Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'church' occurs 714 times in the standard works.

434 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'church' in the standard works and contain 60.8% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 188 minutes to read the entire list.

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D&C 20:65-21:1 (21 in 21 verses)

Alma 4:4-18 (16 in 15 verses)

D&C 51:4-13 (12 in 10 verses)

3 Ne. 26:21-27:10 (11 in 11 verses)

D&C 107:72-82 (11 in 11 verses)

1 Ne. 14:9-17 (10 in 9 verses)

Mosiah 26:33-27:2 (10 in 9 verses)

Alma 5:62-6:8 (10 in 9 verses)

D&C 102:1-10 (10 in 10 verses)

D&C 42:31-37 (9 in 7 verses)

Alma 1:19-23 (7 in 5 verses)

D&C 20:37-43 (7 in 7 verses)

D&C 72:19-25 (7 in 7 verses)

D&C 42:78-81 (6 in 4 verses)

Alma 1:28-32 (6 in 5 verses)

D&C 127:12-128:4 (6 in 5 verses)

D&C 23:2-7 (6 in 6 verses)

D&C 42:8-13 (6 in 6 verses)

D&C 83:1-6 (6 in 6 verses)

D&C 107:32-37 (6 in 6 verses)

JS-H 1:1-2 (5 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 25:18-22 (5 in 5 verses)

Mosiah 26:4-8 (5 in 5 verses)

Mosiah 26:6-10 (5 in 5 verses)

Mosiah 27:9-13 (5 in 5 verses)

Alma 5:2-6 (5 in 5 verses)

Alma 46:6-10 (5 in 5 verses)

D&C 107:58-59 (4 in 2 verses)

D&C 115:3-4 (4 in 2 verses)

Hel. 3:24-26 (4 in 3 verses)

D&C 10:53-55 (4 in 3 verses)

D&C 10:67-69 (4 in 3 verses)

D&C 28:12-14 (4 in 3 verses)

D&C 69:7-70:1 (4 in 3 verses)

4 Ne. 1:26-29 (4 in 4 verses)

D&C 28:1-4 (4 in 4 verses)

D&C 30:4-7 (4 in 4 verses)

D&C 107:22-25 (4 in 4 verses)

Mosiah 18:17 (3 in 1 verse)

Hel. 3:33 (3 in 1 verse)

D&C 1:30 (3 in 1 verse)

D&C 41:9 (3 in 1 verse)

D&C 46:27 (3 in 1 verse)

Alma 1:6-7 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 2:3-4 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 8:11-12 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 30:33-34 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 46:14-15 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 21:11-12 (3 in 2 verses)

JS-H 1:72-73 (3 in 2 verses)

Eph. 5:23-25 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 13:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 20:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 20:53-55 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 20:61-63 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 33:13-15 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 38:34-36 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 46:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 102:26-28 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 107:65-67 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 109:71-73 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 124:124-126 (3 in 3 verses)

Matt. 18:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 46:38 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 6:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 11:21 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 5:12 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 6:14 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 18:20 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 50:1 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 58:35 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 58:49 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 82:18 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 84:111 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 86:3 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 88:127 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 107:12 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 107:98 (2 in 1 verse)

Acts 15:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 14:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Col. 4:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Jn. 1:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 22:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 26:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 45:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 28:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Moro. 4:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Moro. 6:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 18:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 21:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 26:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 37:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 41:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 43:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 43:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 46:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 58:55-56 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 58:60-61 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 70:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 72:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 72:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 72:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 75:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 75:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 102:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 106:8-107:1 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 107:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 107:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 107:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 107:91-92 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 119:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 124:136-137 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 0 0 0
NT 77 37 114
BM 226 32 258
1 Ne. 22 4 26
2 Ne. 4 6 10
Mosiah 42 7 49
Alma 101 3 104
Hel. 16 0 16
3 Ne. 23 0 23
4 Ne. 6 5 11
Morm. 2 7 9
Moro. 10 0 10
DC 401 28 429
PGP 10 0 10
TOTAL 714 97 811

Mosiah 25:19
And it came to pass that king Mosiah granted unto Alma that he might establish churches throughout all the land of Zarahemla; and gave him power to ordain priests and teachers over every church.

Mosiah 25:21
Therefore they did assemble themselves together in different bodies, being called churches; every church having their priests and their teachers, and every priest preaching the word according as it was delivered to him by the mouth of Alma.

Mosiah 25:22
And thus, notwithstanding there being many churches they were all one church, yea, even the church of God; for there was nothing preached in all the churches except it were repentance and faith in God.

Mosiah 25:23
And now there were seven churches in the land of Zarahemla. And it came to pass that whosoever were desirous to take upon them the name of Christ, or of God, they did join the churches of God;

Mosiah 27:3
And there was a strict command throughout all the churches that there should be no persecutions among them, that there should be an equality among all men;