Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'seen' occurs 433 times in the standard works.

112 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'seen' in the standard works and contain 25.9% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 42 minutes to read the entire list.

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JS-H 1:24-31 (9 in 8 verses)

2 Cor. 4:18 (4 in 1 verse)

D&C 17:3-5 (4 in 3 verses)

1 Cor. 15:5-8 (4 in 4 verses)

D&C 88:47-50 (4 in 4 verses)

2 Ne. 11:2-3 (3 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 19:35-36 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 5:25-26 (3 in 2 verses)

Lam. 2:14-16 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 13:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

John 14:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Jn. 1:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 1:13-15 (3 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 27:21-23 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 33:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 13:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 13:7 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 8:8 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 20:15 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 5:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Job 33:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 39:4 (2 in 1 verse)

John 6:46 (2 in 1 verse)

John 8:38 (2 in 1 verse)

John 20:29 (2 in 1 verse)

Acts 7:34 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Jn. 4:20 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 11:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Jacob 7:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 36:26 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 3:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 3:21 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 132:50 (2 in 1 verse)

Abr. 3:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 29:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 35:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Eccl. 6:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 23:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Lam. 3:59-60 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 8:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 11:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 18:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 8:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 12:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 178 0 178
NT 99 0 99
BM 110 0 110
1 Ne. 24 0 24
2 Ne. 13 0 13
Jacob 4 0 4
Enos 2 0 2
Omni 1 0 1
Mosiah 4 0 4
Alma 19 0 19
Hel. 4 0 4
3 Ne. 24 0 24
Morm. 3 0 3
Ether 12 0 12
DC 29 0 29
PGP 17 1 18
TOTAL 433 1 434

Ether 3:9
And the Lord said unto him: Because of thy faith thou hast seen that I shall take upon me flesh and blood; and never has man come before me with such exceeding faith as thou hast; for were it not so ye could not have seen my finger. Sawest thou more than this?

Ether 3:21
And it came to pass that the Lord said unto the brother of Jared: Behold, thou shalt not suffer these things which ye have seen and heard to go forth unto the world, until the time cometh that I shall glorify my name in the flesh; wherefore, ye shall treasure up the things which ye have seen and heard, and show it to no man.

Ether 4:1
And the Lord commanded the brother of Jared to go down out of the mount from the presence of the Lord, and write the things which he had seen; and they were forbidden to come unto the children of men until after that he should be lifted up upon the cross; and for this cause did king Mosiah keep them, that they should not come unto the world until after Christ should show himself unto his people.

Ether 9:15
And after that he had anointed Emer to be king he saw peace in the land for the space of two years, and he died, having seen exceedingly many days, which were full of sorrow. And it came to pass that Emer did reign in his stead, and did fill the steps of his father.

Ether 10:17
And it came to pass that Corom did that which was good in the sight of the Lord all his days; and he begat many sons and daughters; and after he had seen many days he did pass away, even like unto the rest of the earth; and Kish reigned in his stead.

Ether 12:6
And now, I, Moroni, would speak somewhat concerning these things; I would show unto the world that faith is things which are hoped for and not seen; wherefore, dispute not because ye see not, for ye receive no witness until after the trial of your faith.

Ether 12:8
But because of the faith of men he has shown himself unto the world, and glorified the name of the Father, and prepared a way that thereby others might be partakers of the heavenly gift, that they might hope for those things which they have not seen.

Ether 12:20
And behold, we have seen in this record that one of these was the brother of Jared; for so great was his faith in God, that when God put forth his finger he could not hide it from the sight of the brother of Jared, because of his word which he had spoken unto him, which word he had obtained by faith.

Ether 12:37
And it came to pass that the Lord said unto me: If they have not charity it mattereth not unto thee, thou hast been faithful; wherefore, thy garments shall be made clean. And because thou hast seen thy weakness thou shalt be made strong, even unto the sitting down in the place which I have prepared in the mansions of my Father.

Ether 12:39
And then shall ye know that I have seen Jesus, and that he hath talked with me face to face, and that he told me in plain humility, even as a man telleth another in mine own language, concerning these things;