Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'write' occurs 245 times in the standard works.

96 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'write' in the standard works and contain 39.2% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 33 minutes to read the entire list.

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1 Ne. 14:21-25 (6 in 5 verses)


Ether 3:22-27 (6 in 6 verses)

 3:22 And behold, when ye shall come unto me, ye shall write them and shall seal them up, that no one can interpret them; for ye shall write them in a language that they cannot be read.

 3:23 And behold, these two stones will I give unto thee, and ye shall seal them up also with the things which ye shall write.

 3:24 For behold, the language which ye shall write I have confounded; wherefore I will cause in my own due time that these stones shall magnify to the eyes of men these things which ye shall write.

 3:25 And when the Lord had said these words, he showed unto the brother of Jared all the inhabitants of the earth which had been, and also all that would be; and he withheld them not from his sight, even unto the ends of the earth.

 3:26 For he had said unto him in times before, that if he would believe in him that he could show unto him all things-- it should be shown unto him; therefore the Lord could not withhold anything from him, for he knew that the Lord could show him all things.

 3:27 And the Lord said unto him: Write these things and seal them up; and I will show them in mine own due time unto the children of men.




2 Ne. 29:11-12 (5 in 2 verses)

Morm. 3:17-20 (5 in 4 verses)

1 Jn. 2:12-13 (4 in 2 verses)

Jacob 4:1-2 (4 in 2 verses)

Jarom 1:1-2 (4 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 26:11-12 (3 in 2 verses)

Ether 12:24-25 (3 in 2 verses)

Moro. 8:30-9:1 (3 in 2 verses)

Rev. 3:12-14 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 3:17-19 (3 in 3 verses)

Morm. 8:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 37:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Acts 25:26 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Jn. 1:12 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Jn. 1:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Jude 1:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Rev. 10:4 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 3:12 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 25:3 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 31:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Omni 1:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Omni 1:9 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 16:4 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 28:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Moro. 1:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Moro. 10:1 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 104:81 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 17:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 16:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Jn. 2:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 27:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 1:40-41 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 6:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 36 7 43
NT 55 0 55
BM 122 1 123
1 Ne. 14 0 14
2 Ne. 29 1 30
Jacob 5 0 5
Enos 1 0 1
Jarom 5 0 5
Omni 5 0 5
W of M 2 0 2
Mosiah 3 0 3
Alma 1 0 1
3 Ne. 18 0 18
Morm. 12 0 12
Ether 15 0 15
Moro. 12 0 12
DC 23 0 23
PGP 9 0 9
TOTAL 245 8 253

Ether 1:4
Therefore I do not write those things which transpired from the days of Adam until that time; but they are had upon the plates; and whoso findeth them, the same will have power that he may get the full account.

Ether 3:22
And behold, when ye shall come unto me, ye shall write them and shall seal them up, that no one can interpret them; for ye shall write them in a language that they cannot be read.

Ether 3:23
And behold, these two stones will I give unto thee, and ye shall seal them up also with the things which ye shall write.

Ether 3:24
For behold, the language which ye shall write I have confounded; wherefore I will cause in my own due time that these stones shall magnify to the eyes of men these things which ye shall write.

Ether 3:27
And the Lord said unto him: Write these things and seal them up; and I will show them in mine own due time unto the children of men.

Ether 4:1
And the Lord commanded the brother of Jared to go down out of the mount from the presence of the Lord, and write the things which he had seen; and they were forbidden to come unto the children of men until after that he should be lifted up upon the cross; and for this cause did king Mosiah keep them, that they should not come unto the world until after Christ should show himself unto his people.

Ether 4:5
Wherefore the Lord hath commanded me to write them; and I have written them. And he commanded me that I should seal them up; and he also hath commanded that I should seal up the interpretation thereof; wherefore I have sealed up the interpreters, according to the commandment of the Lord.

Ether 8:20
And now I, Moroni, do not write the manner of their oaths and combinations, for it hath been made known unto me that they are had among all people, and they are had among the Lamanites.

Ether 8:26
Wherefore, I, Moroni, am commanded to write these things that evil may be done away, and that the time may come that Satan may have no power upon the hearts of the children of men, but that they may be persuaded to do good continually, that they may come unto the fountain of all righteousness and be saved.

Ether 12:24
And thou hast made us that we could write but little, because of the awkwardness of our hands. Behold, thou hast not made us mighty in writing like unto the brother of Jared, for thou madest him that the things which he wrote were mighty even as thou art, unto the overpowering of man to read them.

Ether 12:25
Thou hast also made our words powerful and great, even that we cannot write them; wherefore, when we write we behold our weakness, and stumble because of the placing of our words; and I fear lest the Gentiles shall mock at our words.

Ether 13:13
And I was about to write more, but I am forbidden; but great and marvelous were the prophecies of Ether; but they esteemed him as naught, and cast him out; and he hid himself in the cavity of a rock by day, and by night he went forth viewing the things which should come upon the people.