Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'language' occurs 76 times in the standard works.

31 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'language' in the standard works and contain 40.8% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 12 minutes to read the entire list.

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Omni 1:17-18 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 18:26-28 (3 in 3 verses)

Isa. 36:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

Neh. 13:24 (2 in 1 verse)

Esth. 1:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Esth. 8:9 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 1:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Morm. 9:34 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 67:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 11:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 3:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 8:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 1:35-36 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 6:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 26 7 33
NT 1 0 1
BM 38 4 42
1 Ne. 10 0 10
2 Ne. 1 0 1
Jacob 1 0 1
Enos 1 0 1
Omni 4 1 5
Mosiah 7 2 9
Alma 4 0 4
Hel. 1 0 1
3 Ne. 1 0 1
Morm. 2 0 2
Ether 6 0 6
Moro. 0 1 1
DC 6 1 7
PGP 5 0 5
TOTAL 76 12 88

Mosiah 1:2
And it came to pass that he had three sons; and he called their names Mosiah, and Helorum, and Helaman. And he caused that they should be taught in all the language of his fathers, that thereby they might become men of understanding; and that they might know concerning the prophecies which had been spoken by the mouths of their fathers, which were delivered them by the hand of the Lord.

Mosiah 1:4
For it were not possible that our father, Lehi, could have remembered all these things, to have taught them to his children, except it were for the help of these plates; for he having been taught in the language of the Egyptians therefore he could read these engravings, and teach them to his children, that thereby they could teach them to their children, and so fulfilling the commandments of God, even down to this present time.

Mosiah 8:6
Now, as soon as Ammon had read the record, the king inquired of him to know if he could interpret languages, and Ammon told him that he could not.

Mosiah 8:11
And again, they have brought swords, the hilts thereof have perished, and the blades thereof were cankered with rust; and there is no one in the land that is able to interpret the language or the engravings that are on the plates. Therefore I said unto thee: Canst thou translate?

Mosiah 8:12
And I say unto thee again: Knowest thou of any one that can translate? For I am desirous that these records should be translated into our language; for, perhaps, they will give us a knowledge of a remnant of the people who have been destroyed, from whence these records came; or, perhaps, they will give us a knowledge of this very people who have been destroyed; and I am desirous to know the cause of their destruction.

Mosiah 9:1
I, Zeniff, having been taught in all the language of the Nephites, and having had a knowledge of the land of Nephi, or of the land of our fathers' first inheritance, and having been sent as a spy among the Lamanites that I might spy out their forces, that our army might come upon them and destroy them-- but when I saw that which was good among them I was desirous that they should not be destroyed.

Mosiah 24:4
And he appointed teachers of the brethren of Amulon in every land which was possessed by his people; and thus the language of Nephi began to be taught among all the people of the Lamanites.

Mosiah 28:14
Now these things were prepared from the beginning, and were handed down from generation to generation, for the purpose of interpreting languages;

Mosiah 28:17
Now after Mosiah had finished translating these records, behold, it gave an account of the people who were destroyed, from the time that they were destroyed back to the building of the great tower, at the time the Lord confounded the language of the people and they were scattered abroad upon the face of all the earth, yea, and even from that time back until the creation of Adam.