Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'preach' occurs 185 times in the standard works.

54 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'preach' in the standard works and contain 29.2% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 21 minutes to read the entire list.

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Alma 8:32-9:2 (4 in 3 verses)

Luke 4:18-19 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 21:4-5 (3 in 2 verses)


Morm. 1:16-17 (3 in 2 verses)

 1:16 And I did endeavor to preach unto this people, but my mouth was shut, and I was forbidden that I should preach unto them; for behold they had wilfully rebelled against their God; and the beloved disciples were taken away out of the land, because of their iniquity.

 1:17 But I did remain among them, but I was forbidden to preach unto them, because of the hardness of their hearts; and because of the hardness of their hearts the land was cursed for their sake.




1 Cor. 9:14-16 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Cor. 9:16-18 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 52:25-27 (3 in 3 verses)

Rom. 10:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 5:49 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 8:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 30:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 32:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 4:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 13:2 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 50:17 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 134:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Gal. 1:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Philip. 1:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 23:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 30:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 5:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 6:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 58:46-47 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 3 9 12
NT 47 94 141
BM 86 48 134
1 Ne. 1 2 3
2 Ne. 4 0 4
Jacob 1 3 4
Enos 1 1 2
Omni 0 1 1
W of M 0 1 1
Mosiah 8 4 12
Alma 49 23 72
Hel. 13 5 18
3 Ne. 3 8 11
Morm. 4 0 4
Moro. 2 0 2
DC 48 31 79
PGP 1 7 8
TOTAL 185 189 374

Morm. 1:16
And I did endeavor to preach unto this people, but my mouth was shut, and I was forbidden that I should preach unto them; for behold they had wilfully rebelled against their God; and the beloved disciples were taken away out of the land, because of their iniquity.

Morm. 1:17
But I did remain among them, but I was forbidden to preach unto them, because of the hardness of their hearts; and because of the hardness of their hearts the land was cursed for their sake.

Morm. 9:22
For behold, thus said Jesus Christ, the Son of God, unto his disciples who should tarry, yea, and also to all his disciples, in the hearing of the multitude: Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature;