 8:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

Hel. 9:41-10:2 (3 in 3 verses)

Hel. 12:2-4 (3 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 5:17-19 (3 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 6:21-23 (3 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 13:32-34 (3 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 17:15-17 (3 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 27:21-23 (3 in 3 verses)

Morm. 1:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

Morm. 9:34-36 (3 in 3 verses)

Moro. 7:22-24 (3 in 3 verses)

Moro. 7:37-39 (3 in 3 verses)

Moro. 10:26-28 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 5:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 18:2-4 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 38:38-40 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 42:59-61 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 44:5-45:1 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 45:60-62 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 58:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 70:17-71:1 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 76:91-93 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 94:10-12 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 128:5-7 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 132:53-55 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 133:43-45 (3 in 3 verses)

Moses 2:31-3:2 (3 in 3 verses)

Judg. 13:23 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 15:15 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 12:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Esth. 2:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Job 5:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Prov. 8:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Prov. 30:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 25:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 30:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 32:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 38:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 42:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 42:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 43:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 48:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 66:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 5:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Obad. 1:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 13:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 22:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Mark 9:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Mark 12:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Mark 13:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Luke 8:39 (2 in 1 verse)

Luke 11:41 (2 in 1 verse)

Luke 11:53 (2 in 1 verse)

Luke 13:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Luke 16:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Luke 18:34 (2 in 1 verse)

Luke 20:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Acts 14:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Acts 26:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Acts 26:26 (2 in 1 verse)

Rom. 1:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Rom. 6:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Rom. 8:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Rom. 15:27 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Cor. 10:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Eph. 1:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Philip. 2:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Philip. 3:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Titus 3:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Heb. 2:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Heb. 6:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Heb. 8:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Heb. 10:1 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Pet. 1:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Jude 1:10 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 2:11 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 13:35 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 16:38 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 20:6 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 1:1 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 26:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Enos 1:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Enos 1:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Jarom 1:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 8:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 28:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 29:30 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 1:29 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 5:53 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 7:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 12:28 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 24:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 24:30 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 32:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 33:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 34:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 36:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 39:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 5:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 5:13 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 5:2 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 18:12 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 19:36 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 21:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Morm. 3:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Morm. 8:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Morm. 8:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 4:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 6:30 (2 in 1 verse)

Moro. 1:4 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 5:2 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 11:14 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 20:17 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 20:68 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 26:2 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 29:24 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 38:30 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 39:6 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 46:7 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 50:35 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 52:40 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 63:49 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 63:53 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 63:59 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 84:73 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 90:35 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 100:11 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 104:86 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 124:113 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 132:45 (2 in 1 verse)

Moses 5:53 (2 in 1 verse)

JS-H 1:73 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 22:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 4:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 5:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 18:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 28:47-48 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 31:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 106:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 126:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Eccl. 9:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 46:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 64:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 16:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Lam. 1:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 22:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 12:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Joel 2:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Zech. 8:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 7:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 13:34-35 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 13:51-52 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 24:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 24:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 5:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 11:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 13:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 15:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 1:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 5:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 10:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 17:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 23:48-49 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 24:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 24:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 24:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

John 5:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

John 11:45-46 (2 in 2 verses)

John 16:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 3:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 17:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 21:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 24:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 24:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Rom. 8:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

Rom. 12:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Rom. 15:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 4:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 4:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 6:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Cor. 8:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Cor. 10:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Eph. 1:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Eph. 5:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Col. 2:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Titus 2:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Heb. 1:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Heb. 3:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Pet. 4:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Jn. 2:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Rev. 3:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Rev. 18:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Rev. 21:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 5:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 9:6-10:1 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 10:22-11:1 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 16:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 17:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 19:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 22:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 4:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 9:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 9:42-43 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 27:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 32:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Jacob 1:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Jacob 2:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Jacob 4:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 6:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 12:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 12:36-37 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 18:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 29:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 29:36-37 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 10:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 12:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 12:37-13:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 16:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 18:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 18:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 22:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 31:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 32:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 34:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 40:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 54:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 62:52-63:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 5:49-50 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 10:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 13:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 14:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 6:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 12:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 14:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Morm. 9:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 1:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 5:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 13:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 1:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 11:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 19:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 27:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 27:18-28:1 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 29:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 45:72-73 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 46:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 52:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 57:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 59:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 59:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 62:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 64:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 75:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 76:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 77:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 84:60-61 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 84:83-84 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 84:114-115 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 90:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 91:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 93:43-44 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 98:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 98:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 100:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 104:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 105:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 124:96-97 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 128:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 130:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 132:64-65 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 133:58-59 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 1:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 2:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 5:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

