Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'preach' occurs 185 times in the standard works.

54 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'preach' in the standard works and contain 29.2% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 21 minutes to read the entire list.

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Alma 8:32-9:2 (4 in 3 verses)

Luke 4:18-19 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 21:4-5 (3 in 2 verses)

Morm. 1:16-17 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 9:14-16 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Cor. 9:16-18 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 52:25-27 (3 in 3 verses)

Rom. 10:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 5:49 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 8:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 30:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 32:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 4:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 13:2 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 50:17 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 134:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Gal. 1:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Philip. 1:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 23:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 30:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 5:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 6:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 58:46-47 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 3 9 12
NT 47 94 141
BM 86 48 134
DC 48 31 79
PGP 1 7 8
Moses 0 5 5
JS-M 0 1 1
JS-H 0 1 1
A of F 1 0 1
TOTAL 185 189 374

Moses 5:58
And thus the Gospel began to be preached, from the beginning, being declared by holy angels sent forth from the presence of God, and by his own voice, and by the gift of the Holy Ghost.

Moses 5:59
And thus all things were confirmed unto Adam, by an holy ordinance, and the Gospel preached, and a decree sent forth, that it should be in the world, until the end thereof; and thus it was. Amen.

Moses 6:23
And they were preachers of righteousness, and spake and prophesied, and called upon all men, everywhere, to repent; and faith was taught unto the children of men.

Moses 7:19
And Enoch continued his preaching in righteousness unto the people of God. And it came to pass in his days, that he built a city that was called the City of Holiness, even Zion.

Moses 8:23
And it came to pass that Noah continued his preaching unto the people, saying: Hearken, and give heed unto my words;

JS-M 1:31
And again, this Gospel of the Kingdom shall be preached in all the world, for a witness unto all nations, and then shall the end come, or the destruction of the wicked;

JS-H 1:21
Some few days after I had this vision, I happened to be in company with one of the Methodist preachers, who was very active in the before mentioned religious excitement; and, conversing with him on the subject of religion, I took occasion to give him an account of the vision which I had had. I was greatly surprised at his behavior; he treated my communication not only lightly, but with great contempt, saying it was all of the devil, that there were no such things as visions or revelations in these days; that all such things had ceased with the apostles, and that there would never be any more of them.

A of F 1:5
We believe that a man must be called of God, by prophecy, and by the laying on of hands by those who are in authority, to preach the Gospel and administer in the ordinances thereof.