Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'own' occurs 977 times in the standard works.

297 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'own' in the standard works and contain 30.4% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 101 minutes to read the entire list.

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D&C 104:49-50 (6 in 2 verses)

D&C 128:4-8 (5 in 5 verses)

1 Ne. 22:13 (4 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 12:3-4 (4 in 2 verses)

Abr. 4:11-12 (4 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 7:2-4 (4 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 27:20-22 (4 in 3 verses)

Dan. 11:16-19 (4 in 4 verses)

Mark 6:1-4 (4 in 4 verses)

Luke 6:41-44 (4 in 4 verses)

3 Ne. 5:25-6:2 (4 in 4 verses)

Isa. 58:13 (3 in 1 verse)

D&C 88:68 (3 in 1 verse)

Ps. 106:39-40 (3 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 36:31-32 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 4:18-19 (3 in 2 verses)

Jacob 5:53-54 (3 in 2 verses)

Jacob 5:76-77 (3 in 2 verses)

Moses 6:9-10 (3 in 2 verses)

Prov. 5:15-17 (3 in 3 verses)

Prov. 11:17-19 (3 in 3 verses)

Matt. 7:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Pet. 2:24-3:1 (3 in 3 verses)


Jacob 5:18-20 (3 in 3 verses)

 5:18 And he said unto the servant: Behold, the branches of the wild tree have taken hold of the moisture of the root thereof, that the root thereof hath brought forth much strength; and because of the much strength of the root thereof the wild branches have brought forth tame fruit. Now, if we had not grafted in these branches, the tree thereof would have perished. And now, behold, I shall lay up much fruit, which the tree thereof hath brought forth; and the fruit thereof I shall lay up against the season, unto mine own self.

 5:19 And it came to pass that the Lord of the vineyard said unto the servant: Come, let us go to the nethermost part of the vineyard, and behold if the natural branches of the tree have not brought forth much fruit also, that I may lay up of the fruit thereof against the season, unto mine own self.

 5:20 And it came to pass that they went forth whither the master had hid the natural branches of the tree, and he said unto the servant: Behold these; and he beheld the first that it had brought forth much fruit; and he beheld also that it was good. And he said unto the servant: Take of the fruit thereof, and lay it up against the season, that I may preserve it unto mine own self; for behold, said he, this long time have I nourished it, and it hath brought forth much fruit.




3 Ne. 14:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

Moses 6:28-30 (3 in 3 verses)

Moses 7:31-33 (3 in 3 verses)

Ex. 22:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 1:52 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 15:39 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 20:6 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 14:24 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 18:27 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 19:7 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 6:29 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 32:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Job 15:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 7:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 44:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 81:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 94:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Prov. 1:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Prov. 1:31 (2 in 1 verse)

Prov. 27:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 2:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 4:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 5:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 13:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 36:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 37:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 48:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 49:26 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 36:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 13:57 (2 in 1 verse)

John 1:11 (2 in 1 verse)

John 5:30 (2 in 1 verse)

Acts 5:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Rom. 1:24 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Cor. 3:8 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Cor. 13:5 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Thes. 4:11 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Tim. 5:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Philem. 1:19 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 1:17 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 20:11 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 21:26 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 6:18 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 12:8 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 14:1 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 15:21 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 23:14 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 26:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 2:33 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 3:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 26:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 54:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 4:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 16:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 16:15 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 9:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Morm. 4:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 3:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 14:2 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 1:16 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 3:4 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 3:13 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 6:21 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 10:57 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 11:29 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 20:18 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 35:20 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 38:4 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 39:3 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 45:8 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 76:111 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 84:109 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 88:40 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 90:11 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 124:48 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 11:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 18:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 17:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Job 18:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 9:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Prov. 11:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Prov. 25:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Prov. 28:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 36:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 23:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 13:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 19:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

John 10:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Rom. 11:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Rom. 14:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 6:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Gal. 6:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Eph. 5:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Thes. 2:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Tim. 3:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Pet. 2:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Pet. 3:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 25:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Omni 1:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

W of M 1:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 27:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 30:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 54:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 20:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 390 1248 1638
NT 206 398 604
BM 226 549 775
1 Ne. 21 63 84
2 Ne. 29 70 99
Jacob 17 21 38
Enos 3 4 7
Omni 2 3 5
W of M 2 6 8
Mosiah 34 32 66
Alma 60 185 245
Hel. 18 48 66
3 Ne. 20 60 80
4 Ne. 0 1 1
Morm. 7 21 28
Ether 10 28 38
Moro. 3 7 10
DC 122 183 305
PGP 33 40 73
TOTAL 977 2418 3395

Jacob 1:3
For he said that the history of his people should be engraven upon his other plates, and that I should preserve these plates and hand them down unto my seed, from generation to generation.

