Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'witness' occurs 194 times in the standard works.

64 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'witness' in the standard works and contain 33% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 26 minutes to read the entire list.

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John 5:31-37 (8 in 7 verses)

1 Jn. 5:6-10 (6 in 5 verses)

Mark 14:55-60 (6 in 6 verses)

1 Sam. 12:3-5 (4 in 3 verses)

D&C 6:22-24 (4 in 3 verses)

Deut. 19:15-18 (4 in 4 verses)

John 1:7-8 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 10:12-13 (3 in 2 verses)

Gen. 31:50-52 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 14:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)

Josh. 24:27 (2 in 1 verse)

Job 16:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Prov. 14:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Prov. 14:25 (2 in 1 verse)

John 8:18 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 7:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 17:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 22:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 18:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 5:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 63 25 88
Gen. 6 0 6
Ex. 3 0 3
Lev. 1 0 1
Num. 5 1 6
Deut. 10 5 15
Josh. 5 2 7
Judg. 1 0 1
Ruth 0 3 3
1 Sam. 4 0 4
1 Kgs. 1 1 2
2 Chr. 1 0 1
Job 4 1 5
Ps. 1 2 3
Prov. 12 0 12
Isa. 3 6 9
Jer. 2 4 6
Lam. 1 0 1
Micah 1 0 1
Mal. 2 0 2
NT 72 33 105
BM 39 31 70
DC 19 14 33
PGP 1 0 1
TOTAL 194 103 297

Gen. 21:30
And he said, For these seven ewe lambs shalt thou take of my hand, that they may be a witness unto me, that I have digged this well.

Gen. 31:44
Now therefore come thou, let us make a covenant, I and thou; and let it be for a witness between me and thee.

Gen. 31:48
And Laban said, This heap is a witness between me and thee this day. Therefore was the name of it called Galeed;

Gen. 31:50
If thou shalt afflict my daughters, or if thou shalt take other wives beside my daughters, no man is with us; see, God is witness betwixt me and thee.

Gen. 31:52
This heap be witness, and this pillar be witness, that I will not pass over this heap to thee, and that thou shalt not pass over this heap and this pillar unto me, for harm.

Ex. 20:16
Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.

Ex. 22:13
If it be torn in pieces, then let him bring it for witness, and he shall not make good that which was torn.

Ex. 23:1
Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.

Lev. 5:1
And if a soul sin, and hear the voice of swearing, and is a witness, whether he hath seen or known of it; if he do not utter it, then he shall bear his iniquity.

Num. 5:13
And a man lie with her carnally, and it be hid from the eyes of her husband, and be kept close, and she be defiled, and there be no witness against her, neither she be taken with the manner;

Num. 17:7
And Moses laid up the rods before the Lord in the tabernacle of witness.

Num. 17:8
And it came to pass, that on the morrow Moses went into the tabernacle of witness; and, behold, the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi was budded, and brought forth buds, and bloomed blossoms, and yielded almonds.

Num. 18:2
And thy brethren also of the tribe of Levi, the tribe of thy father, bring thou with thee, that they may be joined unto thee, and minister unto thee: but thou and thy sons with thee shall minister before the tabernacle of witness.

Num. 35:30
Whoso killeth any person, the murderer shall be put to death by the mouth of witnesses: but one witness shall not testify against any person to cause him to die.

Deut. 4:26
I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that ye shall soon utterly perish from off the land whereunto ye go over Jordan to possess it; ye shall not prolong your days upon it, but shall utterly be destroyed.

Deut. 5:20
Neither shalt thou bear false witness against thy neighbour.

Deut. 17:6
At the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses, shall he that is worthy of death be put to death; but at the mouth of one witness he shall not be put to death.

Deut. 19:15
One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin, in any sin that he sinneth: at the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall the matter be established.

Deut. 19:16
If a false witness rise up against any man to testify against him that which is wrong;

Deut. 19:18
And the judges shall make diligent inquisition: and, behold, if the witness be a false witness, and hath testified falsely against his brother;

Deut. 31:19
Now therefore write ye this song for you, and teach it the children of Israel: put it in their mouths, that this song may be a witness for me against the children of Israel.

Deut. 31:21
And it shall come to pass, when many evils and troubles are befallen them, that this song shall testify against them as a witness; for it shall not be forgotten out of the mouths of their seed: for I know their imagination which they go about, even now, before I have brought them into the land which I sware.

