Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'river' occurs 230 times in the standard works.

105 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'river' in the standard works and contain 45.7% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 39 minutes to read the entire list.

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Ex. 7:15-8:3 (14 in 14 verses)

Ezek. 47:5-9 (5 in 5 verses)

Josh. 12:1-2 (4 in 2 verses)

Alma 16:6-7 (4 in 2 verses)

Gen. 41:1-3 (4 in 3 verses)

Dan. 12:5-7 (4 in 3 verses)

Alma 43:51-53 (4 in 3 verses)


1 Ne. 2:6-9 (4 in 4 verses)

 2:6 And it came to pass that when he had traveled three days in the wilderness, he pitched his tent in a valley by the side of a river of water.

 2:7 And it came to pass that he built an altar of stones, and made an offering unto the Lord, and gave thanks unto the Lord our God.

 2:8 And it came to pass that he called the name of the river, Laman, and it emptied into the Red Sea; and the valley was in the borders near the mouth thereof.

 2:9 And when my father saw that the waters of the river emptied into the fountain of the Red Sea, he spake unto Laman, saying: O that thou mightest be like unto this river, continually running into the fountain of all righteousness!




Gen. 15:18 (3 in 1 verse)

Josh. 17:9 (3 in 1 verse)

Judg. 5:21 (3 in 1 verse)

Gen. 2:13-14 (3 in 2 verses)

Deut. 2:36-37 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 2:34-35 (3 in 2 verses)

Moses 3:13-14 (3 in 2 verses)

Ex. 2:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezra 6:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 43:39-41 (3 in 3 verses)

Ex. 4:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 1:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 3:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 11:24 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 1:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 13:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 13:16 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 4:24 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 24:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezra 5:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 43:27 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 41:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezra 4:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezra 4:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 8:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Rev. 22:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 173 76 249
NT 6 3 9
BM 44 3 47
1 Ne. 13 0 13
2 Ne. 3 1 4
Alma 28 0 28
Hel. 0 1 1
Morm. 0 1 1
DC 2 2 4
PGP 5 2 7
TOTAL 230 86 316

1 Ne. 2:6
And it came to pass that when he had traveled three days in the wilderness, he pitched his tent in a valley by the side of a river of water.

1 Ne. 2:8
And it came to pass that he called the name of the river, Laman, and it emptied into the Red Sea; and the valley was in the borders near the mouth thereof.

1 Ne. 2:9
And when my father saw that the waters of the river emptied into the fountain of the Red Sea, he spake unto Laman, saying: O that thou mightest be like unto this river, continually running into the fountain of all righteousness!

1 Ne. 8:13
And as I cast my eyes round about, that perhaps I might discover my family also, I beheld a river of water; and it ran along, and it was near the tree of which I was partaking the fruit.

1 Ne. 8:17
And it came to pass that I was desirous that Laman and Lemuel should come and partake of the fruit also; wherefore, I cast mine eyes towards the head of the river, that perhaps I might see them.

1 Ne. 8:19
And I beheld a rod of iron, and it extended along the bank of the river, and led to the tree by which I stood.

1 Ne. 8:26
And I also cast my eyes round about, and beheld, on the other side of the river of water, a great and spacious building; and it stood as it were in the air, high above the earth.

1 Ne. 12:16
And the angel spake unto me, saying: Behold the fountain of filthy water which thy father saw; yea, even the river of which he spake; and the depths thereof are the depths of hell.

1 Ne. 15:26
And they said unto me: What meaneth the river of water which our father saw?

1 Ne. 16:12
And it came to pass that we did take our tents and depart into the wilderness, across the river Laman.

1 Ne. 17:32
And after they had crossed the river Jordan he did make them mighty unto the driving out of the children of the land, yea, unto the scattering them to destruction.

1 Ne. 20:18
O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments-- then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea.