Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'word' occurs 1139 times in the standard works.

349 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'word' in the standard works and contain 30.6% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 143 minutes to read the entire list.

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Mark 4:14-20 (8 in 7 verses)

Jacob 2:8-12 (7 in 5 verses)

Matt. 13:19-23 (6 in 5 verses)

Ezek. 12:25-13:2 (6 in 6 verses)

1 Ne. 17:26-31 (6 in 6 verses)

D&C 11:21-22 (5 in 2 verses)

Alma 16:14-17 (5 in 4 verses)

Alma 12:9-13 (5 in 5 verses)

1 Ne. 15:24-25 (4 in 2 verses)

Alma 4:19-5:1 (4 in 3 verses)

Alma 42:31-43:2 (4 in 3 verses)

Alma 6:5-8 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 23:1-4 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 31:5-8 (4 in 4 verses)

John 1:1 (3 in 1 verse)

1 Thes. 2:13 (3 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 3:11 (3 in 1 verse)

Alma 1:26 (3 in 1 verse)

Alma 35:15 (3 in 1 verse)

Morm. 9:17 (3 in 1 verse)

Jer. 7:1-2 (3 in 2 verses)

Jer. 23:28-29 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 27:13-14 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 12:36-37 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 21:11-12 (3 in 2 verses)

Hel. 10:4-5 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 40:1-2 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 132:18-19 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 12:22-24 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Kgs. 16:34-17:2 (3 in 3 verses)

Ps. 119:41-43 (3 in 3 verses)

Ps. 119:160-162 (3 in 3 verses)

Jer. 1:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

Jer. 32:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 20:45-47 (3 in 3 verses)

Luke 8:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

James 1:21-23 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Pet. 1:23-25 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Pet. 1:25-2:2 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 29:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 32:14-16 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 32:40-42 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 34:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

Num. 27:21 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 13:26 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 22:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 56:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 105:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 66:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 9:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 23:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Amos 7:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Rom. 10:8 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Cor. 12:8 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Pet. 3:1 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 17:46 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 28:29 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 29:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Jacob 4:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 19:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 32:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 32:28 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 42:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Morm. 8:24 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 12:20 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 11:2 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 12:2 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 14:2 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 60:14 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 90:9 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 93:8 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 112:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Moses 7:13 (2 in 1 verse)

A of F 1:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 9:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 18:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 3:21-4:1 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 6:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 13:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 13:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 17:24-18:1 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 1:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 36:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 119:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 119:49-50 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 119:81-82 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 119:147-148 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 119:169-170 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 147:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 28:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 5:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 13:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 20:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 22:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 26:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 34:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 3:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 21:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Hosea 1:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 10:36-37 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 13:48-49 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 15:35-36 (2 in 2 verses)

Col. 3:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Thes. 1:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Thes. 2:17-3:1 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 12:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 31:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Jacob 6:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Jarom 1:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 25:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 26:38-39 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 5:57-58 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 12:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 17:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 17:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 21:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 32:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 35:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 38:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 41:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 45:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 60:34-35 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 62:44-45 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 10:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

4 Ne. 1:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)


Ether 4:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

 4:8 And he that will contend against the word of the Lord, let him be accursed; and he that shall deny these things, let him be accursed; for unto them will I show no greater things, saith Jesus Christ; for I am he who speaketh.

 4:9 And at my command the heavens are opened and are shut; and at my word the earth shall shake; and at my command the inhabitants thereof shall pass away, even so as by fire.




Moro. 7:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

Moro. 10:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 19:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 46:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 52:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 60:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 63:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 84:44-45 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 89:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 96:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 112:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 132:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 492 866 1358
NT 207 134 341
BM 315 799 1114
1 Ne. 26 65 91
2 Ne. 34 122 156
Jacob 24 22 46
Enos 1 3 4
Jarom 3 1 4
Omni 1 5 6
W of M 2 2 4
Mosiah 18 88 106
Alma 144 270 414
Hel. 19 74 93
3 Ne. 12 82 94
4 Ne. 3 0 3
Morm. 8 13 21
Ether 9 41 50
Moro. 11 11 22
DC 115 141 256
PGP 10 27 37
TOTAL 1139 1967 3106

Ether 1:33
Which Jared came forth with his brother and their families, with some others and their families, from the great tower, at the time the Lord confounded the language of the people, and swore in his wrath that they should be scattered upon all the face of the earth; and according to the word of the Lord the people were scattered.

