Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'charity' occurs 66 times in the standard works.

37 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'charity' in the standard works and contain 56.1% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 12 minutes to read the entire list.

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Moro. 7:44-47 (8 in 4 verses)

1 Cor. 13:1-4 (6 in 4 verses)

Ether 12:34-37 (5 in 4 verses)

2 Ne. 26:30 (4 in 1 verse)

1 Cor. 13:13-14:1 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 33:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Pet. 4:8 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 135:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Moro. 10:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 4:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 0 0 0
NT 28 0 28
BM 27 0 27
2 Ne. 7 0 7
Alma 1 0 1
Ether 6 0 6
Moro. 13 0 13
DC 11 0 11
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 66 0 66

2 Ne. 26:30
Behold, the Lord hath forbidden this thing; wherefore, the Lord God hath given a commandment that all men should have charity, which charity is love. And except they should have charity they were nothing. Wherefore, if they should have charity they would not suffer the laborer in Zion to perish.

2 Ne. 33:7
I have charity for my people, and great faith in Christ that I shall meet many souls spotless at his judgment-seat.

2 Ne. 33:8
I have charity for the Jew-- I say Jew, because I mean them from whence I came.

2 Ne. 33:9
I also have charity for the Gentiles. But behold, for none of these can I hope except they shall be reconciled unto Christ, and enter into the narrow gate, and walk in the strait path which leads to life, and continue in the path until the end of the day of probation.