Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'written' occurs 505 times in the standard works.

155 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'written' in the standard works and contain 30.7% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 59 minutes to read the entire list.

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3 Ne. 23:11-24:1 (6 in 5 verses)

Morm. 9:31-35 (6 in 5 verses)

3 Ne. 27:24-26 (5 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 19:21-24 (5 in 4 verses)

2 Ne. 33:2-5 (5 in 4 verses)

1 Ne. 14:26-30 (5 in 5 verses)

1 Ne. 16:26-29 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Ne. 1:16 (3 in 1 verse)

Rom. 15:3-4 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 29:10-11 (3 in 2 verses)

Hel. 5:6-7 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 18:29-30 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 19:6-7 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 35:25-27 (3 in 3 verses)

John 19:20-22 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 9:34-10:2 (3 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 26:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 18:2-4 (3 in 3 verses)

Ex. 32:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 9:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Esth. 3:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 2:10 (2 in 1 verse)

John 21:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Gal. 3:10 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Jn. 2:14 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 14:23 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 19:3 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 3:12 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 4:14 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 6:12 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 11:1 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 30:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Jacob 3:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Jarom 1:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Omni 1:11 (2 in 1 verse)

W of M 1:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 28:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 29:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 5:13 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 7:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Morm. 5:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Moro. 8:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 29:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 33:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Neh. 8:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Esth. 8:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 5:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 4:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)


Mark 9:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

 9:12 And he answered and told them, Elias verily cometh first, and restoreth all things; and how it is written of the Son of man, that he must suffer many things, and be set at nought.

 9:13 But I say unto you, That Elias is indeed come, and they have done unto him whatsoever they listed, as it is written of him.




John 20:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 9:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Cor. 3:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Rev. 22:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 2:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 4:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 12:40-41 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 15:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 10:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 77:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 128:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 133:63-64 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 145 0 145
NT 132 0 132
Matt. 10 0 10
Mark 8 0 8
Luke 17 0 17
John 15 0 15
Acts 8 0 8
Rom. 21 0 21
1 Cor. 14 0 14
2 Cor. 6 0 6
Gal. 6 0 6
Philem. 1 0 1
Heb. 3 0 3
1 Pet. 2 0 2
2 Pet. 1 0 1
1 Jn. 5 0 5
Rev. 15 0 15
BM 176 0 176
DC 48 0 48
PGP 4 0 4
TOTAL 505 0 505

Mark 1:2
As it is written in the prophets, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.

Mark 7:6
He answered and said unto them, Well hath Esaias prophesied of you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honoureth me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.

Mark 9:12
And he answered and told them, Elias verily cometh first, and restoreth all things; and how it is written of the Son of man, that he must suffer many things, and be set at nought.

Mark 9:13
But I say unto you, That Elias is indeed come, and they have done unto him whatsoever they listed, as it is written of him.

Mark 11:17
And he taught, saying unto them, Is it not written, My house shall be called of all nations the house of prayer? but ye have made it a den of thieves.

Mark 14:21
The Son of man indeed goeth, as it is written of him: but woe to that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! good were it for that man if he had never been born.

Mark 14:27
And Jesus saith unto them, All ye shall be offended because of me this night: for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered.

Mark 15:26
And the superscription of his accusation was written over, The King of the Jews.