Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'account' occurs 99 times in the standard works.

37 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'account' in the standard works and contain 37.4% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 14 minutes to read the entire list.

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Ether 1:1-6 (7 in 6 verses)

1 Ne. 9:2-10:1 (6 in 6 verses)


1 Ne. 1:16-17 (4 in 2 verses)

 1:16 And now I, Nephi, do not make a full account of the things which my father hath written, for he hath written many things which he saw in visions and in dreams; and he also hath written many things which he prophesied and spake unto his children, of which I shall not make a full account.

 1:17 But I shall make an account of my proceedings in my days. Behold, I make an abridgment of the record of my father, upon plates which I have made with mine own hands; wherefore, after I have abridged the record of my father then will I make an account of mine own life.




Mosiah 28:17-19 (4 in 3 verses)

D&C 10:38-40 (4 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 19:4-5 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 13:3-4 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 27:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Morm. 2:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 28:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 6 7 13
NT 11 7 18
BM 62 4 66
1 Ne. 15 0 15
2 Ne. 0 1 1
Jacob 0 1 1
Omni 1 0 1
W of M 1 0 1
Mosiah 7 0 7
Alma 18 0 18
Hel. 3 0 3
3 Ne. 4 1 5
Morm. 3 0 3
Ether 9 0 9
Moro. 1 1 2
DC 15 23 38
PGP 5 1 6
TOTAL 99 42 141

1 Ne. 1:16
And now I, Nephi, do not make a full account of the things which my father hath written, for he hath written many things which he saw in visions and in dreams; and he also hath written many things which he prophesied and spake unto his children, of which I shall not make a full account.

1 Ne. 1:17
But I shall make an account of my proceedings in my days. Behold, I make an abridgment of the record of my father, upon plates which I have made with mine own hands; wherefore, after I have abridged the record of my father then will I make an account of mine own life.

1 Ne. 5:11
And he beheld that they did contain the five books of Moses, which gave an account of the creation of the world, and also of Adam and Eve, who were our first parents;

1 Ne. 6:3
And it mattereth not to me that I am particular to give a full account of all the things of my father, for they cannot be written upon these plates, for I desire the room that I may write of the things of God.

1 Ne. 9:2
And now, as I have spoken concerning these plates, behold they are not the plates upon which I make a full account of the history of my people; for the plates upon which I make a full account of my people I have given the name of Nephi; wherefore, they are called the plates of Nephi, after mine own name; and these plates also are called the plates of Nephi.

1 Ne. 9:3
Nevertheless, I have received a commandment of the Lord that I should make these plates, for the special purpose that there should be an account engraven of the ministry of my people.

1 Ne. 9:4
Upon the other plates should be engraven an account of the reign of the kings, and the wars and contentions of my people; wherefore these plates are for the more part of the ministry; and the other plates are for the more part of the reign of the kings and the wars and contentions of my people.

1 Ne. 10:1
And now I, Nephi, proceed to give an account upon these plates of my proceedings, and my reign and ministry; wherefore, to proceed with mine account, I must speak somewhat of the things of my father, and also of my brethren.

1 Ne. 19:4
Wherefore, I, Nephi, did make a record upon the other plates, which gives an account, or which gives a greater account of the wars and contentions and destructions of my people. And this have I done, and commanded my people what they should do after I was gone; and that these plates should be handed down from one generation to another, or from one prophet to another, until further commandments of the Lord.

1 Ne. 19:5
And an account of my making these plates shall be given hereafter; and then, behold, I proceed according to that which I have spoken; and this I do that the more sacred things may be kept for the knowledge of my people.