Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'only' occurs 447 times in the standard works.

71 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'only' in the standard works and contain 15.9% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 32 minutes to read the entire list.

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D&C 124:70-71 (3 in 2 verses)

Job 1:15-17 (3 in 3 verses)

Ps. 62:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 20:19-21 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 89:13-15 (3 in 3 verses)

Moses 1:15-17 (3 in 3 verses)

Moses 1:19-21 (3 in 3 verses)

Ex. 10:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Prov. 21:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 32:30 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 32:19 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 104:53 (2 in 1 verse)

Moses 1:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Moses 6:52 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 34:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 1:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 6:39-40 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 7:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 13:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 3:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Tim. 6:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Jacob 4:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 2:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 3:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 12:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 32:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 32:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 76:37-38 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 135:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 1:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 2:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

JS-H 1:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 155 0 155
Gen. 15 0 15
Ex. 11 0 11
Lev. 2 0 2
Num. 8 0 8
Deut. 19 0 19
Josh. 13 0 13
Judg. 8 0 8
1 Sam. 9 0 9
2 Sam. 5 0 5
1 Kgs. 12 0 12
2 Kgs. 5 0 5
1 Chr. 1 0 1
2 Chr. 4 0 4
Ezra 1 0 1
Esth. 1 0 1
Job 7 0 7
Ps. 9 0 9
Prov. 8 0 8
Eccl. 1 0 1
Song. 1 0 1
Isa. 4 0 4
Jer. 4 0 4
Ezek. 4 0 4
Amos 2 0 2
Zech. 1 0 1
NT 98 2 100
BM 78 0 78
DC 77 0 77
PGP 39 0 39
TOTAL 447 2 449

Ex. 8:9
And Moses said unto Pharaoh, Glory over me: when shall I entreat for thee, and for thy servants, and for thy people, to destroy the frogs from thee and thy houses, that they may remain in the river only?

Ex. 8:11
And the frogs shall depart from thee, and from thy houses, and from thy servants, and from thy people; they shall remain in the river only.

Ex. 8:28
And Pharaoh said, I will let you go, that ye may sacrifice to the Lord your God in the wilderness; only ye shall not go very far away: entreat for me.

Ex. 9:26
Only in the land of Goshen, where the children of Israel were, was there no hail.

Ex. 10:17
Now therefore forgive, I pray thee, my sin only this once, and entreat the Lord your God, that he may take away from me this death only.

Ex. 10:24
And Pharaoh called unto Moses, and said, Go ye, serve the Lord; only let your flocks and your herds be stayed: let your little ones also go with you.

Ex. 12:16
And in the first day there shall be an holy convocation, and in the seventh day there shall be an holy convocation to you; no manner of work shall be done in them, save that which every man must eat, that only may be done of you.

Ex. 21:19
If he rise again, and walk abroad upon his staff, then shall he that smote him be quit: only he shall pay for the loss of his time, and shall cause him to be thoroughly healed.

Ex. 22:20
He that sacrificeth unto any god, save unto the Lord only, he shall be utterly destroyed.

Ex. 22:27
For that is his covering only, it is his raiment for his skin: wherein shall he sleep? and it shall come to pass, when he crieth unto me, that I will hear; for I am gracious.