Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'prophesy' occurs 147 times in the standard works.

42 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'prophesy' in the standard works and contain 28.6% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 14 minutes to read the entire list.

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Jer. 27:14-16 (5 in 3 verses)

Jer. 14:14-16 (4 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 13:2 (3 in 1 verse)

Micah 2:6 (3 in 1 verse)

Alma 45:9 (3 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 13:16-17 (3 in 2 verses)


Mosiah 12:1-2 (3 in 2 verses)

 12:1 And it came to pass that after the space of two years that Abinadi came among them in disguise, that they knew him not, and began to prophesy among them, saying: Thus has the Lord commanded me, saying-- Abinadi, go and prophesy unto this my people, for they have hardened their hearts against my words; they have repented not of their evil doings; therefore, I will visit them in my anger, yea, in my fierce anger will I visit them in their iniquities and abominations.

 12:2 Yea, wo be unto this generation! And the Lord said unto me: Stretch forth thy hand and prophesy, saying: Thus saith the Lord, it shall come to pass that this generation, because of their iniquities, shall be brought into bondage, and shall be smitten on the cheek; yea, and shall be driven by men, and shall be slain; and the vultures of the air, and the dogs, yea, and the wild beasts, shall devour their flesh.




Isa. 30:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 11:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 34:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 37:9 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 10:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 23:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Amos 7:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Amos 7:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 2:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 75 3 78
NT 15 4 19
BM 45 18 63
1 Ne. 3 2 5
2 Ne. 7 3 10
Jacob 2 2 4
Enos 1 2 3
Jarom 0 1 1
Omni 0 2 2
W of M 0 1 1
Mosiah 10 1 11
Alma 8 0 8
Hel. 8 2 10
3 Ne. 1 1 2
Ether 4 1 5
Moro. 1 0 1
DC 8 0 8
PGP 4 0 4
TOTAL 147 25 172

Mosiah 5:3
And we, ourselves, also, through the infinite goodness of God, and the manifestations of his Spirit, have great views of that which is to come; and were it expedient, we could prophesy of all things.

Mosiah 11:20
And it came to pass that there was a man among them whose name was Abinadi; and he went forth among them, and began to prophesy, saying: Behold, thus saith the Lord, and thus hath he commanded me, saying, Go forth, and say unto this people, thus saith the Lord-- Wo be unto this people, for I have seen their abominations, and their wickedness, and their whoredoms; and except they repent I will visit them in mine anger.

Mosiah 12:1
And it came to pass that after the space of two years that Abinadi came among them in disguise, that they knew him not, and began to prophesy among them, saying: Thus has the Lord commanded me, saying-- Abinadi, go and prophesy unto this my people, for they have hardened their hearts against my words; they have repented not of their evil doings; therefore, I will visit them in my anger, yea, in my fierce anger will I visit them in their iniquities and abominations.

Mosiah 12:2
Yea, wo be unto this generation! And the Lord said unto me: Stretch forth thy hand and prophesy, saying: Thus saith the Lord, it shall come to pass that this generation, because of their iniquities, shall be brought into bondage, and shall be smitten on the cheek; yea, and shall be driven by men, and shall be slain; and the vultures of the air, and the dogs, yea, and the wild beasts, shall devour their flesh.

Mosiah 12:8
And it shall come to pass that except they repent I will utterly destroy them from off the face of the earth; yet they shall leave a record behind them, and I will preserve them for other nations which shall possess the land; yea, even this will I do that I may discover the abominations of this people to other nations. And many things did Abinadi prophesy against this people.

Mosiah 12:25
And now Abinadi said unto them: Are you priests, and pretend to teach this people, and to understand the spirit of prophesying, and yet desire to know of me what these things mean?

Mosiah 12:29
And again he said unto them: If ye teach the law of Moses why do ye not keep it? Why do ye set your hearts upon riches? Why do ye commit whoredoms and spend your strength with harlots, yea, and cause this people to commit sin, that the Lord has cause to send me to prophesy against this people, yea, even a great evil against this people?

Mosiah 13:26
I say unto you, Nay; for if ye had, the Lord would not have caused me to come forth and to prophesy evil concerning this people.

Mosiah 13:33
For behold, did not Moses prophesy unto them concerning the coming of the Messiah, and that God should redeem his people? Yea, and even all the prophets who have prophesied ever since the world began-- have they not spoken more or less concerning these things?

Mosiah 15:13
Yea, and are not the prophets, every one that has opened his mouth to prophesy, that has not fallen into transgression, I mean all the holy prophets ever since the world began? I say unto you that they are his seed.