Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'only' occurs 447 times in the standard works.

71 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'only' in the standard works and contain 15.9% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 32 minutes to read the entire list.

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D&C 124:70-71 (3 in 2 verses)

Job 1:15-17 (3 in 3 verses)

Ps. 62:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 20:19-21 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 89:13-15 (3 in 3 verses)

Moses 1:15-17 (3 in 3 verses)

Moses 1:19-21 (3 in 3 verses)

Ex. 10:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Prov. 21:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 32:30 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 32:19 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 104:53 (2 in 1 verse)

Moses 1:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Moses 6:52 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 34:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 1:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 6:39-40 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 7:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)


2 Sam. 13:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

 13:32 And Jonadab, the son of Shimeah David's brother, answered and said, Let not my lord suppose that they have slain all the young men the king's sons; for Amnon only is dead: for by the appointment of Absalom this hath been determined from the day that he forced his sister Tamar.

 13:33 Now therefore let not my lord the king take the thing to his heart, to think that all the king's sons are dead: for Amnon only is dead.




1 Kgs. 3:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Tim. 6:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Jacob 4:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 2:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 3:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 12:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 32:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 32:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 76:37-38 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 135:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 1:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 2:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

JS-H 1:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 155 0 155
NT 98 2 100
BM 78 0 78
DC 77 0 77
PGP 39 0 39
TOTAL 447 2 449

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