Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'baptism' occurs 75 times in the standard works.

38 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'baptism' in the standard works and contain 50.7% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 16 minutes to read the entire list.

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Moro. 8:10-15 (8 in 6 verses)

 8:10 Behold I say unto you that this thing shall ye teach-- repentance and baptism unto those who are accountable and capable of committing sin; yea, teach parents that they must repent and be baptized, and humble themselves as their little children, and they shall all be saved with their little children.

 8:11 And their little children need no repentance, neither baptism. Behold, baptism is unto repentance to the fulfilling the commandments unto the remission of sins.

 8:12 But little children are alive in Christ, even from the foundation of the world; if not so, God is a partial God, and also a changeable God, and a respecter to persons; for how many little children have died without baptism!

 8:13 Wherefore, if little children could not be saved without baptism, these must have gone to an endless hell.

 8:14 Behold I say unto you, that he that supposeth that little children need baptism is in the gall of bitterness and in the bonds of iniquity; for he hath neither faith, hope, nor charity; wherefore, should he be cut off while in the thought, he must go down to hell.

 8:15 For awful is the wickedness to suppose that God saveth one child because of baptism, and the other must perish because he hath no baptism.




2 Ne. 31:13-17 (5 in 5 verses)

Moro. 6:1-4 (4 in 4 verses)

D&C 128:16-18 (3 in 3 verses)

Moro. 8:25 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 20:37 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 39:6 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 128:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 20:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 10:38-39 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 19:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 20:72-73 (2 in 2 verses)

JS-H 1:68-69 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 0 0 0
NT 22 1 23
BM 26 0 26
1 Ne. 1 0 1
2 Ne. 5 0 5
Mosiah 2 0 2
Alma 1 0 1
Moro. 17 0 17
DC 24 9 33
PGP 3 0 3
TOTAL 75 10 85

Moro. 6:1
And now I speak concerning baptism. Behold, elders, priests, and teachers were baptized; and they were not baptized save they brought forth fruit meet that they were worthy of it.

Moro. 6:2
Neither did they receive any unto baptism save they came forth with a broken heart and a contrite spirit, and witnessed unto the church that they truly repented of all their sins.

Moro. 6:3
And none were received unto baptism save they took upon them the name of Christ, having a determination to serve him to the end.

Moro. 6:4
And after they had been received unto baptism, and were wrought upon and cleansed by the power of the Holy Ghost, they were numbered among the people of the church of Christ; and their names were taken, that they might be remembered and nourished by the good word of God, to keep them in the right way, to keep them continually watchful unto prayer, relying alone upon the merits of Christ, who was the author and the finisher of their faith.

Moro. 8:5
For, if I have learned the truth, there have been disputations among you concerning the baptism of your little children.

Moro. 8:10
Behold I say unto you that this thing shall ye teach-- repentance and baptism unto those who are accountable and capable of committing sin; yea, teach parents that they must repent and be baptized, and humble themselves as their little children, and they shall all be saved with their little children.

Moro. 8:11
And their little children need no repentance, neither baptism. Behold, baptism is unto repentance to the fulfilling the commandments unto the remission of sins.

Moro. 8:12
But little children are alive in Christ, even from the foundation of the world; if not so, God is a partial God, and also a changeable God, and a respecter to persons; for how many little children have died without baptism!

Moro. 8:13
Wherefore, if little children could not be saved without baptism, these must have gone to an endless hell.

Moro. 8:14
Behold I say unto you, that he that supposeth that little children need baptism is in the gall of bitterness and in the bonds of iniquity; for he hath neither faith, hope, nor charity; wherefore, should he be cut off while in the thought, he must go down to hell.

Moro. 8:15
For awful is the wickedness to suppose that God saveth one child because of baptism, and the other must perish because he hath no baptism.

Moro. 8:20
And he that saith that little children need baptism denieth the mercies of Christ, and setteth at naught the atonement of him and the power of his redemption.

Moro. 8:22
For behold that all little children are alive in Christ, and also all they that are without the law. For the power of redemption cometh on all them that have no law; wherefore, he that is not condemned, or he that is under no condemnation, cannot repent; and unto such baptism availeth nothing--

Moro. 8:25
And the first fruits of repentance is baptism; and baptism cometh by faith unto the fulfilling the commandments; and the fulfilling the commandments bringeth remission of sins;