Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'nay' occurs 101 times in the standard works.

24 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'nay' in the standard works and contain 23.8% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 9 minutes to read the entire list.

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2 Cor. 1:17-19 (4 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 26:25-28 (4 in 4 verses)

Judg. 19:23 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 2:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 5:37 (2 in 1 verse)

James 5:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 12:37 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 12:37 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 3:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 17:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 34 0 34
NT 21 0 21
Matt. 3 0 3
Luke 4 0 4
John 1 0 1
Acts 1 0 1
Rom. 4 0 4
1 Cor. 2 0 2
2 Cor. 4 0 4
James 2 0 2
BM 44 0 44
DC 2 0 2
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 101 0 101

2 Cor. 1:17
When I therefore was thus minded, did I use lightness? or the things that I purpose, do I purpose according to the flesh, that with me there should be yea yea, and nay nay?

2 Cor. 1:18
But as God is true, our word toward you was not yea and nay.

2 Cor. 1:19
For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by us, even by me and Silvanus and Timotheus, was not yea and nay, but in him was yea.