Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'benjamin' occurs 201 times in the standard works.

79 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'benjamin' in the standard works and contain 39.3% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 36 minutes to read the entire list.

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Judg. 21:13-18 (6 in 6 verses)

W of M 1:10-13 (5 in 4 verses)

Omni 1:23-25 (4 in 3 verses)

Judg. 20:12-15 (4 in 4 verses)

Gen. 43:14-16 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 45:12-14 (3 in 3 verses)

Judg. 20:23-25 (3 in 3 verses)

Judg. 20:30-32 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 48:22-24 (3 in 3 verses)

W of M 1:16-18 (3 in 3 verses)

Num. 2:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 1:21 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 3:19 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 4:2 (2 in 1 verse)

W of M 1:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 1:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 1:36-37 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 18:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 20:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 20:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 20:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 20:35-36 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 20:48-21:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 21:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 10:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 13:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 15:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 37:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 1:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 2:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 4:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 162 0 162
NT 4 0 4
BM 34 0 34
Omni 4 0 4
W of M 10 0 10
Mosiah 19 0 19
Hel. 1 0 1
DC 1 0 1
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 201 0 201

Mosiah 1:1
And now there was no more contention in all the land of Zarahemla, among all the people who belonged to king Benjamin, so that king Benjamin had continual peace all the remainder of his days.

Mosiah 1:8
And many more things did king Benjamin teach his sons, which are not written in this book.

Mosiah 1:9
And it came to pass that after king Benjamin had made an end of teaching his sons, that he waxed old, and he saw that he must very soon go the way of all the earth; therefore, he thought it expedient that he should confer the kingdom upon one of his sons.

Mosiah 1:15
And it came to pass that after king Benjamin had made an end of these sayings to his son, that he gave him charge concerning all the affairs of the kingdom.

Mosiah 2:1
And it came to pass that after Mosiah had done as his father had commanded him, and had made a proclamation throughout all the land, that the people gathered themselves together throughout all the land, that they might go up to the temple to hear the words which king Benjamin should speak unto them.

Mosiah 2:6
And they pitched their tents round about the temple, every man having his tent with the door thereof towards the temple, that thereby they might remain in their tents and hear the words which king Benjamin should speak unto them;

Mosiah 2:7
For the multitude being so great that king Benjamin could not teach them all within the walls of the temple, therefore he caused a tower to be erected, that thereby his people might hear the words which he should speak unto them.

Mosiah 4:1
And now, it came to pass that when king Benjamin had made an end of speaking the words which had been delivered unto him by the angel of the Lord, that he cast his eyes round about on the multitude, and behold they had fallen to the earth, for the fear of the Lord had come upon them.

Mosiah 4:3
And it came to pass that after they had spoken these words the Spirit of the Lord came upon them, and they were filled with joy, having received a remission of their sins, and having peace of conscience, because of the exceeding faith which they had in Jesus Christ who should come, according to the words which king Benjamin had spoken unto them.

Mosiah 4:4
And king Benjamin again opened his mouth and began to speak unto them, saying: My friends and my brethren, my kindred and my people, I would again call your attention, that ye may hear and understand the remainder of my words which I shall speak unto you.

Mosiah 5:1
And now, it came to pass that when king Benjamin had thus spoken to his people, he sent among them, desiring to know of his people if they believed the words which he had spoken unto them.

Mosiah 5:6
And now, these are the words which king Benjamin desired of them; and therefore he said unto them: Ye have spoken the words that I desired; and the covenant which ye have made is a righteous covenant.

Mosiah 6:1
And now, king Benjamin thought it was expedient, after having finished speaking to the people, that he should take the names of all those who had entered into a covenant with God to keep his commandments.

Mosiah 6:3
And again, it came to pass that when king Benjamin had made an end of all these things, and had consecrated his son Mosiah to be a ruler and a king over his people, and had given him all the charges concerning the kingdom, and also had appointed priests to teach the people, that thereby they might hear and know the commandments of God, and to stir them up in remembrance of the oath which they had made, he dismissed the multitude, and they returned, every one, according to their families, to their own houses.

Mosiah 6:5
And king Benjamin lived three years and he died.

Mosiah 8:3
And he also rehearsed unto them the last words which king Benjamin had taught them, and explained them to the people of king Limhi, so that they might understand all the words which he spake.

Mosiah 26:1
Now it came to pass that there were many of the rising generation that could not understand the words of king Benjamin, being little children at the time he spake unto his people; and they did not believe the tradition of their fathers.

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.