Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'tell' occurs 296 times in the standard works.

72 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'tell' in the standard works and contain 24.3% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 29 minutes to read the entire list.

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Alma 18:20-22 (4 in 3 verses)

Matt. 21:24-27 (4 in 4 verses)

Moses 5:29 (3 in 1 verse)

2 Cor. 12:2-3 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 54:6-7 (3 in 2 verses)

Job 1:15-17 (3 in 3 verses)

Mosiah 2:15-17 (3 in 3 verses)

Mosiah 3:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 15:14-16 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 6:15-17 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 24:49 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 12:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Eccl. 10:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Joel 1:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Mark 11:33 (2 in 1 verse)

Luke 22:67 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 20:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 9:20 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 24:1 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 9:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 20:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 18:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 48:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 23:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 36:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 28:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 20:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Jacob 2:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 4:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 28:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 133 12 145
NT 84 2 86
Matt. 18 0 18
Mark 12 0 12
Luke 24 0 24
John 12 1 13
Acts 9 0 9
2 Cor. 3 1 4
Gal. 3 0 3
Philip. 1 0 1
Heb. 1 0 1
Rev. 1 0 1
BM 53 12 65
DC 18 8 26
PGP 8 13 21
TOTAL 296 47 343

Acts 5:8
And Peter answered unto her, Tell me whether ye sold the land for so much? And she said, Yea, for so much.

Acts 10:6
He lodgeth with one Simon a tanner, whose house is by the sea side: he shall tell thee what thou oughtest to do.

Acts 11:14
Who shall tell thee words, whereby thou and all thy house shall be saved.

Acts 15:27
We have sent therefore Judas and Silas, who shall also tell you the same things by mouth.

Acts 17:21
(For all the Athenians and strangers which were there spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell, or to hear some new thing.)

Acts 22:27
Then the chief captain came, and said unto him, Tell me, art thou a Roman? He said, Yea.

Acts 23:17
Then Paul called one of the centurions unto him, and said, Bring this young man unto the chief captain: for he hath a certain thing to tell him.

Acts 23:19
Then the chief captain took him by the hand, and went with him aside privately, and asked him, What is that thou hast to tell me?

Acts 23:22
So the chief captain then let the young man depart, and charged him, See thou tell no man that thou hast shewed these things to me.