Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'preserve' occurs 92 times in the standard works.

20 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'preserve' in the standard works and contain 21.7% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 9 minutes to read the entire list.

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Ps. 121:7-8 (3 in 2 verses)

Jacob 5:53-54 (3 in 2 verses)

Jacob 5:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 43:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 3:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Enos 1:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Omni 1:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 4:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 28 23 51
NT 2 4 6
BM 55 40 95
1 Ne. 6 5 11
2 Ne. 3 2 5
Jacob 14 7 21
Enos 3 0 3
Omni 2 1 3
W of M 0 2 2
Mosiah 3 9 12
Alma 19 13 32
Hel. 3 0 3
3 Ne. 1 0 1
Ether 1 1 2
DC 5 11 16
PGP 2 3 5
TOTAL 92 81 173

1 Ne. 3:19
And behold, it is wisdom in God that we should obtain these records, that we may preserve unto our children the language of our fathers;

1 Ne. 3:20
And also that we may preserve unto them the words which have been spoken by the mouth of all the holy prophets, which have been delivered unto them by the Spirit and power of God, since the world began, even down unto this present time.

1 Ne. 5:14
And it came to pass that my father, Lehi, also found upon the plates of brass a genealogy of his fathers; wherefore he knew that he was a descendant of Joseph; yea, even that Joseph who was the son of Jacob, who was sold into Egypt, and who was preserved by the hand of the Lord, that he might preserve his father, Jacob, and all his household from perishing with famine.

1 Ne. 5:15
And they were also led out of captivity and out of the land of Egypt, by that same God who had preserved them.

1 Ne. 5:21
And we had obtained the records which the Lord had commanded us, and searched them and found that they were desirable; yea, even of great worth unto us, insomuch that we could preserve the commandments of the Lord unto our children.

1 Ne. 19:10
And the God of our fathers, who were led out of Egypt, out of bondage, and also were preserved in the wilderness by him, yea, the God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, yieldeth himself, according to the words of the angel, as a man, into the hands of wicked men, to be lifted up, according to the words of Zenock, and to be crucified, according to the words of Neum, and to be buried in a sepulchre, according to the words of Zenos, which he spake concerning the three days of darkness, which should be a sign given of his death unto those who should inhabit the isles of the sea, more especially given unto those who are of the house of Israel.

1 Ne. 21:6
And he said: It is a light thing that thou shouldst be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel. I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the ends of the earth.

1 Ne. 21:8
Thus saith the Lord: In an acceptable time have I heard thee, O isles of the sea, and in a day of salvation have I helped thee; and I will preserve thee, and give thee my servant for a covenant of the people, to establish the earth, to cause to inherit the desolate heritages;

1 Ne. 22:17
Wherefore, he will preserve the righteous by his power, even if it so be that the fulness of his wrath must come, and the righteous be preserved, even unto the destruction of their enemies by fire. Wherefore, the righteous need not fear; for thus saith the prophet, they shall be saved, even if it so be as by fire.