Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'touch' occurs 63 times in the standard works.

8 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'touch' in the standard works and contain 12.7% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 4 minutes to read the entire list.

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Ex. 19:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 5:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Lam. 4:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Hag. 2:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 32 76 108
NT 16 43 59
BM 12 10 22
1 Ne. 2 0 2
2 Ne. 1 2 3
Jacob 2 0 2
Mosiah 1 0 1
Alma 2 1 3
3 Ne. 1 6 7
Ether 2 1 3
Moro. 1 0 1
DC 1 9 10
PGP 2 0 2
TOTAL 63 138 201

Jacob 1:2
And he gave me, Jacob, a commandment that I should write upon these plates a few of the things which I considered to be most precious; that I should not touch, save it were lightly, concerning the history of this people which are called the people of Nephi.

Jacob 1:4
And if there were preaching which was sacred, or revelation which was great, or prophesying, that I should engraven the heads of them upon these plates, and touch upon them as much as it were possible, for Christ's sake, and for the sake of our people.