Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'speaketh' occurs 91 times in the standard works.

29 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'speaketh' in the standard works and contain 31.9% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 11 minutes to read the entire list.

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1 Cor. 14:2-5 (6 in 4 verses)

Heb. 12:24-25 (3 in 2 verses)

Matt. 12:32-34 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Cor. 14:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

Jer. 9:8 (2 in 1 verse)

John 8:44 (2 in 1 verse)

James 4:11 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 11:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Jacob 4:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Prov. 12:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)


2 Ne. 33:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

 33:4 And I know that the Lord God will consecrate my prayers for the gain of my people. And the words which I have written in weakness will be made strong unto them; for it persuadeth them to do good; it maketh known unto them of their fathers; and it speaketh of Jesus, and persuadeth them to believe in him, and to endure to the end, which is life eternal.

 33:5 And it speaketh harshly against sin, according to the plainness of the truth; wherefore, no man will be angry at the words which I have written save he shall be of the spirit of the devil.




Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 40 0 40
NT 34 0 34
BM 12 0 12
1 Ne. 2 0 2
2 Ne. 5 0 5
Jacob 2 0 2
Hel. 1 0 1
Ether 2 0 2
DC 5 1 6
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 91 1 92

2 Ne. 19:17
Therefore the Lord shall have no joy in their young men, neither shall have mercy on their fatherless and widows; for every one of them is a hypocrite and an evildoer, and every mouth speaketh folly. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.

2 Ne. 31:3
For my soul delighteth in plainness; for after this manner doth the Lord God work among the children of men. For the Lord God giveth light unto the understanding; for he speaketh unto men according to their language, unto their understanding.

2 Ne. 33:1
And now I, Nephi, cannot write all the things which were taught among my people; neither am I mighty in writing, like unto speaking; for when a man speaketh by the power of the Holy Ghost the power of the Holy Ghost carrieth it unto the hearts of the children of men.

2 Ne. 33:4
And I know that the Lord God will consecrate my prayers for the gain of my people. And the words which I have written in weakness will be made strong unto them; for it persuadeth them to do good; it maketh known unto them of their fathers; and it speaketh of Jesus, and persuadeth them to believe in him, and to endure to the end, which is life eternal.

2 Ne. 33:5
And it speaketh harshly against sin, according to the plainness of the truth; wherefore, no man will be angry at the words which I have written save he shall be of the spirit of the devil.