Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'remnant' occurs 157 times in the standard works.

46 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'remnant' in the standard works and contain 29.3% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 19 minutes to read the entire list.

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Alma 46:23-27 (8 in 5 verses)

Isa. 10:20-22 (4 in 3 verses)


2 Ne. 20:20-22 (4 in 3 verses)

 20:20 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the remnant of Israel, and such as are escaped of the house of Jacob, shall no more again stay upon him that smote them, but shall stay upon the Lord, the Holy One of Israel, in truth.

 20:21 The remnant shall return, yea, even the remnant of Jacob, unto the mighty God.

 20:22 For though thy people Israel be as the sand of the sea, yet a remnant of them shall return; the consumption decreed shall overflow with righteousness.




1 Ne. 13:33-34 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 13:38-39 (3 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 10:16-17 (3 in 2 verses)

Ether 13:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

Morm. 7:1 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 19:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 37:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 47:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Micah 5:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 15:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 30:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 5:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 21:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 86 0 86
NT 6 0 6
BM 60 2 62
1 Ne. 9 1 10
2 Ne. 12 0 12
Mosiah 1 0 1
Alma 10 0 10
3 Ne. 16 1 17
4 Ne. 1 0 1
Morm. 7 0 7
Ether 4 0 4
DC 4 5 9
PGP 1 0 1
TOTAL 157 7 164

2 Ne. 20:20
And it shall come to pass in that day, that the remnant of Israel, and such as are escaped of the house of Jacob, shall no more again stay upon him that smote them, but shall stay upon the Lord, the Holy One of Israel, in truth.

2 Ne. 20:21
The remnant shall return, yea, even the remnant of Jacob, unto the mighty God.

2 Ne. 20:22
For though thy people Israel be as the sand of the sea, yet a remnant of them shall return; the consumption decreed shall overflow with righteousness.

2 Ne. 21:11
And it shall come to pass in that day that the Lord shall set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people which shall be left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.

2 Ne. 21:16
And there shall be a highway for the remnant of his people which shall be left, from Assyria, like as it was to Israel in the day that he came up out of the land of Egypt.

2 Ne. 24:19
But thou art cast out of thy grave like an abominable branch, and the remnant of those that are slain, thrust through with a sword, that go down to the stones of the pit; as a carcass trodden under feet.

2 Ne. 24:22
For I will rise up against them, saith the Lord of Hosts, and cut off from Babylon the name, and remnant, and son, and nephew, saith the Lord.

2 Ne. 24:30
And the firstborn of the poor shall feed, and the needy shall lie down in safety; and I will kill thy root with famine, and he shall slay thy remnant.

2 Ne. 28:2
And the things which shall be written out of the book shall be of great worth unto the children of men, and especially unto our seed, which is a remnant of the house of Israel.

2 Ne. 30:3
And now, I would prophesy somewhat more concerning the Jews and the Gentiles. For after the book of which I have spoken shall come forth, and be written unto the Gentiles, and sealed up again unto the Lord, there shall be many which shall believe the words which are written; and they shall carry them forth unto the remnant of our seed.

2 Ne. 30:4
And then shall the remnant of our seed know concerning us, how that we came out from Jerusalem, and that they are descendants of the Jews.