Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'preserve' occurs 92 times in the standard works.

20 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'preserve' in the standard works and contain 21.7% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 9 minutes to read the entire list.

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Ps. 121:7-8 (3 in 2 verses)

Jacob 5:53-54 (3 in 2 verses)

Jacob 5:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 43:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 3:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)


Enos 1:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

 1:15 Wherefore, I knowing that the Lord God was able to preserve our records, I cried unto him continually, for he had said unto me: Whatsoever thing ye shall ask in faith, believing that ye shall receive in the name of Christ, ye shall receive it.

 1:16 And I had faith, and I did cry unto God that he would preserve the records; and he covenanted with me that he would bring them forth unto the Lamanites in his own due time.




Omni 1:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 4:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 28 23 51
NT 2 4 6
BM 55 40 95
1 Ne. 6 5 11
2 Ne. 3 2 5
Jacob 14 7 21
Enos 3 0 3
Omni 2 1 3
W of M 0 2 2
Mosiah 3 9 12
Alma 19 13 32
Hel. 3 0 3
3 Ne. 1 0 1
Ether 1 1 2
DC 5 11 16
PGP 2 3 5
TOTAL 92 81 173

Enos 1:13
And now behold, this was the desire which I desired of him-- that if it should so be, that my people, the Nephites, should fall into transgression, and by any means be destroyed, and the Lamanites should not be destroyed, that the Lord God would preserve a record of my people, the Nephites; even if it so be by the power of his holy arm, that it might be brought forth at some future day unto the Lamanites, that, perhaps, they might be brought unto salvation--

Enos 1:15
Wherefore, I knowing that the Lord God was able to preserve our records, I cried unto him continually, for he had said unto me: Whatsoever thing ye shall ask in faith, believing that ye shall receive in the name of Christ, ye shall receive it.

Enos 1:16
And I had faith, and I did cry unto God that he would preserve the records; and he covenanted with me that he would bring them forth unto the Lamanites in his own due time.