Deut. 31:26
Take this book of the law, and put it in the side of the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God, that it may be there for a witness against thee.

Josh. 22:27
But that it may be a witness between us, and you, and our generations after us, that we might do the service of the Lord before him with our burnt offerings, and with our sacrifices, and with our peace offerings; that your children may not say to our children in time to come, Ye have no part in the Lord.

Josh. 22:28
Therefore said we, that it shall be, when they should so say to us or to our generations in time to come, that we may say again, Behold the pattern of the altar of the Lord, which our fathers made, not for burnt offerings, nor for sacrifices; but it is a witness between us and you.

Josh. 22:34
And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad called the altar Ed: for it shall be a witness between us that the Lord is God.

Josh. 24:27
And Joshua said unto all the people, Behold, this stone shall be a witness unto us; for it hath heard all the words of the Lord which he spake unto us: it shall be therefore a witness unto you, lest ye deny your God.

Judg. 11:10
And the elders of Gilead said unto Jephthah, The Lord be witness between us, if we do not so according to thy words.

1 Sam. 12:3
Behold, here I am: witness against me before the Lord, and before his anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or of whose hand have I received any bribe to blind mine eyes therewith? and I will restore it you.

1 Sam. 12:5
And he said unto them, The Lord is witness against you, and his anointed is witness this day, that ye have not found ought in my hand. And they answered, He is witness.

1 Kgs. 21:10
And set two men, sons of Belial, before him, to bear witness against him, saying, Thou didst blaspheme God and the king. And then carry him out, and stone him, that he may die.

2 Chr. 24:6
And the king called for Jehoiada the chief, and said unto him, Why hast thou not required of the Levites to bring in out of Judah and out of Jerusalem the collection, according to the commandment of Moses the servant of the Lord, and of the congregation of Israel, for the tabernacle of witness?

Job 16:8
And thou hast filled me with wrinkles, which is a witness against me: and my leanness rising up in me beareth witness to my face.

Job 16:19
Also now, behold, my witness is in heaven, and my record is on high.

Job 29:11
When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me:

Ps. 89:37
It shall be established for ever as the moon, and as a faithful witness in heaven. Selah.

Prov. 6:19
A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.

Prov. 12:17
He that speaketh truth sheweth forth righteousness: but a false witness deceit.

Prov. 14:5
A faithful witness will not lie: but a false witness will utter lies.

Prov. 14:25
A true witness delivereth souls: but a deceitful witness speaketh lies.

Prov. 19:5
A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall not escape.

Prov. 19:9
A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall perish.

Prov. 19:28
An ungodly witness scorneth judgment: and the mouth of the wicked devoureth iniquity.

Prov. 21:28
A false witness shall perish: but the man that heareth speaketh constantly.

Prov. 24:28
Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and deceive not with thy lips.

Prov. 25:18
A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.

Isa. 3:9
The shew of their countenance doth witness against them; and they declare their sin as Sodom, they hide it not. Woe unto their soul! for they have rewarded evil unto themselves.

Isa. 19:20
And it shall be for a sign and for a witness unto the Lord of hosts in the land of Egypt: for they shall cry unto the Lord because of the oppressors, and he shall send them a saviour, and a great one, and he shall deliver them.

Isa. 55:4
Behold, I have given him for a witness to the people, a leader and commander to the people.

Jer. 29:23
Because they have committed villany in Israel, and have committed adultery with their neighbours' wives, and have spoken lying words in my name, which I have not commanded them; even I know, and am a witness, saith the Lord.

Jer. 42:5
Then they said to Jeremiah, The Lord be a true and faithful witness between us, if we do not even according to all things for the which the Lord thy God shall send thee to us.

Lam. 2:13
What thing shall I take to witness for thee? what thing shall I liken to thee, O daughter of Jerusalem? what shall I equal to thee, that I may comfort thee, O virgin daughter of Zion? for thy breach is great like the sea: who can heal thee?

Micah 1:2
Hear, all ye people; hearken, O earth, and all that therein is: and let the Lord God be witness against you, the Lord from his holy temple.

Mal. 2:14
Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because the Lord hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously: yet is she thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant.

Mal. 3:5
And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, saith the Lord of hosts.