Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'obtain' occurs 117 times in the standard works.

30 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'obtain' in the standard works and contain 25.6% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 12 minutes to read the entire list.

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D&C 57:8-12 (5 in 5 verses)

D&C 103:32-33 (4 in 2 verses)

Hel. 4:18-19 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 39:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 49:22 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 104:69 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Cor. 9:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 16:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 11:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 64:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 75:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 131:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 5 8 13
NT 10 23 33
Matt. 1 0 1
Luke 1 0 1
Acts 0 4 4
Rom. 1 3 4
1 Cor. 2 1 3
Eph. 0 1 1
1 Thes. 1 0 1
2 Thes. 0 1 1
1 Tim. 0 2 2
2 Tim. 1 0 1
Heb. 2 8 10
James 1 0 1
1 Pet. 0 2 2
2 Pet. 0 1 1
BM 58 55 113
DC 42 21 63
PGP 2 6 8
TOTAL 117 113 230

1 Cor. 7:25
Now concerning virgins I have no commandment of the Lord: yet I give my judgment, as one that hath obtained mercy of the Lord to be faithful.

1 Cor. 9:24
Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain.

1 Cor. 9:25
And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible.