Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'amen' occurs 275 times in the standard works.

38 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'amen' in the standard works and contain 13.8% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 15 minutes to read the entire list.

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Deut. 27:15-26 (12 in 12 verses)

D&C 23:2-5 (4 in 4 verses)

Num. 5:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Neh. 8:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 41:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 72:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 89:52 (2 in 1 verse)

Rev. 7:12 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 109:80 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 136:42 (2 in 1 verse)

Rev. 1:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Rev. 22:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 119:7-120:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 27 98 125
Gen. 0 10 10
Ex. 0 3 3
Lev. 0 1 1
Num. 2 0 2
Deut. 12 0 12
Judg. 0 3 3
1 Sam. 0 4 4
2 Sam. 0 4 4
1 Kgs. 1 0 1
1 Chr. 1 0 1
2 Chr. 0 4 4
Neh. 3 0 3
Ps. 7 3 10
Prov. 0 3 3
Isa. 0 8 8
Jer. 1 21 22
Lam. 0 2 2
Ezek. 0 23 23
Dan. 0 2 2
Joel 0 2 2
Amos 0 3 3
Micah 0 2 2
NT 51 22 73
BM 42 26 68
DC 151 22 173
PGP 4 14 18
TOTAL 275 182 457

Amos 5:1
Hear ye this word which I take up against you, even a lamentation, O house of Israel.

Amos 5:16
Therefore the Lord, the God of hosts, the Lord, saith thus; Wailing shall be in all streets; and they shall say in all the highways, Alas! alas! and they shall call the husbandman to mourning, and such as are skilful of lamentation to wailing.

Amos 8:10
And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will bring up sackcloth upon all loins, and baldness upon every head; and I will make it as the mourning of an only son, and the end thereof as a bitter day.