Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'confess' occurs 54 times in the standard works.

13 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'confess' in the standard works and contain 24.1% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 5 minutes to read the entire list.

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Mosiah 27:31 (3 in 1 verse)

Matt. 10:32 (2 in 1 verse)

Luke 12:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 26:35-36 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 42:88-89 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 42:91-92 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 11 9 20
NT 17 10 27
Matt. 2 1 3
Mark 0 1 1
Luke 2 0 2
John 2 2 4
Acts 2 1 3
Rom. 3 1 4
Philip. 1 0 1
1 Tim. 0 1 1
Heb. 0 1 1
James 1 0 1
1 Jn. 2 2 4
2 Jn. 1 0 1
Rev. 1 0 1
BM 15 6 21
DC 11 5 16
PGP 0 1 1
TOTAL 54 31 85

Matt. 3:6
And were baptized of him in Jordan, confessing their sins.

Mark 1:5
And there went out unto him all the land of Judaea, and they of Jerusalem, and were all baptized of him in the river of Jordan, confessing their sins.

John 1:20
And he confessed, and denied not; but confessed, I am not the Christ.

Acts 19:18
And many that believed came, and confessed, and shewed their deeds.

Rom. 10:10
For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.

1 Tim. 6:13
I give thee charge in the sight of God, who quickeneth all things, and before Christ Jesus, who before Pontius Pilate witnessed a good confession;

Heb. 11:13
These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.

1 Jn. 4:2
Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:

1 Jn. 4:3
And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.