Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'righteous' occurs 378 times in the standard works.

115 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'righteous' in the standard works and contain 30.4% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 46 minutes to read the entire list.

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Gen. 18:23-28 (7 in 6 verses)

2 Ne. 9:13-18 (6 in 6 verses)

1 Ne. 22:16-19 (5 in 4 verses)

Hel. 13:12-14 (4 in 3 verses)

Matt. 10:41 (3 in 1 verse)


Ezek. 3:20-21 (3 in 2 verses)

 3:20 Again, When a righteous man doth turn from his righteousness, and commit iniquity, and I lay a stumblingblock before him, he shall die: because thou hast not given him warning, he shall die in his sin, and his righteousness which he hath done shall not be remembered; but his blood will I require at thine hand.

 3:21 Nevertheless if thou warn the righteous man, that the righteous sin not, and he doth not sin, he shall surely live, because he is warned; also thou hast delivered thy soul.




Ezek. 33:12-13 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 10:22-23 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 41:13-14 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 10:36-37 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 17:33-35 (3 in 3 verses)

Judg. 5:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 125:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 57:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 23:35 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Pet. 2:8 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Jn. 3:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Rev. 22:11 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 17:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 34:36 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 60:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 62:40 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 7:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Morm. 9:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 23:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 1:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 32:11-33:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 37:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 37:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 58:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 97:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 119:137-138 (2 in 2 verses)

Prov. 10:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Prov. 11:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

Prov. 15:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

Prov. 29:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Eccl. 9:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 21:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 23:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Thes. 1:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 16:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 17:37-38 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 9:40-41 (2 in 2 verses)

Jacob 3:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 5:57-58 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 40:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 13:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 195 226 421
NT 43 122 165
BM 112 109 221
DC 23 53 76
PGP 5 14 19
TOTAL 378 524 902

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