Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'time' occurs 1332 times in the standard works.

481 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'time' in the standard works and contain 36.1% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 180 minutes to read the entire list.

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Eccl. 3:1-17 (31 in 17 verses)

Alma 39:16-40:14 (23 in 18 verses)

Abr. 3:4-14 (15 in 11 verses)

Jacob 5:71-6:2 (9 in 9 verses)

JS-H 1:53-59 (7 in 7 verses)

Abr. 4:31-5:3 (6 in 4 verses)

D&C 98:39-44 (6 in 6 verses)

D&C 127:10-128:3 (6 in 6 verses)

1 Kgs. 18:34-36 (5 in 3 verses)

Omni 1:15-17 (5 in 3 verses)

Dan. 12:1-4 (5 in 4 verses)


1 Ne. 17:42-45 (5 in 4 verses)

 17:42 And they did harden their hearts from time to time, and they did revile against Moses, and also against God; nevertheless, ye know that they were led forth by his matchless power into the land of promise.

 17:43 And now, after all these things, the time has come that they have become wicked, yea, nearly unto ripeness; and I know not but they are at this day about to be destroyed; for I know that the day must surely come that they must be destroyed, save a few only, who shall be led away into captivity.

 17:44 Wherefore, the Lord commanded my father that he should depart into the wilderness; and the Jews also sought to take away his life; yea, and ye also have sought to take away his life; wherefore, ye are murderers in your hearts and ye are like unto them.

 17:45 Ye are swift to do iniquity but slow to remember the Lord your God. Ye have seen an angel, and he spake unto you; yea, ye have heard his voice from time to time; and he hath spoken unto you in a still small voice, but ye were past feeling, that ye could not feel his words; wherefore, he has spoken unto you like unto the voice of thunder, which did cause the earth to shake as if it were to divide asunder.




JS-H 1:5-8 (5 in 4 verses)

D&C 58:52-56 (5 in 5 verses)

D&C 124:140 (4 in 1 verse)

D&C 130:4 (4 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 4:10-11 (4 in 2 verses)

Alma 36:28-29 (4 in 2 verses)

Hel. 14:20-21 (4 in 2 verses)

Jacob 5:62-64 (4 in 3 verses)

Alma 13:24-26 (4 in 3 verses)

Alma 47:11-13 (4 in 3 verses)

John 21:14-17 (4 in 4 verses)

Jacob 5:29-32 (4 in 4 verses)

Mosiah 28:17-20 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 34:31-34 (4 in 4 verses)

D&C 20:61-64 (4 in 4 verses)

D&C 48:1-4 (4 in 4 verses)

Mosiah 29:27 (3 in 1 verse)

Alma 42:4 (3 in 1 verse)

Ether 14:29 (3 in 1 verse)

D&C 105:27 (3 in 1 verse)

Abr. 5:13 (3 in 1 verse)

Eccl. 9:11-12 (3 in 2 verses)

Zeph. 3:19-20 (3 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 11:13-14 (3 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 25:5-6 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 12:16-17 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 12:23-24 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 58:5-6 (3 in 2 verses)

Ether 1:3-4 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 5:19-20 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 43:28-29 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 104:58-59 (3 in 2 verses)

JS-H 1:27-28 (3 in 2 verses)

Deut. 10:8-10 (3 in 3 verses)

Hag. 1:2-4 (3 in 3 verses)

John 7:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

Rev. 12:12-14 (3 in 3 verses)

Mosiah 3:20-22 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 18:36-38 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 28:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 39:20-22 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 124:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 124:31-33 (3 in 3 verses)

JS-H 1:46-48 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 18:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 24:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 15:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 13:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 5:2 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 10:6 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 9:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Esth. 4:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 102:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 45:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 15:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 51:33 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 16:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 35:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Dan. 7:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Dan. 11:35 (2 in 1 verse)

Amos 5:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Rom. 13:11 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Cor. 16:12 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Cor. 6:2 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Jn. 2:18 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 12:18 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 14:23 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 16:29 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 18:1 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 1:17 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 10:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Jacob 7:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 8:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 24:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 27:32 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 9:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 10:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 19:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 49:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 50:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 60:29 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 12:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 13:24 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 5:15 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 1:28 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 20:82 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 28:15 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 35:18 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 42:33 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 90:14 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 101:48 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 115:18 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 124:115 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 132:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Abr. 1:3 (2 in 1 verse)

JS-H 1:75 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 9:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 22:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 4:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezra 4:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Job 14:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Job 39:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 129:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Eccl. 8:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 2:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 38:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 2:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 3:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Cor. 13:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Eph. 2:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Heb. 9:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Pet. 4:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 10:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 22:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 22:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 25:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Jacob 5:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 1:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 2:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 21:34-35 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 7:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 7:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 9:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 53:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 8:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 1:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 1:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 2:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 4:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 8:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 11:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 12:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 15:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 17:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 20:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Morm. 4:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Moro. 7:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 34:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 72:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 88:84-85 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 98:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 112:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 126:3-127:1 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 132:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 138:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 5:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

