Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'tongue' occurs 170 times in the standard works.

27 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'tongue' in the standard works and contain 15.9% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 12 minutes to read the entire list.

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James 3:5-8 (4 in 4 verses)

D&C 98:33-36 (4 in 4 verses)

2 Ne. 31:13-14 (3 in 2 verses)

Ezra 4:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Rev. 9:11 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 32:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 12:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 120:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Prov. 12:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 14:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 14:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 96 9 105
Gen. 1 2 3
Ex. 2 0 2
Deut. 1 0 1
Josh. 1 0 1
Judg. 1 0 1
2 Sam. 1 0 1
Ezra 2 0 2
Esth. 1 0 1
Job 11 0 11
Ps. 30 4 34
Prov. 19 0 19
Song. 1 0 1
Isa. 13 1 14
Jer. 3 2 5
Lam. 1 0 1
Ezek. 1 0 1
Dan. 1 0 1
Hosea 1 0 1
Amos 1 0 1
Micah 1 0 1
Hab. 1 0 1
Zeph. 1 0 1
Zech. 1 0 1
NT 33 28 61
BM 24 20 44
DC 16 10 26
PGP 1 4 5
TOTAL 170 71 241

Hab. 1:13
Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity: wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, and holdest thy tongue when the wicked devoureth the man that is more righteous than he?