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
BM 53 12 65
DC 18 8 26
PGP 8 13 21
Moses 6 0 6
Abr. 0 8 8
JS-M 1 0 1
JS-H 1 5 6
TOTAL 296 47 343

JS-M 1:4
And Jesus left them, and went upon the Mount of Olives. And as he sat upon the Mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying: Tell us when shall these things be which thou hast said concerning the destruction of the temple, and the Jews; and what is the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world, or the destruction of the wicked, which is the end of the world?