Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'tongues' occurs 70 times in the standard works.

22 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'tongues' in the standard works and contain 31.4% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 8 minutes to read the entire list.

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1 Cor. 14:5-6 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 14:21-23 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Cor. 12:10 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 26:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Morm. 9:7 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 109:36 (2 in 1 verse)

A of F 1:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Acts 2:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Moro. 10:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 46:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 9 0 9
Gen. 2 0 2
Ps. 4 0 4
Isa. 1 0 1
Jer. 2 0 2
NT 27 0 27
BM 20 0 20
DC 10 0 10
PGP 4 0 4
TOTAL 70 0 70

Gen. 10:20
These are the sons of Ham, after their families, after their tongues, in their countries, and in their nations.

Gen. 10:31
These are the sons of Shem, after their families, after their tongues, in their lands, after their nations.

Ps. 31:20
Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy presence from the pride of man: thou shalt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues.

Ps. 55:9
Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongues: for I have seen violence and strife in the city.

Ps. 78:36
Nevertheless they did flatter him with their mouth, and they lied unto him with their tongues.

Ps. 140:3
They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison is under their lips. Selah.

Isa. 66:18
For I know their works and their thoughts: it shall come, that I will gather all nations and tongues; and they shall come, and see my glory.

Jer. 9:3
And they bend their tongues like their bow for lies: but they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith the Lord.

Jer. 23:31
Behold, I am against the prophets, saith the Lord, that use their tongues, and say, He saith.