Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'confessed' occurs 11 times in the standard works.

4 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'confessed' in the standard works and contain 36.4% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 2 minutes to read the entire list.

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John 1:20 (2 in 1 verse)

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




Neh. 9:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 3 0 3
NT 4 0 4
BM 3 0 3
DC 1 0 1
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 11 0 11

Ezra 10:1
Now when Ezra had prayed, and when he had confessed, weeping and casting himself down before the house of God, there assembled unto him out of Israel a very great congregation of men and women and children: for the people wept very sore.

Neh. 9:2
And the seed of Israel separated themselves from all strangers, and stood and confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers.

Neh. 9:3
And they stood up in their place, and read in the book of the law of the Lord their God one fourth part of the day; and another fourth part they confessed, and worshipped the Lord their God.

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.

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.

Jacob 7:17
And it came to pass that on the morrow the multitude were gathered together; and he spake plainly unto them and denied the things which he had taught them, and confessed the Christ, and the power of the Holy Ghost, and the ministering of angels.

Hel. 16:1
And now, it came to pass that there were many who heard the words of Samuel, the Lamanite, which he spake upon the walls of the city. And as many as believed on his word went forth and sought for Nephi; and when they had come forth and found him they confessed unto him their sins and denied not, desiring that they might be baptized unto the Lord.

Moro. 6:7
And they were strict to observe that there should be no iniquity among them; and whoso was found to commit iniquity, and three witnesses of the church did condemn them before the elders, and if they repented not, and confessed not, their names were blotted out, and they were not numbered among the people of Christ.

D&C 45:13
And confessed they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth;