Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'latter' occurs 71 times in the standard works.

12 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'latter' in the standard works and contain 16.9% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 5 minutes to read the entire list.

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Deut. 24:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Amos 7:1 (2 in 1 verse)


1 Ne. 15:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

 15:18 Wherefore, our father hath not spoken of our seed alone, but also of all the house of Israel, pointing to the covenant which should be fulfilled in the latter days; which covenant the Lord made to our father Abraham, saying: In thy seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed.

 15:19 And it came to pass that I, Nephi, spake much unto them concerning these things; yea, I spake unto them concerning the restoration of the Jews in the latter days.




D&C 102:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 115:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 135:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 39 20 59
NT 3 4 7
BM 15 22 37
1 Ne. 3 0 3
2 Ne. 2 1 3
Jacob 0 2 2
Mosiah 0 4 4
Alma 5 9 14
Hel. 2 3 5
3 Ne. 3 2 5
Ether 0 1 1
DC 13 4 17
PGP 1 0 1
TOTAL 71 50 121

1 Ne. 15:13
And now, the thing which our father meaneth concerning the grafting in of the natural branches through the fulness of the Gentiles, is, that in the latter days, when our seed shall have dwindled in unbelief, yea, for the space of many years, and many generations after the Messiah shall be manifested in body unto the children of men, then shall the fulness of the gospel of the Messiah come unto the Gentiles, and from the Gentiles unto the remnant of our seed--

1 Ne. 15:18
Wherefore, our father hath not spoken of our seed alone, but also of all the house of Israel, pointing to the covenant which should be fulfilled in the latter days; which covenant the Lord made to our father Abraham, saying: In thy seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed.

1 Ne. 15:19
And it came to pass that I, Nephi, spake much unto them concerning these things; yea, I spake unto them concerning the restoration of the Jews in the latter days.