Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'partake' occurs 38 times in the standard works.

8 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'partake' in the standard works and contain 21.1% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 4 minutes to read the entire list.

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1 Ne. 8:15-18 (4 in 4 verses)


1 Ne. 8:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

 8:11 And it came to pass that I did go forth and partake of the fruit thereof; and I beheld that it was most sweet, above all that I ever before tasted. Yea, and I beheld that the fruit thereof was white, to exceed all the whiteness that I had ever seen.

 8:12 And as I partook of the fruit thereof it filled my soul with exceedingly great joy; wherefore, I began to be desirous that my family should partake of it also; for I knew that it was desirable above all other fruit.




2 Ne. 26:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 0 1 1
NT 0 31 31
BM 27 11 38
1 Ne. 7 1 8
2 Ne. 6 1 7
Jacob 1 0 1
Omni 1 0 1
Alma 6 4 10
Hel. 2 0 2
3 Ne. 1 0 1
4 Ne. 0 1 1
Morm. 1 0 1
Ether 0 3 3
Moro. 2 1 3
DC 10 7 17
PGP 1 2 3
TOTAL 38 52 90

1 Ne. 8:11
And it came to pass that I did go forth and partake of the fruit thereof; and I beheld that it was most sweet, above all that I ever before tasted. Yea, and I beheld that the fruit thereof was white, to exceed all the whiteness that I had ever seen.

1 Ne. 8:12
And as I partook of the fruit thereof it filled my soul with exceedingly great joy; wherefore, I began to be desirous that my family should partake of it also; for I knew that it was desirable above all other fruit.

1 Ne. 8:15
And it came to pass that I beckoned unto them; and I also did say unto them with a loud voice that they should come unto me, and partake of the fruit, which was desirable above all other fruit.

1 Ne. 8:16
And it came to pass that they did come unto me and partake of the fruit also.

1 Ne. 8:17
And it came to pass that I was desirous that Laman and Lemuel should come and partake of the fruit also; wherefore, I cast mine eyes towards the head of the river, that perhaps I might see them.

1 Ne. 8:18
And it came to pass that I saw them, but they would not come unto me and partake of the fruit.

1 Ne. 8:24
And it came to pass that I beheld others pressing forward, and they came forth and caught hold of the end of the rod of iron; and they did press forward through the mist of darkness, clinging to the rod of iron, even until they did come forth and partake of the fruit of the tree.

1 Ne. 8:25
And after they had partaken of the fruit of the tree they did cast their eyes about as if they were ashamed.