Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'certain' occurs 213 times in the standard works.

26 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'certain' in the standard works and contain 12.2% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 12 minutes to read the entire list.

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Luke 10:38 (2 in 1 verse)

Acts 16:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 11:24 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 38:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 13:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 52:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 10:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 16:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

John 5:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 5:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 15:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 17:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 25:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 60 34 94
NT 136 7 143
BM 11 1 12
DC 4 4 8
PGP 2 0 2
TOTAL 213 46 259

D&C 38:34
And now, I give unto the church in these parts a commandment, that certain men among them shall be appointed, and they shall be appointed by the voice of the church;

D&C 48:5
The place is not yet to be revealed; but after your brethren come from the east there are to be certain men appointed, and to them it shall be given to know the place, or to them it shall be revealed.

D&C 68:21
But, by virtue of the decree concerning their right of the priesthood descending from father to son, they may claim their anointing if at any time they can prove their lineage, or do ascertain it by revelation from the Lord under the hands of the above named Presidency.

D&C 88:38
And unto every kingdom is given a law; and unto every law there are certain bounds also and conditions.

D&C 100:11
And I will give unto thee power to be mighty in expounding all scriptures, that thou mayest be a spokesman unto him, and he shall be a revelator unto thee, that thou mayest know the certainty of all things pertaining to the things of my kingdom on the earth.

D&C 101:44
A certain nobleman had a spot of land, very choice; and he said unto his servants: Go ye unto my vineyard, even upon this very choice piece of land, and plant twelve olive trees;

D&C 102:12
Whenever a high council of the church of Christ is regularly organized, according to the foregoing pattern, it shall be the duty of the twelve councilors to cast lots by numbers, and thereby ascertain who of the twelve shall speak first, commencing with number one and so in succession to number twelve.

D&C 102:34
The twelve councilors then proceeded to cast lots or ballot, to ascertain who should speak first, and the following was the result, namely: 1, Oliver Cowdery; 2, Joseph Coe; 3, Samuel H. Smith; 4, Luke Johnson; 5, John S. Carter; 6, Sylvester Smith; 7, John Johnson; 8, Orson Hyde; 9, Jared Carter; 10, Joseph Smith, Sen.; 11, John Smith; 12, Martin Harris.