Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'both' occurs 548 times in the standard works.

89 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'both' in the standard works and contain 16.2% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 33 minutes to read the entire list.

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Alma 11:43-44 (5 in 2 verses)

Hel. 6:9-12 (5 in 4 verses)

Lev. 20:11-14 (4 in 4 verses)

Philip. 4:9-12 (4 in 4 verses)

2 Ne. 10:16 (3 in 1 verse)

Alma 1:30 (3 in 1 verse)

Deut. 22:22-24 (3 in 3 verses)

Rom. 1:12-14 (3 in 3 verses)

Rev. 19:18-20 (3 in 3 verses)

Morm. 4:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 43:18-20 (3 in 3 verses)

Ex. 36:29 (2 in 1 verse)

John 15:24 (2 in 1 verse)

Acts 8:38 (2 in 1 verse)

Acts 14:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Rom. 14:9 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 8:27 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 18:25 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 2:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 4:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 5:49 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 52:35 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 6:2 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 7:8 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 102:11 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 135:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Moses 6:63 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 6:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Neh. 12:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 1:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 6:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Rev. 13:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 13:41-42 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 26:33-27:1 (2 in 2 verses)


Hel. 11:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

 11:20 And thus it did come to pass that the people of Nephi began to prosper again in the land, and began to build up their waste places, and began to multiply and spread, even until they did cover the whole face of the land, both on the northward and on the southward, from the sea west to the sea east.

 11:21 And it came to pass that the seventy and sixth year did end in peace. And the seventy and seventh year began in peace; and the church did spread throughout the face of all the land; and the more part of the people, both the Nephites and the Lamanites, did belong to the church; and they did have exceedingly great peace in the land; and thus ended the seventy and seventh year.




Hel. 14:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 254 33 287
NT 107 0 107
BM 116 0 116
1 Ne. 12 0 12
2 Ne. 16 0 16
Jacob 3 0 3
Mosiah 7 0 7
Alma 26 0 26
Hel. 15 0 15
3 Ne. 17 0 17
4 Ne. 3 0 3
Morm. 9 0 9
Ether 7 0 7
Moro. 1 0 1
DC 57 0 57
PGP 14 0 14
TOTAL 548 33 581

Hel. 1:27
But behold, the Lamanites were not frightened according to his desire, but they had come into the center of the land, and had taken the capital city which was the city of Zarahemla, and were marching through the most capital parts of the land, slaying the people with a great slaughter, both men, women, and children, taking possession of many cities and of many strongholds.

Hel. 3:11
And thus they did enable the people in the land northward that they might build many cities, both of wood and of cement.

Hel. 6:9
And it came to pass that they became exceedingly rich, both the Lamanites and the Nephites; and they did have an exceeding plenty of gold, and of silver, and of all manner of precious metals, both in the land south and in the land north.

Hel. 6:11
And behold, there was all manner of gold in both these lands, and of silver, and of precious ore of every kind; and there were also curious workmen, who did work all kinds of ore and did refine it; and thus they did become rich.

Hel. 6:12
They did raise grain in abundance, both in the north and in the south; and they did flourish exceedingly, both in the north and in the south. And they did multiply and wax exceedingly strong in the land. And they did raise many flocks and herds, yea, many fatlings.

Hel. 8:24
And now, seeing ye know these things and cannot deny them except ye shall lie, therefore in this ye have sinned, for ye have rejected all these things, notwithstanding so many evidences which ye have received; yea, even ye have received all things, both things in heaven, and all things which are in the earth, as a witness that they are true.

Hel. 8:28
And behold, they both belong to your secret band, whose author is Gadianton and the evil one who seeketh to destroy the souls of men.

Hel. 11:20
And thus it did come to pass that the people of Nephi began to prosper again in the land, and began to build up their waste places, and began to multiply and spread, even until they did cover the whole face of the land, both on the northward and on the southward, from the sea west to the sea east.

Hel. 11:21
And it came to pass that the seventy and sixth year did end in peace. And the seventy and seventh year began in peace; and the church did spread throughout the face of all the land; and the more part of the people, both the Nephites and the Lamanites, did belong to the church; and they did have exceedingly great peace in the land; and thus ended the seventy and seventh year.

Hel. 14:16
Yea, behold, this death bringeth to pass the resurrection, and redeemeth all mankind from the first death-- that spiritual death; for all mankind, by the fall of Adam being cut off from the presence of the Lord, are considered as dead, both as to things temporal and to things spiritual.

Hel. 14:21
Yea, at the time that he shall yield up the ghost there shall be thunderings and lightnings for the space of many hours, and the earth shall shake and tremble; and the rocks which are upon the face of this earth, which are both above the earth and beneath, which ye know at this time are solid, or the more part of it is one solid mass, shall be broken up;

Hel. 14:22
Yea, they shall be rent in twain, and shall ever after be found in seams and in cracks, and in broken fragments upon the face of the whole earth, yea, both above the earth and beneath.

Hel. 16:15
Nevertheless, the people began to harden their hearts, all save it were the most believing part of them, both of the Nephites and also of the Lamanites, and began to depend upon their own strength and upon their own wisdom, saying: