Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'tongues' occurs 70 times in the standard works.

22 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'tongues' in the standard works and contain 31.4% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 8 minutes to read the entire list.

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1 Cor. 14:5-6 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 14:21-23 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Cor. 12:10 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 26:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Morm. 9:7 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 109:36 (2 in 1 verse)

A of F 1:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Acts 2:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Moro. 10:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 46:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 9 0 9
NT 27 0 27
BM 20 0 20
1 Ne. 5 0 5
2 Ne. 2 0 2
Omni 1 0 1
Mosiah 1 0 1
Alma 1 0 1
3 Ne. 5 0 5
Morm. 3 0 3
Moro. 2 0 2
DC 10 0 10
PGP 4 0 4
TOTAL 70 0 70

Morm. 9:7
And again I speak unto you who deny the revelations of God, and say that they are done away, that there are no revelations, nor prophecies, nor gifts, nor healing, nor speaking with tongues, and the interpretation of tongues;

Morm. 9:24
And these signs shall follow them that believe-- in my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; they shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick and they shall recover;