Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'preserve' occurs 92 times in the standard works.

20 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'preserve' in the standard works and contain 21.7% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 9 minutes to read the entire list.

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Ps. 121:7-8 (3 in 2 verses)

Jacob 5:53-54 (3 in 2 verses)

Jacob 5:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 43:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 3:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Enos 1:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Omni 1:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 4:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 28 23 51
NT 2 4 6
BM 55 40 95
1 Ne. 6 5 11
2 Ne. 3 2 5
Jacob 14 7 21
Enos 3 0 3
Omni 2 1 3
W of M 0 2 2
Mosiah 3 9 12
Alma 19 13 32
Hel. 3 0 3
3 Ne. 1 0 1
Ether 1 1 2
DC 5 11 16
PGP 2 3 5
TOTAL 92 81 173

Omni 1:1
Behold, it came to pass that I, Omni, being commanded by my father, Jarom, that I should write somewhat upon these plates, to preserve our genealogy--

Omni 1:2
Wherefore, in my days, I would that ye should know that I fought much with the sword to preserve my people, the Nephites, from falling into the hands of their enemies, the Lamanites. But behold, I of myself am a wicked man, and I have not kept the statutes and the commandments of the Lord as I ought to have done.

Omni 1:6
For the Lord would not suffer, after he had led them out of the land of Jerusalem and kept and preserved them from falling into the hands of their enemies, yea, he would not suffer that the words should not be verified, which he spake unto our fathers, saying that: Inasmuch as ye will not keep my commandments ye shall not prosper in the land.