Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'present' occurs 151 times in the standard works.

40 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'present' in the standard works and contain 26.5% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 18 minutes to read the entire list.

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Judg. 3:15-18 (4 in 4 verses)

D&C 128:3 (3 in 1 verse)

D&C 48:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

Job 2:1 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Cor. 5:3 (2 in 1 verse)

JS-H 1:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 32:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 43:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 13:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 8:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 34:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 35:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Cor. 5:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 1:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 20:49-50 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 107:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 123:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 128:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 64 28 92
NT 42 6 48
BM 11 6 17
1 Ne. 1 5 6
Jacob 0 1 1
Enos 1 0 1
Mosiah 3 0 3
Alma 4 0 4
3 Ne. 1 0 1
Morm. 1 0 1
DC 29 8 37
PGP 5 2 7
TOTAL 151 50 201

Alma 18:38
And he also rehearsed unto them concerning the rebellions of Laman and Lemuel, and the sons of Ishmael, yea, all their rebellions did he relate unto them; and he expounded unto them all the records and scriptures from the time that Lehi left Jerusalem down to the present time.

Alma 23:5
And thousands were brought to the knowledge of the Lord, yea, thousands were brought to believe in the traditions of the Nephites; and they were taught the records and prophecies which were handed down even to the present time.

Alma 36:29
Yea, and he has also brought our fathers out of the land of Jerusalem; and he has also, by his everlasting power, delivered them out of bondage and captivity, from time to time even down to the present day; and I have always retained in remembrance their captivity; yea, and ye also ought to retain in remembrance, as I have done, their captivity.

Alma 47:35
And it came to pass that Amalickiah sought the favor of the queen, and took her unto him to wife; and thus by his fraud, and by the assistance of his cunning servants, he obtained the kingdom; yea, he was acknowledged king throughout all the land, among all the people of the Lamanites, who were composed of the Lamanites and the Lemuelites and the Ishmaelites, and all the dissenters of the Nephites, from the reign of Nephi down to the present time.