Jacob 1:19
And we did magnify our office unto the Lord, taking upon us the responsibility, answering the sins of the people upon our own heads if we did not teach them the word of God with all diligence; wherefore, by laboring with our might their blood might not come upon our garments; otherwise their blood would come upon our garments, and we would not be found spotless at the last day.

Jacob 2:3
And ye yourselves know that I have hitherto been diligent in the office of my calling; but I this day am weighed down with much more desire and anxiety for the welfare of your souls than I have hitherto been.

Jacob 2:34
And now behold, my brethren, ye know that these commandments were given to our father, Lehi; wherefore, ye have known them before; and ye have come unto great condemnation; for ye have done these things which ye ought not to have done.

Jacob 2:35
Behold, ye have done greater iniquities than the Lamanites, our brethren. Ye have broken the hearts of your tender wives, and lost the confidence of your children, because of your bad examples before them; and the sobbings of their hearts ascend up to God against you. And because of the strictness of the word of God, which cometh down against you, many hearts died, pierced with deep wounds.

Jacob 3:1
But behold, I, Jacob, would speak unto you that are pure in heart. Look unto God with firmness of mind, and pray unto him with exceeding faith, and he will console you in your afflictions, and he will plead your cause, and send down justice upon those who seek your destruction.

Jacob 3:9
Wherefore, a commandment I give unto you, which is the word of God, that ye revile no more against them because of the darkness of their skins; neither shall ye revile against them because of their filthiness; but ye shall remember your own filthiness, and remember that their filthiness came because of their fathers.

Jacob 5:15
And it came to pass that a long time passed away, and the Lord of the vineyard said unto his servant: Come, let us go down into the vineyard, that we may labor in the vineyard.

Jacob 5:16
And it came to pass that the Lord of the vineyard, and also the servant, went down into the vineyard to labor. And it came to pass that the servant said unto his master: Behold, look here; behold the tree.

Jacob 5:18
And he said unto the servant: Behold, the branches of the wild tree have taken hold of the moisture of the root thereof, that the root thereof hath brought forth much strength; and because of the much strength of the root thereof the wild branches have brought forth tame fruit. Now, if we had not grafted in these branches, the tree thereof would have perished. And now, behold, I shall lay up much fruit, which the tree thereof hath brought forth; and the fruit thereof I shall lay up against the season, unto mine own self.

Jacob 5:19
And it came to pass that the Lord of the vineyard said unto the servant: Come, let us go to the nethermost part of the vineyard, and behold if the natural branches of the tree have not brought forth much fruit also, that I may lay up of the fruit thereof against the season, unto mine own self.

Jacob 5:20
And it came to pass that they went forth whither the master had hid the natural branches of the tree, and he said unto the servant: Behold these; and he beheld the first that it had brought forth much fruit; and he beheld also that it was good. And he said unto the servant: Take of the fruit thereof, and lay it up against the season, that I may preserve it unto mine own self; for behold, said he, this long time have I nourished it, and it hath brought forth much fruit.

Jacob 5:23
And it came to pass that the Lord of the vineyard said unto his servant: Look hither; behold I have planted another branch of the tree also; and thou knowest that this spot of ground was poorer than the first. But, behold the tree. I have nourished it this long time, and it hath brought forth much fruit; therefore, gather it, and lay it up against the season, that I may preserve it unto mine own self.

Jacob 5:29
And it came to pass that a long time had passed away, and the Lord of the vineyard said unto his servant: Come, let us go down into the vineyard, that we may labor again in the vineyard. For behold, the time draweth near, and the end soon cometh; wherefore, I must lay up fruit against the season, unto mine own self.

Jacob 5:30
And it came to pass that the Lord of the vineyard and the servant went down into the vineyard; and they came to the tree whose natural branches had been broken off, and the wild branches had been grafted in; and behold all sorts of fruit did cumber the tree.

Jacob 5:33
And the Lord of the vineyard said unto the servant: What shall we do unto the tree, that I may preserve again good fruit thereof unto mine own self?

Jacob 5:36
Nevertheless, I know that the roots are good, and for mine own purpose I have preserved them; and because of their much strength they have hitherto brought forth, from the wild branches, good fruit.

