Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'law' occurs 842 times in the standard works.

451 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'law' in the standard works and contain 53.6% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 185 minutes to read the entire list.

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Rom. 2:12-27 (21 in 16 verses)

Rom. 7:1-16 (16 in 16 verses)

2 Ne. 25:24-26:1 (14 in 8 verses)

Mosiah 13:27-32 (12 in 6 verses)

Rom. 7:21-8:7 (12 in 12 verses)

Alma 42:17-23 (10 in 7 verses)

D&C 88:34-42 (10 in 9 verses)

D&C 132:58-66 (10 in 9 verses)

2 Ne. 2:5-13 (9 in 9 verses)

1 Cor. 9:20-21 (8 in 2 verses)

Gal. 3:17-24 (8 in 8 verses)

D&C 88:21-25 (7 in 5 verses)

Ruth 2:18-3:1 (7 in 7 verses)

3 Ne. 15:4-10 (7 in 7 verses)

Alma 25:15-16 (6 in 2 verses)

Rom. 3:19-21 (6 in 3 verses)

D&C 74:2-5 (6 in 4 verses)

Mosiah 12:28-32 (6 in 5 verses)

Gal. 2:16-21 (6 in 6 verses)

Alma 30:7-12 (6 in 6 verses)

Rom. 4:13-16 (5 in 4 verses)

Gal. 3:10-13 (5 in 4 verses)

Alma 51:2-5 (5 in 4 verses)

D&C 98:5-8 (5 in 4 verses)

Rom. 3:27-31 (5 in 5 verses)

James 2:8-12 (5 in 5 verses)

Alma 1:14-18 (5 in 5 verses)

Luke 12:53 (4 in 1 verse)

James 4:11 (4 in 1 verse)

Alma 62:9-10 (4 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 9:25-27 (4 in 3 verses)

Alma 10:26-28 (4 in 3 verses)

Alma 11:1-3 (4 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 12:17-19 (4 in 3 verses)

D&C 119:4-6 (4 in 3 verses)

Ex. 18:5-8 (4 in 4 verses)

Ex. 18:12-15 (4 in 4 verses)

Josh. 8:31-34 (4 in 4 verses)

Mal. 2:6-9 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 34:11-14 (4 in 4 verses)

D&C 42:84-87 (4 in 4 verses)

D&C 132:31-34 (4 in 4 verses)

Ruth 1:14-15 (3 in 2 verses)

Rom. 9:31-32 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 4:15-16 (3 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 3:14-15 (3 in 2 verses)

Gen. 19:12-14 (3 in 3 verses)

Ruth 1:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Sam. 4:19-21 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Sam. 18:21-23 (3 in 3 verses)

Neh. 8:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

Neh. 8:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

Dan. 9:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

Luke 2:22-24 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Tim. 1:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 1:32-2:1 (3 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 6:25-27 (3 in 3 verses)

Moro. 8:22-24 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 41:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 132:5-7 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 132:17-19 (3 in 3 verses)

Num. 6:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezra 7:26 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 1:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Prov. 28:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 43:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Micah 7:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 10:35 (2 in 1 verse)

John 7:19 (2 in 1 verse)

John 19:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Acts 23:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Rom. 5:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Gal. 4:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Heb. 7:28 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Jn. 3:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Jacob 7:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 30:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 9:5 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 24:17 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 42:59 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 58:36 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 38:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 18:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 5:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 17:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 31:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 1:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 19:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Ruth 3:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 18:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 23:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 31:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 34:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Neh. 8:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Neh. 10:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 5:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 16:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Rom. 6:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Rom. 10:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 6:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 9:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Gal. 4:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Gal. 5:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Philip. 3:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Heb. 7:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 10:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 8:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 1:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 6:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 43:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 98:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 105:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 130:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 132:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 132:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 132:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 134:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 300 36 336
NT 223 46 269
BM 185 49 234
1 Ne. 4 1 5
2 Ne. 39 1 40
Jacob 3 0 3
Jarom 2 1 3
Mosiah 31 7 38
Alma 65 19 84
Hel. 6 8 14
3 Ne. 25 11 36
4 Ne. 1 0 1
Morm. 0 1 1
Ether 4 0 4
Moro. 5 0 5
DC 132 68 200
PGP 2 2 4
TOTAL 842 201 1043

1 Ne. 21:24
For shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captives delivered?

2 Ne. 6:16
For shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captive delivered?

Jarom 1:5
And now, behold, two hundred years had passed away, and the people of Nephi had waxed strong in the land. They observed to keep the law of Moses and the sabbath day holy unto the Lord. And they profaned not; neither did they blaspheme. And the laws of the land were exceedingly strict.

