Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'baptized' occurs 186 times in the standard works.

103 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'baptized' in the standard works and contain 55.4% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 39 minutes to read the entire list.

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JS-H 1:70-74 (9 in 5 verses)

1 Cor. 1:13-16 (5 in 4 verses)

Matt. 20:22-23 (4 in 2 verses)

Mark 10:38-39 (4 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 31:5-8 (4 in 4 verses)


Alma 4:4-5 (3 in 2 verses)

 4:4 And they began to establish the church more fully; yea, and many were baptized in the waters of Sidon and were joined to the church of God; yea, they were baptized by the hand of Alma, who had been consecrated the high priest over the people of the church, by the hand of his father Alma.

 4:5 And it came to pass in the seventh year of the reign of the judges there were about three thousand five hundred souls that united themselves to the church of God and were baptized. And thus ended the seventh year of the reign of the judges over the people of Nephi; and there was continual peace in all that time.




3 Ne. 12:1-2 (3 in 2 verses)

Acts 19:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

Mosiah 18:15-17 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 15:12-14 (3 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 7:24-26 (3 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 19:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

Luke 3:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Acts 1:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Acts 11:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Rom. 6:3 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Cor. 15:29 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 10:10 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 11:27 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 25:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 26:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 4:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Moro. 6:1 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 33:11 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 112:29 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 128:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 3:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 1:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 7:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

John 3:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

John 4:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 8:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 10:47-48 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 9:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 31:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 11:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 11:37-38 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 18:41-42 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 6:52-53 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 6:65-66 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 0 0 0
NT 61 0 61
BM 85 0 85
1 Ne. 4 0 4
2 Ne. 8 0 8
Mosiah 12 0 12
Alma 15 0 15
Hel. 6 0 6
3 Ne. 27 0 27
4 Ne. 1 0 1
Morm. 5 0 5
Ether 3 0 3
Moro. 4 0 4
DC 26 0 26
PGP 14 0 14
TOTAL 186 0 186

Alma 4:4
And they began to establish the church more fully; yea, and many were baptized in the waters of Sidon and were joined to the church of God; yea, they were baptized by the hand of Alma, who had been consecrated the high priest over the people of the church, by the hand of his father Alma.

Alma 4:5
And it came to pass in the seventh year of the reign of the judges there were about three thousand five hundred souls that united themselves to the church of God and were baptized. And thus ended the seventh year of the reign of the judges over the people of Nephi; and there was continual peace in all that time.

Alma 5:62
I speak by way of command unto you that belong to the church; and unto those who do not belong to the church I speak by way of invitation, saying: Come and be baptized unto repentance, that ye also may be partakers of the fruit of the tree of life.

Alma 6:2
And it came to pass that whosoever did not belong to the church who repented of their sins were baptized unto repentance, and were received into the church.

Alma 7:14
Now I say unto you that ye must repent, and be born again; for the Spirit saith if ye are not born again ye cannot inherit the kingdom of heaven; therefore come and be baptized unto repentance, that ye may be washed from your sins, that ye may have faith on the Lamb of God, who taketh away the sins of the world, who is mighty to save and to cleanse from all unrighteousness.

Alma 8:5
And it came to pass that the people came to him throughout all the borders of the land which was by the wilderness side. And they were baptized throughout all the land;

Alma 9:27
And behold, he cometh to redeem those who will be baptized unto repentance, through faith on his name.

Alma 15:12
And Alma baptized Zeezrom unto the Lord; and he began from that time forth to preach unto the people.

Alma 15:13
And Alma established a church in the land of Sidom, and consecrated priests and teachers in the land, to baptize unto the Lord whosoever were desirous to be baptized.

Alma 15:14
And it came to pass that they were many; for they did flock in from all the region round about Sidom, and were baptized.

Alma 19:35
And it came to pass that there were many that did believe in their words; and as many as did believe were baptized; and they became a righteous people, and they did establish a church among them.

Alma 32:16
Therefore, blessed are they who humble themselves without being compelled to be humble; or rather, in other words, blessed is he that believeth in the word of God, and is baptized without stubbornness of heart, yea, without being brought to know the word, or even compelled to know, before they will believe.

Alma 49:30
Yea, and there was continual peace among them, and exceedingly great prosperity in the church because of their heed and diligence which they gave unto the word of God, which was declared unto them by Helaman, and Shiblon, and Corianton, and Ammon and his brethren, yea, and by all those who had been ordained by the holy order of God, being baptized unto repentance, and sent forth to preach among the people.

Alma 62:45
Therefore, Helaman and his brethren went forth, and did declare the word of God with much power unto the convincing of many people of their wickedness, which did cause them to repent of their sins and to be baptized unto the Lord their God.