Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'call' occurs 332 times in the standard works.

62 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'call' in the standard works and contain 18.7% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 25 minutes to read the entire list.

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3 Ne. 27:7-9 (5 in 3 verses)

Ruth 1:20-21 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 18:24-25 (3 in 2 verses)


2 Ne. 5:8-9 (3 in 2 verses)

 5:8 And my people would that we should call the name of the place Nephi; wherefore, we did call it Nephi.

 5:9 And all those who were with me did take upon them to call themselves the people of Nephi.




Rom. 10:12-14 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 133:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

Deut. 3:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 145:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Hosea 2:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Joel 2:32 (2 in 1 verse)

Jacob 1:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 5:38 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 87:3 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 3:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 55:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 14:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 2:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 7:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 2:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 39:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 43:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 65:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 88:70-71 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 102:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 124:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 1:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

JS-H 1:59-60 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 149 432 581
NT 47 268 315
BM 65 232 297
1 Ne. 4 16 20
2 Ne. 9 11 20
Jacob 4 7 11
Omni 0 2 2
Mosiah 8 43 51
Alma 18 93 111
Hel. 1 8 9
3 Ne. 13 23 36
4 Ne. 0 5 5
Morm. 1 6 7
Ether 4 12 16
Moro. 3 6 9
DC 58 167 225
PGP 13 79 92
TOTAL 332 1178 1510

2 Ne. 1:26
And ye have murmured because he hath been plain unto you. Ye say that he hath used sharpness; ye say that he hath been angry with you; but behold, his sharpness was the sharpness of the power of the word of God, which was in him; and that which ye call anger was the truth, according to that which is in God, which he could not restrain, manifesting boldly concerning your iniquities.

2 Ne. 3:15
And his name shall be called after me; and it shall be after the name of his father. And he shall be like unto me; for the thing, which the Lord shall bring forth by his hand, by the power of the Lord shall bring my people unto salvation.

2 Ne. 4:3
Wherefore, after my father had made an end of speaking concerning the prophecies of Joseph, he called the children of Laman, his sons, and his daughters, and said unto them: Behold, my sons, and my daughters, who are the sons and the daughters of my firstborn, I would that ye should give ear unto my words.

2 Ne. 5:8
And my people would that we should call the name of the place Nephi; wherefore, we did call it Nephi.

2 Ne. 5:9
And all those who were with me did take upon them to call themselves the people of Nephi.

2 Ne. 5:14
And I, Nephi, did take the sword of Laban, and after the manner of it did make many swords, lest by any means the people who were now called Lamanites should come upon us and destroy us; for I knew their hatred towards me and my children and those who were called my people.

2 Ne. 6:2
Behold, my beloved brethren, I, Jacob, having been called of God, and ordained after the manner of his holy order, and having been consecrated by my brother Nephi, unto whom ye look as a king or a protector, and on whom ye depend for safety, behold ye know that I have spoken unto you exceedingly many things.

2 Ne. 7:2
Wherefore, when I came, there was no man; when I called, yea, there was none to answer. O house of Israel, is my hand shortened at all that it cannot redeem, or have I no power to deliver? Behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea, I make their rivers a wilderness and their fish to stink because the waters are dried up, and they die because of thirst.

2 Ne. 8:2
Look unto Abraham, your father, and unto Sarah, she that bare you; for I called him alone, and blessed him.

2 Ne. 9:10
O how great the goodness of our God, who prepareth a way for our escape from the grasp of this awful monster; yea, that monster, death and hell, which I call the death of the body, and also the death of the spirit.

2 Ne. 14:1
And in that day, seven women shall take hold of one man, saying: We will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel; only let us be called by thy name to take away our reproach.

2 Ne. 14:3
And it shall come to pass, they that are left in Zion and remain in Jerusalem shall be called holy, every one that is written among the living in Jerusalem--

2 Ne. 15:20
Wo unto them that call evil good, and good evil, that put darkness for light, and light for darkness, that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!

2 Ne. 17:14
Therefore, the Lord himself shall give you a sign-- Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and shall bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.

2 Ne. 18:3
And I went unto the prophetess; and she conceived and bare a son. Then said the Lord to me: Call his name, Maher-shalal-hash-baz.

2 Ne. 19:6
For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder; and his name shall be called, Wonderful, Counselor, The Mighty God, The Everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.

2 Ne. 22:4
And in that day shall ye say: Praise the Lord, call upon his name, declare his doings among the people, make mention that his name is exalted.

2 Ne. 23:3
I have commanded my sanctified ones, I have also called my mighty ones, for mine anger is not upon them that rejoice in my highness.