Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'messenger' occurs 57 times in the standard works.

31 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'messenger' in the standard works and contain 54.4% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 13 minutes to read the entire list.

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JS-H 1:44-50 (7 in 7 verses)

JS-H 1:59-60 (4 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 6:32-33 (3 in 2 verses)

JS-H 1:48-50 (3 in 3 verses)

JS-H 1:50-52 (3 in 3 verses)

JS-H 1:52-54 (3 in 3 verses)

Mal. 3:1 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 24:1 (2 in 1 verse)

JS-H 1:72 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 11:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 29 75 104
NT 5 4 9
BM 2 3 5
2 Ne. 0 1 1
Alma 0 2 2
3 Ne. 2 0 2
DC 3 4 7
PGP 18 0 18
TOTAL 57 86 143

2 Ne. 24:32
What shall then answer the messengers of the nations? That the Lord hath founded Zion, and the poor of his people shall trust in it.

Alma 43:24
And it came to pass that the word of the Lord came unto Alma, and Alma informed the messengers of Moroni, that the armies of the Lamanites were marching round about in the wilderness, that they might come over into the land of Manti, that they might commence an attack upon the weaker part of the people. And those messengers went and delivered the message unto Moroni.

3 Ne. 24:1
And it came to pass that he commanded them that they should write the words which the Father had given unto Malachi, which he should tell unto them. And it came to pass that after they were written he expounded them. And these are the words which he did tell unto them, saying: Thus said the Father unto Malachi-- Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me, and the Lord whom ye seek shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in; behold, he shall come, saith the Lord of Hosts.