Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'secret' occurs 178 times in the standard works.

54 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'secret' in the standard works and contain 30.3% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 23 minutes to read the entire list.

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Alma 37:21-27 (7 in 7 verses)

 37:21 And now, I will speak unto you concerning those twenty-four plates, that ye keep them, that the mysteries and the works of darkness, and their secret works, or the secret works of those people who have been destroyed, may be made manifest unto this people; yea, all their murders, and robbings, and their plunderings, and all their wickedness and abominations, may be made manifest unto this people; yea, and that ye preserve these interpreters.

 37:22 For behold, the Lord saw that his people began to work in darkness, yea, work secret murders and abominations; therefore the Lord said, if they did not repent they should be destroyed from off the face of the earth.

 37:23 And the Lord said: I will prepare unto my servant Gazelem, a stone, which shall shine forth in darkness unto light, that I may discover unto my people who serve me, that I may discover unto them the works of their brethren, yea, their secret works, their works of darkness, and their wickedness and abominations.

 37:24 And now, my son, these interpreters were prepared that the word of God might be fulfilled, which he spake, saying:

 37:25 I will bring forth out of darkness unto light all their secret works and their abominations; and except they repent I will destroy them from off the face of the earth; and I will bring to light all their secrets and abominations, unto every nation that shall hereafter possess the land.

 37:26 And now, my son, we see that they did not repent; therefore they have been destroyed, and thus far the word of God has been fulfilled; yea, their secret abominations have been brought out of darkness and made known unto us.

 37:27 And now, my son, I command you that ye retain all their oaths, and their covenants, and their agreements in their secret abominations; yea, and all their signs and their wonders ye shall keep from this people, that they know them not, lest peradventure they should fall into darkness also and be destroyed.




Matt. 6:4-6 (4 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 13:4-6 (4 in 3 verses)

Alma 37:29-32 (4 in 4 verses)

D&C 42:92 (3 in 1 verse)

Ether 14:8-10 (3 in 3 verses)

Moses 5:49-51 (3 in 3 verses)

Matt. 6:18 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 9:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 6:22 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 13:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Dan. 2:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 2:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 6:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 6:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 11:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 5:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 8:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 88:108-109 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 5:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 52 26 78
NT 16 4 20
BM 83 8 91
1 Ne. 1 0 1
2 Ne. 6 0 6
Mosiah 3 2 5
Alma 14 5 19
Hel. 22 0 22
3 Ne. 19 1 20
4 Ne. 1 0 1
Morm. 2 0 2
Ether 15 0 15
DC 18 1 19
PGP 9 0 9
TOTAL 178 39 217

Alma 34:26
But this is not all; ye must pour out your souls in your closets, and your secret places, and in your wilderness.

Alma 37:21
And now, I will speak unto you concerning those twenty-four plates, that ye keep them, that the mysteries and the works of darkness, and their secret works, or the secret works of those people who have been destroyed, may be made manifest unto this people; yea, all their murders, and robbings, and their plunderings, and all their wickedness and abominations, may be made manifest unto this people; yea, and that ye preserve these interpreters.

Alma 37:22
For behold, the Lord saw that his people began to work in darkness, yea, work secret murders and abominations; therefore the Lord said, if they did not repent they should be destroyed from off the face of the earth.

Alma 37:23
And the Lord said: I will prepare unto my servant Gazelem, a stone, which shall shine forth in darkness unto light, that I may discover unto my people who serve me, that I may discover unto them the works of their brethren, yea, their secret works, their works of darkness, and their wickedness and abominations.

Alma 37:25
I will bring forth out of darkness unto light all their secret works and their abominations; and except they repent I will destroy them from off the face of the earth; and I will bring to light all their secrets and abominations, unto every nation that shall hereafter possess the land.

Alma 37:26
And now, my son, we see that they did not repent; therefore they have been destroyed, and thus far the word of God has been fulfilled; yea, their secret abominations have been brought out of darkness and made known unto us.

Alma 37:27
And now, my son, I command you that ye retain all their oaths, and their covenants, and their agreements in their secret abominations; yea, and all their signs and their wonders ye shall keep from this people, that they know them not, lest peradventure they should fall into darkness also and be destroyed.

Alma 37:29
Therefore ye shall keep these secret plans of their oaths and their covenants from this people, and only their wickedness and their murders and their abominations shall ye make known unto them; and ye shall teach them to abhor such wickedness and abominations and murders; and ye shall also teach them that these people were destroyed on account of their wickedness and abominations and their murders.

Alma 37:30
For behold, they murdered all the prophets of the Lord who came among them to declare unto them concerning their iniquities; and the blood of those whom they murdered did cry unto the Lord their God for vengeance upon those who were their murderers; and thus the judgments of God did come upon these workers of darkness and secret combinations.

Alma 37:31
Yea, and cursed be the land forever and ever unto those workers of darkness and secret combinations, even unto destruction, except they repent before they are fully ripe.

Alma 37:32
And now, my son, remember the words which I have spoken unto you; trust not those secret plans unto this people, but teach them an everlasting hatred against sin and iniquity.

Alma 43:27
And it came to pass that Moroni caused that his army should be secreted in the valley which was near the bank of the river Sidon, which was on the west of the river Sidon in the wilderness.

Alma 47:10
And it came to pass that when it was night he sent a secret embassy into the mount Antipas, desiring that the leader of those who were upon the mount, whose name was Lehonti, that he should come down to the foot of the mount, for he desired to speak with him.

Alma 58:16
And when we saw that they were making preparations to come out against us, behold, I caused that Gid, with a small number of men, should secrete himself in the wilderness, and also that Teomner and a small number of men should secrete themselves also in the wilderness.

Alma 58:17
Now Gid and his men were on the right and the others on the left; and when they had thus secreted themselves, behold, I remained, with the remainder of my army, in that same place where we had first pitched our tents against the time that the Lamanites should come out to battle.

Alma 58:20
And it came to pass that when the Lamanites had passed by, or when the army had passed by, Gid and Teomner did rise up from their secret places, and did cut off the spies of the Lamanites that they should not return to the city.