Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'ball' occurs 11 times in the standard works.

5 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'ball' in the standard works and contain 45.5% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 2 minutes to read the entire list.

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1 Ne. 16:26-28 (3 in 3 verses)

 16:26 And it came to pass that the voice of the Lord said unto him: Look upon the ball, and behold the things which are written.

 16:27 And it came to pass that when my father beheld the things which were written upon the ball, he did fear and tremble exceedingly, and also my brethren and the sons of Ishmael and our wives.

 16:28 And it came to pass that I, Nephi, beheld the pointers which were in the ball, that they did work according to the faith and diligence and heed which we did give unto them.




1 Ne. 16:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 1 11 12
NT 0 0 0
BM 10 0 10
1 Ne. 7 0 7
2 Ne. 1 0 1
Mosiah 1 0 1
Alma 1 0 1
DC 0 4 4
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 11 15 26

1 Ne. 16:10
And it came to pass that as my father arose in the morning, and went forth to the tent door, to his great astonishment he beheld upon the ground a round ball of curious workmanship; and it was of fine brass. And within the ball were two spindles; and the one pointed the way whither we should go into the wilderness.

1 Ne. 16:16
And we did follow the directions of the ball, which led us in the more fertile parts of the wilderness.

1 Ne. 16:26
And it came to pass that the voice of the Lord said unto him: Look upon the ball, and behold the things which are written.

1 Ne. 16:27
And it came to pass that when my father beheld the things which were written upon the ball, he did fear and tremble exceedingly, and also my brethren and the sons of Ishmael and our wives.

1 Ne. 16:28
And it came to pass that I, Nephi, beheld the pointers which were in the ball, that they did work according to the faith and diligence and heed which we did give unto them.

1 Ne. 16:30
And it came to pass that I, Nephi, did go forth up into the top of the mountain, according to the directions which were given upon the ball.