Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'preach' occurs 185 times in the standard works.

54 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'preach' in the standard works and contain 29.2% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 21 minutes to read the entire list.

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Alma 8:32-9:2 (4 in 3 verses)

Luke 4:18-19 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 21:4-5 (3 in 2 verses)

Morm. 1:16-17 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 9:14-16 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Cor. 9:16-18 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 52:25-27 (3 in 3 verses)

Rom. 10:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 5:49 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 8:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 30:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 32:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 4:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 13:2 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 50:17 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 134:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Gal. 1:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Philip. 1:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 23:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 30:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 5:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)


Hel. 6:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

 6:5 Yea, and many did preach with exceedingly great power and authority, unto the bringing down many of them into the depths of humility, to be the humble followers of God and the Lamb.

 6:6 And it came to pass that many of the Lamanites did go into the land northward; and also Nephi and Lehi went into the land northward, to preach unto the people. And thus ended the sixty and third year.




D&C 58:46-47 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 3 9 12
NT 47 94 141
BM 86 48 134
1 Ne. 1 2 3
2 Ne. 4 0 4
Jacob 1 3 4
Enos 1 1 2
Omni 0 1 1
W of M 0 1 1
Mosiah 8 4 12
Alma 49 23 72
Hel. 13 5 18
3 Ne. 3 8 11
Morm. 4 0 4
Moro. 2 0 2
DC 48 31 79
PGP 1 7 8
TOTAL 185 189 374

Hel. 3:14
But behold, a hundredth part of the proceedings of this people, yea, the account of the Lamanites and of the Nephites, and their wars, and contentions, and dissensions, and their preaching, and their prophecies, and their shipping and their building of ships, and their building of temples, and of synagogues and their sanctuaries, and their righteousness, and their wickedness, and their murders, and their robbings, and their plundering, and all manner of abominations and whoredoms, cannot be contained in this work.

Hel. 4:14
But behold, Moronihah did preach many things unto the people because of their iniquity, and also Nephi and Lehi, who were the sons of Helaman, did preach many things unto the people, yea, and did prophesy many things unto them concerning their iniquities, and what should come unto them if they did not repent of their sins.

Hel. 5:4
And it came to pass that Nephi had become weary because of their iniquity; and he yielded up the judgment-seat, and took it upon him to preach the word of God all the remainder of his days, and his brother Lehi also, all the remainder of his days;

Hel. 5:17
And it came to pass that they did preach with great power, insomuch that they did confound many of those dissenters who had gone over from the Nephites, insomuch that they came forth and did confess their sins and were baptized unto repentance, and immediately returned to the Nephites to endeavor to repair unto them the wrongs which they had done.

Hel. 5:18
And it came to pass that Nephi and Lehi did preach unto the Lamanites with such great power and authority, for they had power and authority given unto them that they might speak, and they also had what they should speak given unto them--

Hel. 6:2
For behold, there were many of the Nephites who had become hardened and impenitent and grossly wicked, insomuch that they did reject the word of God and all the preaching and prophesying which did come among them.

Hel. 6:5
Yea, and many did preach with exceedingly great power and authority, unto the bringing down many of them into the depths of humility, to be the humble followers of God and the Lamb.

Hel. 6:6
And it came to pass that many of the Lamanites did go into the land northward; and also Nephi and Lehi went into the land northward, to preach unto the people. And thus ended the sixty and third year.

Hel. 6:14
And in the sixty and fifth year they did also have great joy and peace, yea, much preaching and many prophecies concerning that which was to come. And thus passed away the sixty and fifth year.

Hel. 6:37
And it came to pass that the Lamanites did hunt the band of robbers of Gadianton; and they did preach the word of God among the more wicked part of them, insomuch that this band of robbers was utterly destroyed from among the Lamanites.

Hel. 7:2
For he had been forth among the people who were in the land northward, and did preach the word of God unto them, and did prophesy many things unto them;

Hel. 11:23
And in the seventy and ninth year there began to be much strife. But it came to pass that Nephi and Lehi, and many of their brethren who knew concerning the true points of doctrine, having many revelations daily, therefore they did preach unto the people, insomuch that they did put an end to their strife in that same year.

Hel. 13:2
And it came to pass that in this year there was one Samuel, a Lamanite, came into the land of Zarahemla, and began to preach unto the people. And it came to pass that he did preach, many days, repentance unto the people, and they did cast him out, and he was about to return to his own land.

Hel. 15:4
But behold my brethren, the Lamanites hath he hated because their deeds have been evil continually, and this because of the iniquity of the tradition of their fathers. But behold, salvation hath come unto them through the preaching of the Nephites; and for this intent hath the Lord prolonged their days.

Hel. 16:4
For behold, Nephi was baptizing, and prophesying, and preaching, crying repentance unto the people, showing signs and wonders, working miracles among the people, that they might know that the Christ must shortly come--

Hel. 16:7
And as they went forth to lay their hands on him, behold, he did cast himself down from the wall, and did flee out of their lands, yea, even unto his own country, and began to preach and to prophesy among his own people.