Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'benjamin' occurs 201 times in the standard works.

79 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'benjamin' in the standard works and contain 39.3% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 36 minutes to read the entire list.

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Judg. 21:13-18 (6 in 6 verses)

W of M 1:10-13 (5 in 4 verses)

Omni 1:23-25 (4 in 3 verses)

Judg. 20:12-15 (4 in 4 verses)

Gen. 43:14-16 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 45:12-14 (3 in 3 verses)

Judg. 20:23-25 (3 in 3 verses)

Judg. 20:30-32 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 48:22-24 (3 in 3 verses)


W of M 1:16-18 (3 in 3 verses)

 1:16 And after there had been false prophets, and false preachers and teachers among the people, and all these having been punished according to their crimes; and after there having been much contention and many dissensions away unto the Lamanites, behold, it came to pass that king Benjamin, with the assistance of the holy prophets who were among his people--

 1:17 For behold, king Benjamin was a holy man, and he did reign over his people in righteousness; and there were many holy men in the land, and they did speak the word of God with power and with authority; and they did use much sharpness because of the stiffneckedness of the people--

 1:18 Wherefore, with the help of these, king Benjamin, by laboring with all the might of his body and the faculty of his whole soul, and also the prophets, did once more establish peace in the land.




Num. 2:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 1:21 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 3:19 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 4:2 (2 in 1 verse)

W of M 1:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 1:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 1:36-37 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 18:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 20:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 20:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 20:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 20:35-36 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 20:48-21:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 21:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 10:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 13:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 15:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 37:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 1:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 2:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 4:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 162 0 162
NT 4 0 4
BM 34 0 34
Omni 4 0 4
W of M 10 0 10
Mosiah 19 0 19
Hel. 1 0 1
DC 1 0 1
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 201 0 201

W of M 1:3
And now, I speak somewhat concerning that which I have written; for after I had made an abridgment from the plates of Nephi, down to the reign of this king Benjamin, of whom Amaleki spake, I searched among the records which had been delivered into my hands, and I found these plates, which contained this small account of the prophets, from Jacob down to the reign of this king Benjamin, and also many of the words of Nephi.

W of M 1:10
Wherefore, it came to pass that after Amaleki had delivered up these plates into the hands of king Benjamin, he took them and put them with the other plates, which contained records which had been handed down by the kings, from generation to generation until the days of king Benjamin.

W of M 1:11
And they were handed down from king Benjamin, from generation to generation until they have fallen into my hands. And I, Mormon, pray to God that they may be preserved from this time henceforth. And I know that they will be preserved; for there are great things written upon them, out of which my people and their brethren shall be judged at the great and last day, according to the word of God which is written.

W of M 1:12
And now, concerning this king Benjamin-- he had somewhat of contentions among his own people.

W of M 1:13
And it came to pass also that the armies of the Lamanites came down out of the land of Nephi, to battle against his people. But behold, king Benjamin gathered together his armies, and he did stand against them; and he did fight with the strength of his own arm, with the sword of Laban.

W of M 1:16
And after there had been false prophets, and false preachers and teachers among the people, and all these having been punished according to their crimes; and after there having been much contention and many dissensions away unto the Lamanites, behold, it came to pass that king Benjamin, with the assistance of the holy prophets who were among his people--

W of M 1:17
For behold, king Benjamin was a holy man, and he did reign over his people in righteousness; and there were many holy men in the land, and they did speak the word of God with power and with authority; and they did use much sharpness because of the stiffneckedness of the people--

W of M 1:18
Wherefore, with the help of these, king Benjamin, by laboring with all the might of his body and the faculty of his whole soul, and also the prophets, did once more establish peace in the land.