Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'language' occurs 76 times in the standard works.

31 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'language' in the standard works and contain 40.8% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 12 minutes to read the entire list.

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Omni 1:17-18 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 18:26-28 (3 in 3 verses)

Isa. 36:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

Neh. 13:24 (2 in 1 verse)

Esth. 1:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Esth. 8:9 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 1:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Morm. 9:34 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 67:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 11:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 3:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 8:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 1:35-36 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 6:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 26 7 33
NT 1 0 1
BM 38 4 42
1 Ne. 10 0 10
2 Ne. 1 0 1
Jacob 1 0 1
Enos 1 0 1
Omni 4 1 5
Mosiah 7 2 9
Alma 4 0 4
Hel. 1 0 1
3 Ne. 1 0 1
Morm. 2 0 2
Ether 6 0 6
Moro. 0 1 1
DC 6 1 7
PGP 5 0 5
TOTAL 76 12 88

Omni 1:25
And it came to pass that I began to be old; and, having no seed, and knowing king Benjamin to be a just man before the Lord, wherefore, I shall deliver up these plates unto him, exhorting all men to come unto God, the Holy One of Israel, and believe in prophesying, and in revelations, and in the ministering of angels, and in the gift of speaking with tongues, and in the gift of interpreting languages, and in all things which are good; for there is nothing which is good save it comes from the Lord: and that which is evil cometh from the devil.

Mosiah 8:6
Now, as soon as Ammon had read the record, the king inquired of him to know if he could interpret languages, and Ammon told him that he could not.

Mosiah 28:14
Now these things were prepared from the beginning, and were handed down from generation to generation, for the purpose of interpreting languages;

Moro. 10:16
And again, to another, the interpretation of languages and of divers kinds of tongues.