Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'bear' occurs 335 times in the standard works.

63 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'bear' in the standard works and contain 18.8% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 26 minutes to read the entire list.

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3 Ne. 11:32-36 (6 in 5 verses)

2 Sam. 18:19-20 (4 in 2 verses)

D&C 98:23-26 (4 in 4 verses)

Ezek. 18:19-20 (3 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 4:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 16:52-54 (3 in 3 verses)

Num. 11:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 18:1 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Cor. 11:1 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 13:24 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 10:9 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 76:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Moses 6:63 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 28:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 37:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 20:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 14:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 18:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 17:36-37 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 44:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

John 1:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Jn. 5:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 17:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 34:40-41 (2 in 2 verses)


3 Ne. 17:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

 17:15 And when he had said these words, he himself also knelt upon the earth; and behold he prayed unto the Father, and the things which he prayed cannot be written, and the multitude did bear record who heard him.

 17:16 And after this manner do they bear record: The eye hath never seen, neither hath the ear heard, before, so great and marvelous things as we saw and heard Jesus speak unto the Father;




D&C 93:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 155 106 261
NT 60 31 91
BM 58 20 78
1 Ne. 12 3 15
2 Ne. 5 2 7
Jacob 2 0 2
Enos 1 0 1
Mosiah 9 1 10
Alma 8 8 16
Hel. 2 0 2
3 Ne. 16 3 19
Morm. 0 1 1
Ether 2 1 3
Moro. 1 1 2
DC 55 13 68
PGP 7 6 13
TOTAL 335 176 511

3 Ne. 11:15
And it came to pass that the multitude went forth, and thrust their hands into his side, and did feel the prints of the nails in his hands and in his feet; and this they did do, going forth one by one until they had all gone forth, and did see with their eyes and did feel with their hands, and did know of a surety and did bear record, that it was he, of whom it was written by the prophets, that should come.

3 Ne. 11:32
And this is my doctrine, and it is the doctrine which the Father hath given unto me; and I bear record of the Father, and the Father beareth record of me, and the Holy Ghost beareth record of the Father and me; and I bear record that the Father commandeth all men, everywhere, to repent and believe in me.

3 Ne. 11:35
Verily, verily, I say unto you, that this is my doctrine, and I bear record of it from the Father; and whoso believeth in me believeth in the Father also; and unto him will the Father bear record of me, for he will visit him with fire and with the Holy Ghost.

3 Ne. 11:36
And thus will the Father bear record of me, and the Holy Ghost will bear record unto him of the Father and me; for the Father, and I, and the Holy Ghost are one.

3 Ne. 17:15
And when he had said these words, he himself also knelt upon the earth; and behold he prayed unto the Father, and the things which he prayed cannot be written, and the multitude did bear record who heard him.

3 Ne. 17:16
And after this manner do they bear record: The eye hath never seen, neither hath the ear heard, before, so great and marvelous things as we saw and heard Jesus speak unto the Father;

3 Ne. 17:25
And the multitude did see and hear and bear record; and they know that their record is true for they all of them did see and hear, every man for himself; and they were in number about two thousand and five hundred souls; and they did consist of men, women, and children.

3 Ne. 18:37
And the multitude heard not the words which he spake, therefore they did not bear record; but the disciples bare record that he gave them power to give the Holy Ghost. And I will show unto you hereafter that this record is true.

3 Ne. 18:39
And while they were overshadowed he departed from them, and ascended into heaven. And the disciples saw and did bear record that he ascended again into heaven.

3 Ne. 19:14
And behold, they were encircled about as if it were by fire; and it came down from heaven, and the multitude did witness it, and did bear record; and angels did come down out of heaven and did minister unto them.

3 Ne. 19:33
And the multitude did hear and do bear record; and their hearts were open and they did understand in their hearts the words which he prayed.

3 Ne. 20:41
And then shall a cry go forth: Depart ye, depart ye, go ye out from thence, touch not that which is unclean; go ye out of the midst of her; be ye clean that bear the vessels of the Lord.

3 Ne. 22:1
And then shall that which is written come to pass: Sing, O barren, thou that didst not bear; break forth into singing, and cry aloud, thou that didst not travail with child; for more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife, saith the Lord.

3 Ne. 28:11
And the Holy Ghost beareth record of the Father and me; and the Father giveth the Holy Ghost unto the children of men, because of me.