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)

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
Gen. 10 2 12
Ex. 3 1 4
Lev. 0 3 3
Num. 1 0 1
Deut. 3 8 11
Judg. 2 0 2
1 Sam. 2 1 3
2 Sam. 1 2 3
1 Kgs. 2 2 4
2 Kgs. 1 0 1
2 Chr. 2 1 3
Ezra 1 0 1
Neh. 1 0 1
Job 13 9 22
Ps. 60 75 135
Prov. 54 22 76
Eccl. 5 2 7
Isa. 10 56 66
Jer. 3 10 13
Lam. 1 0 1
Ezek. 15 14 29
Dan. 1 6 7
Hosea 0 3 3
Amos 1 3 4
Micah 0 2 2
Hab. 2 0 2
Zeph. 0 1 1
Zech. 0 1 1
Mal. 1 2 3
NT 43 122 165
BM 112 109 221
DC 23 53 76
PGP 5 14 19
TOTAL 378 524 902

Ezek. 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.

Ezek. 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. 13:22
Because with lies ye have made the heart of the righteous sad, whom I have not made sad; and strengthened the hands of the wicked, that he should not return from his wicked way, by promising him life:

Ezek. 14:14
Though these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they should deliver but their own souls by their righteousness, saith the Lord God.

Ezek. 14:20
Though Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, as I live, saith the Lord God, they shall deliver neither son nor daughter; they shall but deliver their own souls by their righteousness.

Ezek. 16:52
Thou also, which hast judged thy sisters, bear thine own shame for thy sins that thou hast committed more abominable than they: they are more righteous than thou: yea, be thou confounded also, and bear thy shame, in that thou hast justified thy sisters.

Ezek. 18:20
The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.

Ezek. 18:22
All his transgressions that he hath committed, they shall not be mentioned unto him: in his righteousness that he hath done he shall live.

Ezek. 18:24
But when the righteous turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and doeth according to all the abominations that the wicked man doeth, shall he live? All his righteousness that he hath done shall not be mentioned: in his trespass that he hath trespassed, and in his sin that he hath sinned, in them shall he die.

Ezek. 18:26
When a righteous man turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and dieth in them; for his iniquity that he hath done shall he die.

Ezek. 21:3
And say to the land of Israel, Thus saith the Lord; Behold, I am against thee, and will draw forth my sword out of his sheath, and will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked.

Ezek. 21:4
Seeing then that I will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked, therefore shall my sword go forth out of his sheath against all flesh from the south to the north:

Ezek. 23:45
And the righteous men, they shall judge them after the manner of adulteresses, and after the manner of women that shed blood; because they are adulteresses, and blood is in their hands.

Ezek. 33:12
Therefore, thou son of man, say unto the children of thy people, The righteousness of the righteous shall not deliver him in the day of his transgression: as for the wickedness of the wicked, he shall not fall thereby in the day that he turneth from his wickedness; neither shall the righteous be able to live for his righteousness in the day that he sinneth.

Ezek. 33:13
When I shall say to the righteous, that he shall surely live; if he trust to his own righteousness, and commit iniquity, all his righteousnesses shall not be remembered; but for his iniquity that he hath committed, he shall die for it.

Ezek. 33:18
When the righteous turneth from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, he shall even die thereby.