Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'people' occurs 4178 times in the standard works.

2548 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'people' in the standard works and contain 61% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 1151 minutes to read the entire list.

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Alma 50:17-51:16 (40 in 40 verses)

Mosiah 19:23-21:1 (34 in 34 verses)

Ether 14:31-15:25 (26 in 26 verses)

Mosiah 28:11-29:13 (23 in 23 verses)

Moses 7:2-22 (22 in 21 verses)

Alma 4:1-5:2 (22 in 22 verses)

1 Sam. 14:24-41 (19 in 18 verses)

Hel. 1:1-13 (16 in 13 verses)

Neh. 7:72-8:13 (16 in 15 verses)

Alma 35:4-15 (15 in 12 verses)

Jacob 1:2-15 (15 in 14 verses)

Alma 1:1-15 (15 in 15 verses)

Ex. 19:5-17 (14 in 13 verses)

Mosiah 24:17-25:5 (14 in 14 verses)

Alma 9:19-32 (14 in 14 verses)

Alma 27:21-28:4 (14 in 14 verses)

Alma 30:19-32 (14 in 14 verses)

Mosiah 29:23-34 (13 in 12 verses)

Alma 1:33-2:12 (13 in 13 verses)

3 Ne. 7:11-23 (13 in 13 verses)

3 Ne. 16:4-16 (13 in 13 verses)

Hel. 13:2-8 (12 in 7 verses)

Mosiah 1:10-2:1 (12 in 10 verses)


Deut. 27:15-26 (12 in 12 verses)

 27:15 Cursed be the man that maketh any graven or molten image, an abomination unto the Lord, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and putteth it in a secret place. And all the people shall answer and say, Amen.

 27:16 Cursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.

 27:17 Cursed be he that removeth his neighbour's landmark. And all the people shall say, Amen.

 27:18 Cursed be he that maketh the blind to wander out of the way. And all the people shall say, Amen.

 27:19 Cursed be he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.

 27:20 Cursed be he that lieth with his father's wife; because he uncovereth his father's skirt. And all the people shall say, Amen.

 27:21 Cursed be he that lieth with any manner of beast. And all the people shall say, Amen.

 27:22 Cursed be he that lieth with his sister, the daughter of his father, or the daughter of his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.

 27:23 Cursed be he that lieth with his mother in law. And all the people shall say, Amen.

 27:24 Cursed be he that smiteth his neighbour secretly. And all the people shall say, Amen.

 27:25 Cursed be he that taketh reward to slay an innocent person. And all the people shall say, Amen.

 27:26 Cursed be he that confirmeth not all the words of this law to do them. And all the people shall say, Amen.




3 Ne. 1:22-2:3 (12 in 12 verses)

4 Ne. 1:34-45 (12 in 12 verses)

2 Sam. 17:29-18:8 (11 in 9 verses)

Ex. 18:13-23 (11 in 11 verses)

Mosiah 11:20-12:1 (11 in 11 verses)

Mosiah 21:30-22:4 (11 in 11 verses)

Alma 10:12-22 (11 in 11 verses)

Alma 10:14-24 (11 in 11 verses)

Omni 1:14-22 (10 in 9 verses)

Morm. 5:9-17 (10 in 9 verses)

1 Sam. 10:23-11:5 (10 in 10 verses)

Alma 8:24-9:1 (10 in 10 verses)

3 Ne. 6:12-21 (10 in 10 verses)

Judg. 7:1-8 (9 in 8 verses)

2 Kgs. 11:13-20 (9 in 8 verses)

Mosiah 23:39-24:7 (9 in 8 verses)

3 Ne. 20:46-21:7 (9 in 8 verses)

Morm. 6:5-12 (9 in 8 verses)

Esth. 3:6-14 (9 in 9 verses)

Jacob 2:25-33 (9 in 9 verses)

Mosiah 27:6-14 (9 in 9 verses)

Alma 37:21-29 (9 in 9 verses)

D&C 51:7-15 (9 in 9 verses)

Num. 21:2-7 (8 in 6 verses)

Judg. 9:32-38 (8 in 7 verses)

Josh. 8:9-16 (8 in 8 verses)

Judg. 9:42-49 (8 in 8 verses)

Mosiah 6:1-7:1 (8 in 8 verses)

Mosiah 9:10-17 (8 in 8 verses)

Mosiah 25:13-20 (8 in 8 verses)

Alma 13:31-14:7 (8 in 8 verses)

Alma 21:20-22:4 (8 in 8 verses)

3 Ne. 10:1-8 (8 in 8 verses)

Ex. 17:1-6 (7 in 6 verses)

Alma 30:1-6 (7 in 6 verses)

3 Ne. 20:18-23 (7 in 6 verses)

Ether 10:7-12 (7 in 6 verses)

Ex. 33:10-16 (7 in 7 verses)

1 Sam. 13:2-8 (7 in 7 verses)

2 Sam. 3:31-37 (7 in 7 verses)

2 Chr. 32:13-19 (7 in 7 verses)

W of M 1:11-17 (7 in 7 verses)

Mosiah 10:1-7 (7 in 7 verses)

Mosiah 10:6-12 (7 in 7 verses)

Alma 8:1-7 (7 in 7 verses)

Alma 24:26-25:2 (7 in 7 verses)

Alma 26:36-27:5 (7 in 7 verses)

Alma 30:59-31:5 (7 in 7 verses)

Hel. 16:7-13 (7 in 7 verses)

D&C 109:24-30 (7 in 7 verses)

Ex. 8:20-23 (6 in 4 verses)

Enos 1:19-22 (6 in 4 verses)

2 Ne. 30:6-10 (6 in 5 verses)

3 Ne. 2:17-3:2 (6 in 5 verses)

Josh. 3:14-4:2 (6 in 6 verses)

1 Sam. 9:12-17 (6 in 6 verses)

2 Chr. 23:12-17 (6 in 6 verses)

2 Chr. 23:16-21 (6 in 6 verses)

Jer. 26:7-12 (6 in 6 verses)

2 Ne. 24:32-25:5 (6 in 6 verses)

Alma 49:26-50:1 (6 in 6 verses)

Hel. 3:9-14 (6 in 6 verses)

3 Ne. 21:23-28 (6 in 6 verses)

Ether 7:21-26 (6 in 6 verses)

Ether 9:31-10:1 (6 in 6 verses)

D&C 98:33-38 (6 in 6 verses)

Deut. 7:6-7 (5 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 7:23-24 (5 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 17:21-22 (5 in 2 verses)

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