Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'amen' occurs 275 times in the standard works.

38 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'amen' in the standard works and contain 13.8% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 15 minutes to read the entire list.

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Deut. 27:15-26 (12 in 12 verses)

D&C 23:2-5 (4 in 4 verses)

Num. 5:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Neh. 8:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 41:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 72:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 89:52 (2 in 1 verse)

Rev. 7:12 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 109:80 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 136:42 (2 in 1 verse)

Rev. 1:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Rev. 22:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 119:7-120:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 27 98 125
NT 51 22 73
Matt. 2 3 5
Mark 1 1 2
Luke 1 2 3
John 1 2 3
Acts 0 1 1
Rom. 7 0 7
1 Cor. 2 1 3
2 Cor. 2 2 4
Gal. 2 0 2
Eph. 2 0 2
Philip. 2 0 2
Col. 1 0 1
1 Thes. 1 0 1
2 Thes. 1 0 1
1 Tim. 3 0 3
2 Tim. 2 0 2
Titus 1 0 1
Philem. 1 0 1
Heb. 2 7 9
1 Pet. 3 1 4
2 Pet. 1 0 1
1 Jn. 1 0 1
2 Jn. 1 0 1
Jude 1 0 1
Rev. 10 2 12
BM 42 26 68
DC 151 22 173
PGP 4 14 18
TOTAL 275 182 457

Matt. 2:18
In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation, and weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted, because they are not.

Matt. 11:17
And saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned unto you, and ye have not lamented.

Matt. 26:28
For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.

Mark 14:24
And he said unto them, This is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many.

Luke 22:20
Likewise also the cup after supper, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood, which is shed for you.

Luke 23:27
And there followed him a great company of people, and of women, which also bewailed and lamented him.

John 4:52
Then inquired he of them the hour when he began to amend. And they said unto him, Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him.

John 16:20
Verily, verily, I say unto you, That ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice: and ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy.

Acts 8:2
And devout men carried Stephen to his burial, and made great lamentation over him.

1 Cor. 11:25
After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me.

2 Cor. 3:6
Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.

2 Cor. 3:14
But their minds were blinded: for until this day remaineth the same veil untaken away in the reading of the old testament; which veil is done away in Christ.

Heb. 7:22
By so much was Jesus made a surety of a better testament.

Heb. 9:15
And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance.

Heb. 9:16
For where a testament is, there must also of necessity be the death of the testator.

Heb. 9:17
For a testament is of force after men are dead: otherwise it is of no strength at all while the testator liveth.

Heb. 9:18
Whereupon neither the first testament was dedicated without blood.

Heb. 9:20
Saying, This is the blood of the testament which God hath enjoined unto you.

1 Pet. 3:4
But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.

Rev. 11:19
And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in his temple the ark of his testament: and there were lightnings, and voices, and thunderings, and an earthquake, and great hail.

Rev. 18:9
And the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication and lived deliciously with her, shall bewail her, and lament for her, when they shall see the smoke of her burning,