JS-M 1:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 433 0 433
NT 729 1 730
BM 908 0 908
DC 483 0 483
PGP 85 0 85
Moses 49 0 49
Abr. 11 0 11
JS-M 7 0 7
JS-H 12 0 12
A of F 6 0 6
TOTAL 2638 1 2639

JS-H 1:8
During this time of great excitement my mind was called up to serious reflection and great uneasiness; but though my feelings were deep and often poignant, still I kept myself aloof from all these parties, though I attended their several meetings as often as occasion would permit. In process of time my mind became somewhat partial to the Methodist sect, and I felt some desire to be united with them; but so great were the confusion and strife among the different denominations, that it was impossible for a person young as I was, and so unacquainted with men and things, to come to any certain conclusion who was right and who was wrong.

JS-H 1:20
He again forbade me to join with any of them; and many other things did he say unto me, which I cannot write at this time. When I came to myself again, I found myself lying on my back, looking up into heaven. When the light had departed, I had no strength; but soon recovering in some degree, I went home. And as I leaned up to the fireplace, mother inquired what the matter was. I replied, "Never mind, all is well-- I am well enough off." I then said to my mother, "I have learned for myself that Presbyterianism is not true." It seems as though the adversary was aware, at a very early period of my life, that I was destined to prove a disturber and an annoyer of his kingdom; else why should the powers of darkness combine against me? Why the opposition and persecution that arose against me, almost in my infancy?

JS-H 1:21
Some few days after I had this vision, I happened to be in company with one of the Methodist preachers, who was very active in the before mentioned religious excitement; and, conversing with him on the subject of religion, I took occasion to give him an account of the vision which I had had. I was greatly surprised at his behavior; he treated my communication not only lightly, but with great contempt, saying it was all of the devil, that there were no such things as visions or revelations in these days; that all such things had ceased with the apostles, and that there would never be any more of them.

JS-H 1:29
In consequence of these things, I often felt condemned for my weakness and imperfections; when, on the evening of the above-mentioned twenty-first of September, after I had retired to my bed for the night, I betook myself to prayer and supplication to Almighty God for forgiveness of all my sins and follies, and also for a manifestation to me, that I might know of my state and standing before him; for I had full confidence in obtaining a divine manifestation, as I previously had one.

JS-H 1:36
After telling me these things, he commenced quoting the prophecies of the Old Testament. He first quoted part of the third chapter of Malachi; and he quoted also the fourth or last chapter of the same prophecy, though with a little variation from the way it reads in our Bibles. Instead of quoting the first verse as it reads in our books, he quoted it thus:

JS-H 1:45
He commenced, and again related the very same things which he had done at his first visit, without the least variation; which having done, he informed me of great judgments which were coming upon the earth, with great desolations by famine, sword, and pestilence; and that these grievous judgments would come on the earth in this generation. Having related these things, he again ascended as he had done before.

JS-H 1:46
By this time, so deep were the impressions made on my mind, that sleep had fled from my eyes, and I lay overwhelmed in astonishment at what I had both seen and heard. But what was my surprise when again I beheld the same messenger at my bedside, and heard him rehearse or repeat over again to me the same things as before; and added a caution to me, telling me that Satan would try to tempt me (in consequence of the indigent circumstances of my father's family), to get the plates for the purpose of getting rich. This he forbade me, saying that I must have no other object in view in getting the plates but to glorify God, and must not be influenced by any other motive than that of building his kingdom; otherwise I could not get them.

JS-H 1:52
Having removed the earth, I obtained a lever, which I got fixed under the edge of the stone, and with a little exertion raised it up. I looked in, and there indeed did I behold the plates, the Urim and Thummim, and the breastplate, as stated by the messenger. The box in which they lay was formed by laying stones together in some kind of cement. In the bottom of the box were laid two stones crossways of the box, and on these stones lay the plates and the other things with them.

JS-H 1:73
Immediately on our coming up out of the water after we had been baptized, we experienced great and glorious blessings from our Heavenly Father. No sooner had I baptized Oliver Cowdery, than the Holy Ghost fell upon him, and he stood up and prophesied many things which should shortly come to pass. And again, so soon as I had been baptized by him, I also had the spirit of prophecy, when, standing up, I prophesied concerning the rise of this Church, and many other things connected with the Church, and this generation of the children of men. We were filled with the Holy Ghost, and rejoiced in the God of our salvation.