Mosiah 4:14
And ye will not suffer your children that they go hungry, or naked; neither will ye suffer that they transgress the laws of God, and fight and quarrel one with another, and serve the devil, who is the master of sin, or who is the evil spirit which hath been spoken of by our fathers, he being an enemy to all righteousness.

Mosiah 29:13
Therefore, if it were possible that you could have just men to be your kings, who would establish the laws of God, and judge this people according to his commandments, yea, if ye could have men for your kings who would do even as my father Benjamin did for this people-- I say unto you, if this could always be the case then it would be expedient that ye should always have kings to rule over you.

Mosiah 29:22
For behold, he has his friends in iniquity, and he keepeth his guards about him; and he teareth up the laws of those who have reigned in righteousness before him; and he trampleth under his feet the commandments of God;

Mosiah 29:23
And he enacteth laws, and sendeth them forth among his people, yea, laws after the manner of his own wickedness; and whosoever doth not obey his laws he causeth to be destroyed; and whosoever doth rebel against him he will send his armies against them to war, and if he can he will destroy them; and thus an unrighteous king doth pervert the ways of all righteousness.

Mosiah 29:25
Therefore, choose you by the voice of this people, judges, that ye may be judged according to the laws which have been given you by our fathers, which are correct, and which were given them by the hand of the Lord.

Alma 1:1
Now it came to pass that in the first year of the reign of the judges over the people of Nephi, from this time forward, king Mosiah having gone the way of all the earth, having warred a good warfare, walking uprightly before God, leaving none to reign in his stead; nevertheless he had established laws, and they were acknowledged by the people; therefore they were obliged to abide by the laws which he had made.

Alma 4:16
And he selected a wise man who was among the elders of the church, and gave him power according to the voice of the people, that he might have power to enact laws according to the laws which had been given, and to put them in force according to the wickedness and the crimes of the people.

Alma 10:14
Now it was those men who sought to destroy them, who were lawyers, who were hired or appointed by the people to administer the law at their times of trials, or at the trials of the crimes of the people before the judges.

Alma 10:15
Now these lawyers were learned in all the arts and cunning of the people; and this was to enable them that they might be skilful in their profession.

Alma 10:17
Now they knew not that Amulek could know of their designs. But it came to pass as they began to question him, he perceived their thoughts, and he said unto them: O ye wicked and perverse generation, ye lawyers and hypocrites, for ye are laying the foundations of the devil; for ye are laying traps and snares to catch the holy ones of God.

Alma 10:24
And now it came to pass that the people were more angry with Amulek, and they cried out, saying: This man doth revile against our laws which are just, and our wise lawyers whom we have selected.

Alma 10:27
And now behold, I say unto you, that the foundation of the destruction of this people is beginning to be laid by the unrighteousness of your lawyers and your judges.

Alma 10:29
And again, he has reviled against our lawyers, and our judges.

Alma 10:30
And it came to pass that the lawyers put it into their hearts that they should remember these things against him.

Alma 10:32
Now the object of these lawyers was to get gain; and they got gain according to their employ.

Alma 14:2
But the more part of them were desirous that they might destroy Alma and Amulek; for they were angry with Alma, because of the plainness of his words unto Zeezrom; and they also said that Amulek had lied unto them, and had reviled against their law and also against their lawyers and judges.

Alma 14:5
And the people went forth and witnessed against them-- testifying that they had reviled against the law, and their lawyers and judges of the land, and also of all the people that were in the land; and also testified that there was but one God, and that he should send his Son among the people, but he should not save them; and many such things did the people testify against Alma and Amulek. Now this was done before the chief judge of the land.