JS-H 1:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

JS-H 1:61-62 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 449 152 601
NT 170 47 217
BM 421 37 458
1 Ne. 42 6 48
2 Ne. 28 4 32
Jacob 27 0 27
Enos 2 0 2
Jarom 1 1 2
Omni 6 0 6
W of M 1 0 1
Mosiah 56 5 61
Alma 145 15 160
Hel. 28 1 29
3 Ne. 48 1 49
4 Ne. 2 0 2
Morm. 11 2 13
Ether 18 2 20
Moro. 6 0 6
DC 214 44 258
PGP 78 11 89
TOTAL 1332 291 1623

1 Ne. 3:20
And also that we may preserve unto them the words which have been spoken by the mouth of all the holy prophets, which have been delivered unto them by the Spirit and power of God, since the world began, even down unto this present time.

1 Ne. 4:10
And it came to pass that I was constrained by the Spirit that I should kill Laban; but I said in my heart: Never at any time have I shed the blood of man. And I shrunk and would that I might not slay him.

1 Ne. 4:27
And he spake unto me many times concerning the elders of the Jews, as I went forth unto my brethren, who were without the walls.

1 Ne. 4:35
And it came to pass that Zoram did take courage at the words which I spake. Now Zoram was the name of the servant; and he promised that he would go down into the wilderness unto our father. Yea, and he also made an oath unto us that he would tarry with us from that time forth.

1 Ne. 5:19
Wherefore, he said that these plates of brass should never perish; neither should they be dimmed any more by time. And he prophesied many things concerning his seed.

1 Ne. 6:1
And now I, Nephi, do not give the genealogy of my fathers in this part of my record; neither at any time shall I give it after upon these plates which I am writing; for it is given in the record which has been kept by my father; wherefore, I do not write it in this work.

1 Ne. 10:3
That after they should be destroyed, even that great city Jerusalem, and many be carried away captive into Babylon, according to the own due time of the Lord, they should return again, yea, even be brought back out of captivity; and after they should be brought back out of captivity they should possess again the land of their inheritance.

1 Ne. 10:4
Yea, even six hundred years from the time that my father left Jerusalem, a prophet would the Lord God raise up among the Jews-- even a Messiah, or, in other words, a Savior of the world.

1 Ne. 10:17
And it came to pass after I, Nephi, having heard all the words of my father, concerning the things which he saw in a vision, and also the things which he spake by the power of the Holy Ghost, which power he received by faith on the Son of God-- and the Son of God was the Messiah who should come-- I, Nephi, was desirous also that I might see, and hear, and know of these things, by the power of the Holy Ghost, which is the gift of God unto all those who diligently seek him, as well in times of old as in the time that he should manifest himself unto the children of men.

1 Ne. 10:19
For he that diligently seeketh shall find; and the mysteries of God shall be unfolded unto them, by the power of the Holy Ghost, as well in these times as in times of old, and as well in times of old as in times to come; wherefore, the course of the Lord is one eternal round.

1 Ne. 11:19
And it came to pass that I beheld that she was carried away in the Spirit; and after she had been carried away in the Spirit for the space of a time the angel spake unto me, saying: Look!

1 Ne. 12:18
And the large and spacious building, which thy father saw, is vain imaginations and the pride of the children of men. And a great and a terrible gulf divideth them; yea, even the word of the justice of the Eternal God, and the Messiah who is the Lamb of God, of whom the Holy Ghost beareth record, from the beginning of the world until this time, and from this time henceforth and forever.

1 Ne. 13:42
And the time cometh that he shall manifest himself unto all nations, both unto the Jews and also unto the Gentiles; and after he has manifested himself unto the Jews and also unto the Gentiles, then he shall manifest himself unto the Gentiles and also unto the Jews, and the last shall be first, and the first shall be last.

1 Ne. 14:7
For the time cometh, saith the Lamb of God, that I will work a great and a marvelous work among the children of men; a work which shall be everlasting, either on the one hand or on the other-- either to the convincing of them unto peace and life eternal, or unto the deliverance of them to the hardness of their hearts and the blindness of their minds unto their being brought down into captivity, and also into destruction, both temporally and spiritually, according to the captivity of the devil, of which I have spoken.

1 Ne. 14:23
Wherefore, the things which he shall write are just and true; and behold they are written in the book which thou beheld proceeding out of the mouth of the Jew; and at the time they proceeded out of the mouth of the Jew, or, at the time the book proceeded out of the mouth of the Jew, the things which were written were plain and pure, and most precious and easy to the understanding of all men.

1 Ne. 14:26
And also others who have been, to them hath he shown all things, and they have written them; and they are sealed up to come forth in their purity, according to the truth which is in the Lamb, in the own due time of the Lord, unto the house of Israel.

1 Ne. 16:17
And after we had traveled for the space of many days, we did pitch our tents for the space of a time, that we might again rest ourselves and obtain food for our families.

1 Ne. 16:29
And there was also written upon them a new writing, which was plain to be read, which did give us understanding concerning the ways of the Lord; and it was written and changed from time to time, according to the faith and diligence which we gave unto it. And thus we see that by small means the Lord can bring about great things.

1 Ne. 16:33
And it came to pass that we did again take our journey, traveling nearly the same course as in the beginning; and after we had traveled for the space of many days we did pitch our tents again, that we might tarry for the space of a time.

1 Ne. 17:1
And it came to pass that we did again take our journey in the wilderness; and we did travel nearly eastward from that time forth. And we did travel and wade through much affliction in the wilderness; and our women did bear children in the wilderness.

1 Ne. 17:21
Behold, these many years we have suffered in the wilderness, which time we might have enjoyed our possessions and the land of our inheritance; yea, and we might have been happy.

1 Ne. 17:42
And they did harden their hearts from time to time, and they did revile against Moses, and also against God; nevertheless, ye know that they were led forth by his matchless power into the land of promise.

1 Ne. 17:43
And now, after all these things, the time has come that they have become wicked, yea, nearly unto ripeness; and I know not but they are at this day about to be destroyed; for I know that the day must surely come that they must be destroyed, save a few only, who shall be led away into captivity.

1 Ne. 17:45
Ye are swift to do iniquity but slow to remember the Lord your God. Ye have seen an angel, and he spake unto you; yea, ye have heard his voice from time to time; and he hath spoken unto you in a still small voice, but ye were past feeling, that ye could not feel his words; wherefore, he has spoken unto you like unto the voice of thunder, which did cause the earth to shake as if it were to divide asunder.

1 Ne. 18:1
And it came to pass that they did worship the Lord, and did go forth with me; and we did work timbers of curious workmanship. And the Lord did show me from time to time after what manner I should work the timbers of the ship.

1 Ne. 18:18
Because of their grief and much sorrow, and the iniquity of my brethren, they were brought near even to be carried out of this time to meet their God; yea, their grey hairs were about to be brought down to lie low in the dust; yea, even they were near to be cast with sorrow into a watery grave.

1 Ne. 19:2
And I knew not at the time when I made them that I should be commanded of the Lord to make these plates; wherefore, the record of my father, and the genealogy of his fathers, and the more part of all our proceedings in the wilderness are engraven upon those first plates of which I have spoken; wherefore, the things which transpired before I made these plates are, of a truth, more particularly made mention upon the first plates.

1 Ne. 19:8
And behold he cometh, according to the words of the angel, in six hundred years from the time my father left Jerusalem.

1 Ne. 20:6
Thou hast seen and heard all this; and will ye not declare them? And that I have showed thee new things from this time, even hidden things, and thou didst not know them.

1 Ne. 20:8
Yea, and thou heardest not; yea, thou knewest not; yea, from that time thine ear was not opened; for I knew that thou wouldst deal very treacherously, and wast called a transgressor from the womb.

1 Ne. 20:16
Come ye near unto me; I have not spoken in secret; from the beginning, from the time that it was declared have I spoken; and the Lord God, and his Spirit, hath sent me.

1 Ne. 21:8
Thus saith the Lord: In an acceptable time have I heard thee, O isles of the sea, and in a day of salvation have I helped thee; and I will preserve thee, and give thee my servant for a covenant of the people, to establish the earth, to cause to inherit the desolate heritages;

1 Ne. 22:7
And it meaneth that the time cometh that after all the house of Israel have been scattered and confounded, that the Lord God will raise up a mighty nation among the Gentiles, yea, even upon the face of this land; and by them shall our seed be scattered.

1 Ne. 22:15
For behold, saith the prophet, the time cometh speedily that Satan shall have no more power over the hearts of the children of men; for the day soon cometh that all the proud and they who do wickedly shall be as stubble; and the day cometh that they must be burned.

1 Ne. 22:16
For the time soon cometh that the fulness of the wrath of God shall be poured out upon all the children of men; for he will not suffer that the wicked shall destroy the righteous.

1 Ne. 22:19
For behold, the righteous shall not perish; for the time surely must come that all they who fight against Zion shall be cut off.

1 Ne. 22:23
For the time speedily shall come that all churches which are built up to get gain, and all those who are built up to get power over the flesh, and those who are built up to become popular in the eyes of the world, and those who seek the lusts of the flesh and the things of the world, and to do all manner of iniquity; yea, in fine, all those who belong to the kingdom of the devil are they who need fear, and tremble, and quake; they are those who must be brought low in the dust; they are those who must be consumed as stubble; and this is according to the words of the prophet.

1 Ne. 22:24
And the time cometh speedily that the righteous must be led up as calves of the stall, and the Holy One of Israel must reign in dominion, and might, and power, and great glory.