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

Job 4:7
Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished, being innocent? or where were the righteous cut off?

Job 6:29
Return, I pray you, let it not be iniquity; yea, return again, my righteousness is in it.

Job 8:6
If thou wert pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.

Job 9:15
Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer, but I would make supplication to my judge.

Job 10:15
If I be wicked, woe unto me; and if I be righteous, yet will I not lift up my head. I am full of confusion; therefore see thou mine affliction;

Job 15:14
What is man, that he should be clean? and he which is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?

Job 17:9
The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.

Job 22:3
Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous? or is it gain to him, that thou makest thy ways perfect?

Job 22:19
The righteous see it, and are glad: and the innocent laugh them to scorn.

Job 23:7
There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge.

Job 27:6
My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart shall not reproach me so long as I live.

Job 27:7
Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and he that riseth up against me as the unrighteous.

Job 29:14
I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment was as a robe and a diadem.

Job 32:1
So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.

Job 33:26
He shall pray unto God, and he will be favourable unto him: and he shall see his face with joy: for he will render unto man his righteousness.

Job 34:5
For Job hath said, I am righteous: and God hath taken away my judgment.

Job 35:2
Thinkest thou this to be right, that thou saidst, My righteousness is more than God's?

Job 35:7
If thou be righteous, what givest thou him? or what receiveth he of thine hand?

Job 35:8
Thy wickedness may hurt a man as thou art; and thy righteousness may profit the son of man.

Job 36:3
I will fetch my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe righteousness to my Maker.

Job 36:7
He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous: but with kings are they on the throne; yea, he doth establish them for ever, and they are exalted.

Job 40:8
Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous?