Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'witness' occurs 194 times in the standard works.

64 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'witness' in the standard works and contain 33% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 26 minutes to read the entire list.

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John 5:31-37 (8 in 7 verses)

1 Jn. 5:6-10 (6 in 5 verses)

Mark 14:55-60 (6 in 6 verses)

1 Sam. 12:3-5 (4 in 3 verses)

D&C 6:22-24 (4 in 3 verses)

Deut. 19:15-18 (4 in 4 verses)

John 1:7-8 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 10:12-13 (3 in 2 verses)

Gen. 31:50-52 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 14:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)

Josh. 24:27 (2 in 1 verse)

Job 16:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Prov. 14:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Prov. 14:25 (2 in 1 verse)

John 8:18 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 7:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 17:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)


Josh. 22:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

 22:27 But that it may be a witness between us, and you, and our generations after us, that we might do the service of the Lord before him with our burnt offerings, and with our sacrifices, and with our peace offerings; that your children may not say to our children in time to come, Ye have no part in the Lord.

 22:28 Therefore said we, that it shall be, when they should so say to us or to our generations in time to come, that we may say again, Behold the pattern of the altar of the Lord, which our fathers made, not for burnt offerings, nor for sacrifices; but it is a witness between us and you.




3 Ne. 18:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 5:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 63 25 88
Gen. 6 0 6
Ex. 3 0 3
Lev. 1 0 1
Num. 5 1 6
Deut. 10 5 15
Josh. 5 2 7
Judg. 1 0 1
Ruth 0 3 3
1 Sam. 4 0 4
1 Kgs. 1 1 2
2 Chr. 1 0 1
Job 4 1 5
Ps. 1 2 3
Prov. 12 0 12
Isa. 3 6 9
Jer. 2 4 6
Lam. 1 0 1
Micah 1 0 1
Mal. 2 0 2
NT 72 33 105
BM 39 31 70
DC 19 14 33
PGP 1 0 1
TOTAL 194 103 297

Josh. 22:27
But that it may be a witness between us, and you, and our generations after us, that we might do the service of the Lord before him with our burnt offerings, and with our sacrifices, and with our peace offerings; that your children may not say to our children in time to come, Ye have no part in the Lord.

Josh. 22:28
Therefore said we, that it shall be, when they should so say to us or to our generations in time to come, that we may say again, Behold the pattern of the altar of the Lord, which our fathers made, not for burnt offerings, nor for sacrifices; but it is a witness between us and you.

Josh. 22:34
And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad called the altar Ed: for it shall be a witness between us that the Lord is God.

Josh. 24:22
And Joshua said unto the people, Ye are witnesses against yourselves that ye have chosen you the Lord, to serve him. And they said, We are witnesses.

Josh. 24:27
And Joshua said unto all the people, Behold, this stone shall be a witness unto us; for it hath heard all the words of the Lord which he spake unto us: it shall be therefore a witness unto you, lest ye deny your God.