Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'writing' occurs 64 times in the standard works.

24 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'writing' in the standard works and contain 37.5% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 10 minutes to read the entire list.

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Esth. 8:8-9 (3 in 2 verses)

Ether 12:23-24 (3 in 2 verses)

Dan. 5:15-17 (3 in 3 verses)

Dan. 6:8-10 (3 in 3 verses)

Ex. 32:16 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 35:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Jacob 7:27 (2 in 1 verse)

Dan. 5:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 5:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 3:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 34 0 34
NT 4 2 6
BM 16 1 17
DC 10 6 16
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 64 9 73

D&C 6:17
I tell thee these things as a witness unto thee-- that the words or the work which thou hast been writing are true.

D&C 24:5
And thou shalt continue in calling upon God in my name, and writing the things which shall be given thee by the Comforter, and expounding all scriptures unto the church.

D&C 25:8
For he shall lay his hands upon thee, and thou shalt receive the Holy Ghost, and thy time shall be given to writing, and to learning much.

D&C 51:4
And let my servant Edward Partridge, when he shall appoint a man his portion, give unto him a writing that shall secure unto him his portion, that he shall hold it, even this right and this inheritance in the church, until he transgresses and is not accounted worthy by the voice of the church, according to the laws and covenants of the church, to belong to the church.

D&C 55:4
And again, you shall be ordained to assist my servant Oliver Cowdery to do the work of printing, and of selecting and writing books for schools in this church, that little children also may receive instruction before me as is pleasing unto me.

D&C 63:56
Wherefore his writing is not acceptable unto the Lord, and he shall make another; and if the Lord receive it not, behold he standeth no longer in the office to which I have appointed him.

D&C 69:3
And also that he shall continue in writing and making a history of all the important things which he shall observe and know concerning my church;

D&C 69:8
Preaching and expounding, writing, copying, selecting, and obtaining all things which shall be for the good of the church, and for the rising generations that shall grow up on the land of Zion, to possess it from generation to generation, forever and ever. Amen.

D&C 123:5
And all that are in the magazines, and in the encyclopedias, and all the libelous histories that are published, and are writing, and by whom, and present the whole concatenation of diabolical rascality and nefarious and murderous impositions that have been practiced upon this people--

D&C 124:4
Let it be written in the spirit of meekness and by the power of the Holy Ghost, which shall be in you at the time of the writing of the same;