Ether 1:34
And the brother of Jared being a large and mighty man, and a man highly favored of the Lord, Jared, his brother, said unto him: Cry unto the Lord, that he will not confound us that we may not understand our words.

Ether 3:6
And it came to pass that when the brother of Jared had said these words, behold, the Lord stretched forth his hand and touched the stones one by one with his finger. And the veil was taken from off the eyes of the brother of Jared, and he saw the finger of the Lord; and it was as the finger of a man, like unto flesh and blood; and the brother of Jared fell down before the Lord, for he was struck with fear.

Ether 3:11
And the Lord said unto him: Believest thou the words which I shall speak?

Ether 3:13
And when he had said these words, behold, the Lord showed himself unto him, and said: Because thou knowest these things ye are redeemed from the fall; therefore ye are brought back into my presence; therefore I show myself unto you.

Ether 3:25
And when the Lord had said these words, he showed unto the brother of Jared all the inhabitants of the earth which had been, and also all that would be; and he withheld them not from his sight, even unto the ends of the earth.

Ether 4:8
And he that will contend against the word of the Lord, let him be accursed; and he that shall deny these things, let him be accursed; for unto them will I show no greater things, saith Jesus Christ; for I am he who speaketh.

Ether 4:9
And at my command the heavens are opened and are shut; and at my word the earth shall shake; and at my command the inhabitants thereof shall pass away, even so as by fire.

Ether 4:10
And he that believeth not my words believeth not my disciples; and if it so be that I do not speak, judge ye; for ye shall know that it is I that speaketh, at the last day.

Ether 4:12
And whatsoever thing persuadeth men to do good is of me; for good cometh of none save it be of me. I am the same that leadeth men to all good; he that will not believe my words will not believe me-- that I am; and he that will not believe me will not believe the Father who sent me. For behold, I am the Father, I am the light, and the life, and the truth of the world.

Ether 5:1
And now I, Moroni, have written the words which were commanded me, according to my memory; and I have told you the things which I have sealed up; therefore touch them not in order that ye may translate; for that thing is forbidden you, except by and by it shall be wisdom in God.

Ether 5:4
And in the mouth of three witnesses shall these things be established; and the testimony of three, and this work, in the which shall be shown forth the power of God and also his word, of which the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Ghost bear record-- and all this shall stand as a testimony against the world at the last day.

Ether 7:9
Wherefore, he came to the hill Ephraim, and he did molten out of the hill, and made swords out of steel for those whom he had drawn away with him; and after he had armed them with swords he returned to the city Nehor, and gave battle unto his brother Corihor, by which means he obtained the kingdom and restored it unto his father Kib.

Ether 8:2
And Jared rebelled against his father, and came and dwelt in the land of Heth. And it came to pass that he did flatter many people, because of his cunning words, until he had gained the half of the kingdom.

Ether 8:23
Wherefore, O ye Gentiles, it is wisdom in God that these things should be shown unto you, that thereby ye may repent of your sins, and suffer not that these murderous combinations shall get above you, which are built up to get power and gain-- and the work, yea, even the work of destruction come upon you, yea, even the sword of the justice of the Eternal God shall fall upon you, to your overthrow and destruction if ye shall suffer these things to be.

Ether 9:27
And it came to pass that he did dethrone his father, for he slew him with his own sword; and he did reign in his stead.

Ether 9:29
But the people believed not the words of the prophets, but they cast them out; and some of them they cast into pits and left them to perish. And it came to pass that they did all these things according to the commandment of the king, Heth.

Ether 11:13
And it came to pass that the people hardened their hearts, and would not hearken unto their words; and the prophets mourned and withdrew from among the people.

Ether 11:22
And they did reject all the words of the prophets, because of their secret society and wicked abominations.

Ether 12:20
And behold, we have seen in this record that one of these was the brother of Jared; for so great was his faith in God, that when God put forth his finger he could not hide it from the sight of the brother of Jared, because of his word which he had spoken unto him, which word he had obtained by faith.