Jacob 5:37
But behold, the wild branches have grown and have overrun the roots thereof; and because that the wild branches have overcome the roots thereof it hath brought forth much evil fruit; and because that it hath brought forth so much evil fruit thou beholdest that it beginneth to perish; and it will soon become ripened, that it may be cast into the fire, except we should do something for it to preserve it.

Jacob 5:38
And it came to pass that the Lord of the vineyard said unto his servant: Let us go down into the nethermost parts of the vineyard, and behold if the natural branches have also brought forth evil fruit.

Jacob 5:39
And it came to pass that they went down into the nethermost parts of the vineyard. And it came to pass that they beheld that the fruit of the natural branches had become corrupt also; yea, the first and the second and also the last; and they had all become corrupt.

Jacob 5:42
Behold, I knew that all the fruit of the vineyard, save it were these, had become corrupted. And now these which have once brought forth good fruit have also become corrupted; and now all the trees of my vineyard are good for nothing save it be to be hewn down and cast into the fire.

Jacob 5:44
And thou beheldest that I also cut down that which cumbered this spot of ground, that I might plant this tree in the stead thereof.

Jacob 5:46
And now, behold, notwithstanding all the care which we have taken of my vineyard, the trees thereof have become corrupted, that they bring forth no good fruit; and these I had hoped to preserve, to have laid up fruit thereof against the season, unto mine own self. But, behold, they have become like unto the wild olive tree, and they are of no worth but to be hewn down and cast into the fire; and it grieveth me that I should lose them.

Jacob 5:47
But what could I have done more in my vineyard? Have I slackened mine hand, that I have not nourished it? Nay, I have nourished it, and I have digged about it, and I have pruned it, and I have dunged it; and I have stretched forth mine hand almost all the day long, and the end draweth nigh. And it grieveth me that I should hew down all the trees of my vineyard, and cast them into the fire that they should be burned. Who is it that has corrupted my vineyard?

Jacob 5:49
And it came to pass that the Lord of the vineyard said unto the servant: Let us go to and hew down the trees of the vineyard and cast them into the fire, that they shall not cumber the ground of my vineyard, for I have done all. What could I have done more for my vineyard?

Jacob 5:53
And this will I do that the tree may not perish, that, perhaps, I may preserve unto myself the roots thereof for mine own purpose.

Jacob 5:54
And, behold, the roots of the natural branches of the tree which I planted whithersoever I would are yet alive; wherefore, that I may preserve them also for mine own purpose, I will take of the branches of this tree, and I will graft them in unto them. Yea, I will graft in unto them the branches of their mother tree, that I may preserve the roots also unto mine own self, that when they shall be sufficiently strong perhaps they may bring forth good fruit unto me, and I may yet have glory in the fruit of my vineyard.

Jacob 5:66
For it grieveth me that I should lose the trees of my vineyard; wherefore ye shall clear away the bad according as the good shall grow, that the root and the top may be equal in strength, until the good shall overcome the bad, and the bad be hewn down and cast into the fire, that they cumber not the ground of my vineyard; and thus will I sweep away the bad out of my vineyard.

Jacob 5:76
For behold, for a long time will I lay up of the fruit of my vineyard unto mine own self against the season, which speedily cometh; and for the last time have I nourished my vineyard, and pruned it, and dug about it, and dunged it; wherefore I will lay up unto mine own self of the fruit, for a long time, according to that which I have spoken.

Jacob 5:77
And when the time cometh that evil fruit shall again come into my vineyard, then will I cause the good and the bad to be gathered; and the good will I preserve unto myself, and the bad will I cast away into its own place. And then cometh the season and the end; and my vineyard will I cause to be burned with fire.

Jacob 6:3
And how blessed are they who have labored diligently in his vineyard; and how cursed are they who shall be cast out into their own place! And the world shall be burned with fire.

Jacob 6:7
For behold, after ye have been nourished by the good word of God all the day long, will ye bring forth evil fruit, that ye must be hewn down and cast into the fire?

Jacob 7:21
And when the multitude had witnessed that he spake these things as he was about to give up the ghost, they were astonished exceedingly; insomuch that the power of God came down upon them, and they were overcome that they fell to the earth.

Jacob 7:27
And I, Jacob, saw that I must soon go down to my grave; wherefore, I said unto my son Enos: Take these plates. And I told him the things which my brother Nephi had commanded me, and he promised obedience unto the commands. And I make an end of my writing upon these plates, which writing has been small; and to the reader I bid farewell, hoping that many of my brethren may read my words. Brethren, adieu.