Alma 14:18
And when they had been cast into prison three days, there came many lawyers, and judges, and priests, and teachers, who were of the profession of Nehor; and they came in unto the prison to see them, and they questioned them about many words; but they answered them nothing.

Alma 14:23
And it came to pass after they had thus suffered for many days, (and it was on the twelfth day, in the tenth month, in the tenth year of the reign of the judges over the people of Nephi) that the chief judge over the land of Ammonihah and many of their teachers and their lawyers went in unto the prison where Alma and Amulek were bound with cords.

Alma 14:27
And it came to pass that so great was their fear that they fell to the earth, and did not obtain the outer door of the prison; and the earth shook mightily, and the walls of the prison were rent in twain, so that they fell to the earth; and the chief judge, and the lawyers, and priests, and teachers, who smote upon Alma and Amulek, were slain by the fall thereof.

Alma 60:33
Ye know that ye do transgress the laws of God, and ye do know that ye do trample them under your feet. Behold, the Lord saith unto me: If those whom ye have appointed your governors do not repent of their sins and iniquities, ye shall go up to battle against them.

Hel. 4:22
And that they had altered and trampled under their feet the laws of Mosiah, or that which the Lord commanded him to give unto the people; and they saw that their laws had become corrupted, and that they had become a wicked people, insomuch that they were wicked even like unto the Lamanites.

Hel. 5:2
For as their laws and their governments were established by the voice of the people, and they who chose evil were more numerous than they who chose good, therefore they were ripening for destruction, for the laws had become corrupted.

Hel. 6:23
And thus they might murder, and plunder, and steal, and commit whoredoms and all manner of wickedness, contrary to the laws of their country and also the laws of their God.

Hel. 6:24
And whosoever of those who belonged to their band should reveal unto the world of their wickedness and their abominations, should be tried, not according to the laws of their country, but according to the laws of their wickedness, which had been given by Gadianton and Kishkumen.

3 Ne. 6:4
And they began again to prosper and to wax great; and the twenty and sixth and seventh years passed away, and there was great order in the land; and they had formed their laws according to equity and justice.

3 Ne. 6:11
For there were many merchants in the land, and also many lawyers, and many officers.

3 Ne. 6:21
Now there were many of the people who were exceedingly angry because of those who testified of these things; and those who were angry were chiefly the chief judges, and they who had been high priests and lawyers; yea, all those who were lawyers were angry with those who testified of these things.

3 Ne. 6:22
Now there was no lawyer nor judge nor high priest that could have power to condemn any one to death save their condemnation was signed by the governor of the land.

3 Ne. 6:24
Now behold, this was contrary to the laws of the land, that any man should be put to death except they had power from the governor of the land--

3 Ne. 6:27
Now it came to pass that those judges had many friends and kindreds; and the remainder, yea, even almost all the lawyers and the high priests, did gather themselves together, and unite with the kindreds of those judges who were to be tried according to the law.

3 Ne. 7:11
And it came to pass that they were not so strong in number as the tribes of the people, who were united together save it were their leaders did establish their laws, every one according to his tribe; nevertheless they were enemies; notwithstanding they were not a righteous people, yet they were united in the hatred of those who had entered into a covenant to destroy the government.

3 Ne. 7:14
And it came to pass in the thirty and first year that they were divided into tribes, every man according to his family, kindred and friends; nevertheless they had come to an agreement that they would not go to war one with another; but they were not united as to their laws, and their manner of government, for they were established according to the minds of those who were their chiefs and their leaders. But they did establish very strict laws that one tribe should not trespass against another, insomuch that in some degree they had peace in the land; nevertheless, their hearts were turned from the Lord their God, and they did stone the prophets and did cast them out from among them.

3 Ne. 26:18
And many of them saw and heard unspeakable things, which are not lawful to be written.

Morm. 9:3
Then will ye longer deny the Christ, or can ye behold the Lamb of God? Do ye suppose that ye shall dwell with him under a consciousness of your guilt? Do ye suppose that ye could be happy to dwell with that holy Being, when your souls are racked with a consciousness of guilt that ye have ever abused his laws?