Ether 12:23
And I said unto him: Lord, the Gentiles will mock at these things, because of our weakness in writing; for Lord thou hast made us mighty in word by faith, but thou hast not made us mighty in writing; for thou hast made all this people that they could speak much, because of the Holy Ghost which thou hast given them;

Ether 12:25
Thou hast also made our words powerful and great, even that we cannot write them; wherefore, when we write we behold our weakness, and stumble because of the placing of our words; and I fear lest the Gentiles shall mock at our words.

Ether 12:29
And I, Moroni, having heard these words, was comforted, and said: O Lord, thy righteous will be done, for I know that thou workest unto the children of men according to their faith;

Ether 13:2
For behold, they rejected all the words of Ether; for he truly told them of all things, from the beginning of man; and that after the waters had receded from off the face of this land it became a choice land above all other lands, a chosen land of the Lord; wherefore the Lord would have that all men should serve him who dwell upon the face thereof;

Ether 13:18
Wherefore, it came to pass that in the first year that Ether dwelt in the cavity of a rock, there were many people who were slain by the sword of those secret combinations, fighting against Coriantumr that they might obtain the kingdom.

Ether 13:20
And in the second year the word of the Lord came to Ether, that he should go and prophesy unto Coriantumr that, if he would repent, and all his household, the Lord would give unto him his kingdom and spare the people--

Ether 14:1
And now there began to be a great curse upon all the land because of the iniquity of the people, in which, if a man should lay his tool or his sword upon his shelf, or upon the place whither he would keep it, behold, upon the morrow, he could not find it, so great was the curse upon the land.

Ether 14:2
Wherefore every man did cleave unto that which was his own, with his hands, and would not borrow neither would he lend; and every man kept the hilt of his sword in his right hand, in the defence of his property and his own life and of his wives and children.

Ether 14:4
And it came to pass that the brother of Shared did give battle unto him in the wilderness of Akish; and the battle became exceedingly sore, and many thousands fell by the sword.

Ether 14:24
Nevertheless, Shiz did not cease to pursue Coriantumr; for he had sworn to avenge himself upon Coriantumr of the blood of his brother, who had been slain, and the word of the Lord which came to Ether that Coriantumr should not fall by the sword.

Ether 15:1
And it came to pass when Coriantumr had recovered of his wounds, he began to remember the words which Ether had spoken unto him.

Ether 15:2
He saw that there had been slain by the sword already nearly two millions of his people, and he began to sorrow in his heart; yea, there had been slain two millions of mighty men, and also their wives and their children.

Ether 15:3
He began to repent of the evil which he had done; he began to remember the words which had been spoken by the mouth of all the prophets, and he saw them that they were fulfilled thus far, every whit; and his soul mourned and refused to be comforted.

Ether 15:5
And it came to pass that when Shiz had received his epistle he wrote an epistle unto Coriantumr, that if he would give himself up, that he might slay him with his own sword, that he would spare the lives of the people.

Ether 15:20
And it came to pass that they fought all that day, and when the night came they slept upon their swords.

Ether 15:22
And when the night came they were drunken with anger, even as a man who is drunken with wine; and they slept again upon their swords.

Ether 15:23
And on the morrow they fought again; and when the night came they had all fallen by the sword save it were fifty and two of the people of Coriantumr, and sixty and nine of the people of Shiz.

Ether 15:24
And it came to pass that they slept upon their swords that night, and on the morrow they fought again, and they contended in their might with their swords and with their shields, all that day.

Ether 15:28
And it came to pass that when the men of Coriantumr had received sufficient strength that they could walk, they were about to flee for their lives; but behold, Shiz arose, and also his men, and he swore in his wrath that he would slay Coriantumr or he would perish by the sword.

Ether 15:29
Wherefore, he did pursue them, and on the morrow he did overtake them; and they fought again with the sword. And it came to pass that when they had all fallen by the sword, save it were Coriantumr and Shiz, behold Shiz had fainted with the loss of blood.

Ether 15:30
And it came to pass that when Coriantumr had leaned upon his sword, that he rested a little, he smote off the head of Shiz.

Ether 15:33
And the Lord spake unto Ether, and said unto him: Go forth. And he went forth, and beheld that the words of the Lord had all been fulfilled; and he finished his record; (and the hundredth part I have not written) and he hid them in a manner that the people of Limhi did find them.

Ether 15:34
Now the last words which are written by Ether are these: Whether the Lord will that I be translated, or that I suffer the will of the Lord in the flesh, it mattereth not, if it so be that I am saved in the kingdom of God. Amen.