Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'declare' occurs 208 times in the standard works.

35 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'declare' in the standard works and contain 16.8% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 15 minutes to read the entire list.

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Mosiah 3:3-4 (3 in 2 verses)

 3:3 And he said unto me: Awake, and hear the words which I shall tell thee; for behold, I am come to declare unto you the glad tidings of great joy.

 3:4 For the Lord hath heard thy prayers, and hath judged of thy righteousness, and hath sent me to declare unto thee that thou mayest rejoice; and that thou mayest declare unto thy people, that they may also be filled with joy.




Alma 13:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 35:15 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 21:2 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 100:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 14:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Rom. 3:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Jacob 2:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 2:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 9:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 19:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 39:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 42:31-43:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 10:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 11:40-41 (2 in 2 verses)

Moro. 10:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 31:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 77 29 106
NT 18 16 34
BM 75 25 100
1 Ne. 5 8 13
2 Ne. 4 1 5
Jacob 5 0 5
Enos 1 1 2
Mosiah 10 3 13
Alma 26 5 31
Hel. 14 6 20
3 Ne. 8 0 8
Moro. 2 1 3
DC 35 8 43
PGP 3 3 6
TOTAL 208 81 289

Mosiah 2:29
And moreover, I say unto you that I have caused that ye should assemble yourselves together, that I might declare unto you that I can no longer be your teacher, nor your king;

Mosiah 2:30
For even at this time, my whole frame doth tremble exceedingly while attempting to speak unto you; but the Lord God doth support me, and hath suffered me that I should speak unto you, and hath commanded me that I should declare unto you this day, that my son Mosiah is a king and a ruler over you.

Mosiah 3:3
And he said unto me: Awake, and hear the words which I shall tell thee; for behold, I am come to declare unto you the glad tidings of great joy.

Mosiah 3:4
For the Lord hath heard thy prayers, and hath judged of thy righteousness, and hath sent me to declare unto thee that thou mayest rejoice; and that thou mayest declare unto thy people, that they may also be filled with joy.

Mosiah 3:13
And the Lord God hath sent his holy prophets among all the children of men, to declare these things to every kindred, nation, and tongue, that thereby whosoever should believe that Christ should come, the same might receive remission of their sins, and rejoice with exceedingly great joy, even as though he had already come among them.

Mosiah 14:8
He was taken from prison and from judgment; and who shall declare his generation? For he was cut off out of the land of the living; for the transgressions of my people was he stricken.

Mosiah 15:10
And now I say unto you, who shall declare his generation? Behold, I say unto you, that when his soul has been made an offering for sin he shall see his seed. And now what say ye? And who shall be his seed?

Mosiah 15:24
And these are those who have part in the first resurrection; and these are they that have died before Christ came, in their ignorance, not having salvation declared unto them. And thus the Lord bringeth about the restoration of these; and they have a part in the first resurrection, or have eternal life, being redeemed by the Lord.

Mosiah 15:28
And now I say unto you that the time shall come that the salvation of the Lord shall be declared to every nation, kindred, tongue, and people.

Mosiah 27:37
And how blessed are they! For they did publish peace; they did publish good tidings of good; and they did declare unto the people that the Lord reigneth.

Mosiah 28:3
Now they were desirous that salvation should be declared to every creature, for they could not bear that any human soul should perish; yea, even the very thoughts that any soul should endure endless torment did cause them to quake and tremble.

Mosiah 29:6
Now I declare unto you that he to whom the kingdom doth rightly belong has declined, and will not take upon him the kingdom.