Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'true' occurs 231 times in the standard works.

64 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'true' in the standard works and contain 27.7% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 23 minutes to read the entire list.

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Alma 5:45-48 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Jn. 5:20 (3 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 1:6 (3 in 1 verse)

Alma 30:41 (3 in 1 verse)

Moro. 7:35 (3 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 15:15-16 (3 in 2 verses)

4 Ne. 1:36-37 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 18:2-3 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 11:25-27 (3 in 3 verses)

John 19:35 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Jn. 2:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 30:24 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 9:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 15:13 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 128:4 (2 in 1 verse)

JS-H 1:64 (2 in 1 verse)


Gen. 42:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

 42:33 And the man, the lord of the country, said unto us, Hereby shall I know that ye are true men; leave one of your brethren here with me, and take food for the famine of your households, and be gone:

 42:34 And bring your youngest brother unto me: then shall I know that ye are no spies, but that ye are true men: so will I deliver you your brother, and ye shall traffick in the land.




John 5:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

John 8:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

John 8:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 5:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 34:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 46:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 20:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 67:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 91:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

JS-H 1:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 27 0 27
Gen. 5 0 5
Deut. 2 0 2
Josh. 1 0 1
Ruth 1 0 1
2 Sam. 1 0 1
1 Kgs. 2 0 2
2 Chr. 2 0 2
Neh. 1 0 1
Ps. 2 0 2
Prov. 1 0 1
Jer. 2 0 2
Ezek. 1 0 1
Dan. 5 0 5
Zech. 1 0 1
NT 54 0 54
BM 105 0 105
DC 37 0 37
PGP 8 0 8
TOTAL 231 0 231

Gen. 42:11
We are all one man's sons; we are true men, thy servants are no spies.

Gen. 42:19
If ye be true men, let one of your brethren be bound in the house of your prison: go ye, carry corn for the famine of your houses:

Gen. 42:31
And we said unto him, We are true men; we are no spies:

Gen. 42:33
And the man, the lord of the country, said unto us, Hereby shall I know that ye are true men; leave one of your brethren here with me, and take food for the famine of your households, and be gone:

Gen. 42:34
And bring your youngest brother unto me: then shall I know that ye are no spies, but that ye are true men: so will I deliver you your brother, and ye shall traffick in the land.