Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'book' occurs 301 times in the standard works.

113 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'book' in the standard works and contain 37.5% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 43 minutes to read the entire list.

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2 Ne. 27:6-22 (20 in 17 verses)

D&C 128:4-7 (9 in 4 verses)

D&C 135:1-6 (7 in 6 verses)

2 Kgs. 22:8-13 (6 in 6 verses)

Rev. 22:18-19 (5 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 34:14-18 (5 in 5 verses)

Rev. 5:1-5 (5 in 5 verses)

1 Ne. 13:28-29 (4 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 29:29 (3 in 1 verse)

Hel. 2:13-14 (3 in 2 verses)

Rev. 5:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

Rev. 10:8-10 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Chr. 20:34 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 34:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezra 4:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Luke 4:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Rev. 20:12 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 10:15 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 14:23 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 5:8 (2 in 1 verse)

4 Ne. 1:21 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 128:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 32:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 29:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 23:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 34:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 29:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 36:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Rev. 22:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 13:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 13:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

JS-H 1:34-35 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 146 3 149
NT 42 5 47
BM 60 7 67
DC 44 12 56
PGP 9 1 10
TOTAL 301 28 329

Eccl. 12:12
And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.

Dan. 7:10
A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him: thousand thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him: the judgment was set, and the books were opened.

Dan. 9:2
In the first year of his reign I Daniel understood by books the number of the years, whereof the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah the prophet, that he would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem.

John 21:25
And there are also many other things which Jesus did, the which, if they should be written every one, I suppose that even the world itself could not contain the books that should be written. Amen.

Acts 19:19
Many of them also which used curious arts brought their books together, and burned them before all men: and they counted the price of them, and found it fifty thousand pieces of silver.

2 Tim. 4:13
The cloak that I left at Troas with Carpus, when thou comest, bring with thee, and the books, but especially the parchments.

Rev. 20:12
And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.

1 Ne. 5:11
And he beheld that they did contain the five books of Moses, which gave an account of the creation of the world, and also of Adam and Eve, who were our first parents;

1 Ne. 13:39
And after it had come forth unto them I beheld other books, which came forth by the power of the Lamb, from the Gentiles unto them, unto the convincing of the Gentiles and the remnant of the seed of my brethren, and also the Jews who were scattered upon all the face of the earth, that the records of the prophets and of the twelve apostles of the Lamb are true.

1 Ne. 19:23
And I did read many things unto them which were written in the books of Moses; but that I might more fully persuade them to believe in the Lord their Redeemer I did read unto them that which was written by the prophet Isaiah; for I did liken all scriptures unto us, that it might be for our profit and learning.

2 Ne. 29:11
For I command all men, both in the east and in the west, and in the north, and in the south, and in the islands of the sea, that they shall write the words which I speak unto them; for out of the books which shall be written I will judge the world, every man according to their works, according to that which is written.

Hel. 3:15
But behold, there are many books and many records of every kind, and they have been kept chiefly by the Nephites.

3 Ne. 27:25
For behold, out of the books which have been written, and which shall be written, shall this people be judged, for by them shall their works be known unto men.

3 Ne. 27:26
And behold, all things are written by the Father; therefore out of the books which shall be written shall the world be judged.

D&C 55:4
And again, you shall be ordained to assist my servant Oliver Cowdery to do the work of printing, and of selecting and writing books for schools in this church, that little children also may receive instruction before me as is pleasing unto me.

D&C 88:118
And as all have not faith, seek ye diligently and teach one another words of wisdom; yea, seek ye out of the best books words of wisdom; seek learning, even by study and also by faith.

D&C 90:15
And set in order the churches, and study and learn, and become acquainted with all good books, and with languages, tongues, and people.

D&C 109:7
And as all have not faith, seek ye diligently and teach one another words of wisdom; yea, seek ye out of the best books words of wisdom, seek learning even by study and also by faith;

D&C 109:14
And do thou grant, Holy Father, that all those who shall worship in this house may be taught words of wisdom out of the best books, and that they may seek learning even by study, and also by faith, as thou hast said;

D&C 128:6
And further, I want you to remember that John the Revelator was contemplating this very subject in relation to the dead, when he declared, as you will find recorded in Revelation 20:12-- And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened; and another book was opened, which is the book of life; and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.

D&C 128:7
You will discover in this quotation that the books were opened; and another book was opened, which was the book of life; but the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works; consequently, the books spoken of must be the books which contained the record of their works, and refer to the records which are kept on the earth. And the book which was the book of life is the record which is kept in heaven; the principle agreeing precisely with the doctrine which is commanded you in the revelation contained in the letter which I wrote to you previous to my leaving my place-- that in all your recordings it may be recorded in heaven.

D&C 128:8
Now, the nature of this ordinance consists in the power of the priesthood, by the revelation of Jesus Christ, wherein it is granted that whatsoever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatsoever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. Or, in other words, taking a different view of the translation, whatsoever you record on earth shall be recorded in heaven, and whatsoever you do not record on earth shall not be recorded in heaven; for out of the books shall your dead be judged, according to their own works, whether they themselves have attended to the ordinances in their own propria persona, or by the means of their own agents, according to the ordinance which God has prepared for their salvation from before the foundation of the world, according to the records which they have kept concerning their dead.

JS-H 1:36
After telling me these things, he commenced quoting the prophecies of the Old Testament. He first quoted part of the third chapter of Malachi; and he quoted also the fourth or last chapter of the same prophecy, though with a little variation from the way it reads in our Bibles. Instead of quoting the first verse as it reads in our books, he quoted it thus: