Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'saints' occurs 206 times in the standard works.

39 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'saints' in the standard works and contain 18.9% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 18 minutes to read the entire list.

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D&C 89:1-3 (4 in 3 verses)

Dan. 7:21-22 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 26:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 9:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 61:29 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 87:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 33:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 148:14-149:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Rom. 15:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 6:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Rev. 8:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)


2 Ne. 9:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

 9:18 But, behold, the righteous, the saints of the Holy One of Israel, they who have believed in the Holy One of Israel, they who have endured the crosses of the world, and despised the shame of it, they shall inherit the kingdom of God, which was prepared for them from the foundation of the world, and their joy shall be full forever.

 9:19 O the greatness of the mercy of our God, the Holy One of Israel! For he delivereth his saints from that awful monster the devil, and death, and hell, and that lake of fire and brimstone, which is endless torment.




D&C 45:45-46 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 57:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 104:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 115:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 125:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 35 0 35
NT 61 0 61
BM 28 0 28
1 Ne. 5 0 5
2 Ne. 7 0 7
Enos 1 0 1
Hel. 1 0 1
3 Ne. 8 0 8
Morm. 4 0 4
Ether 1 0 1
Moro. 1 0 1
DC 80 0 80
PGP 2 0 2
TOTAL 206 0 206

2 Ne. 9:18
But, behold, the righteous, the saints of the Holy One of Israel, they who have believed in the Holy One of Israel, they who have endured the crosses of the world, and despised the shame of it, they shall inherit the kingdom of God, which was prepared for them from the foundation of the world, and their joy shall be full forever.

2 Ne. 9:19
O the greatness of the mercy of our God, the Holy One of Israel! For he delivereth his saints from that awful monster the devil, and death, and hell, and that lake of fire and brimstone, which is endless torment.

2 Ne. 9:43
But the things of the wise and the prudent shall be hid from them forever-- yea, that happiness which is prepared for the saints.

2 Ne. 26:3
And after the Messiah shall come there shall be signs given unto my people of his birth, and also of his death and resurrection; and great and terrible shall that day be unto the wicked, for they shall perish; and they perish because they cast out the prophets, and the saints, and stone them, and slay them; wherefore the cry of the blood of the saints shall ascend up to God from the ground against them.

2 Ne. 26:5
And they that kill the prophets, and the saints, the depths of the earth shall swallow them up, saith the Lord of Hosts; and mountains shall cover them, and whirlwinds shall carry them away, and buildings shall fall upon them and crush them to pieces and grind them to powder.

2 Ne. 28:10
And the blood of the saints shall cry from the ground against them.