Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'angels' occurs 210 times in the standard works.

53 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'angels' in the standard works and contain 25.2% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 24 minutes to read the entire list.

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D&C 132:16-20 (7 in 5 verses)

Heb. 1:4-7 (5 in 4 verses)

D&C 77:8-12 (5 in 5 verses)

Rev. 15:6-16:1 (4 in 4 verses)

2 Ne. 32:2-3 (3 in 2 verses)

Rev. 12:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 13:24-26 (3 in 3 verses)

Moses 7:25-27 (3 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 7:15 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 17:24 (2 in 1 verse)

Luke 12:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Rev. 7:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Rev. 9:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)


2 Ne. 31:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

 31:13 Wherefore, my beloved brethren, I know that if ye shall follow the Son, with full purpose of heart, acting no hypocrisy and no deception before God, but with real intent, repenting of your sins, witnessing unto the Father that ye are willing to take upon you the name of Christ, by baptism-- yea, by following your Lord and your Savior down into the water, according to his word, behold, then shall ye receive the Holy Ghost; yea, then cometh the baptism of fire and of the Holy Ghost; and then can ye speak with the tongue of angels, and shout praises unto the Holy One of Israel.

 31:14 But, behold, my beloved brethren, thus came the voice of the Son unto me, saying: After ye have repented of your sins, and witnessed unto the Father that ye are willing to keep my commandments, by the baptism of water, and have received the baptism of fire and of the Holy Ghost, and can speak with a new tongue, yea, even with the tongue of angels, and after this should deny me, it would have been better for you that ye had not known me.




Alma 10:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 19:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Moro. 7:36-37 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 130:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 13 0 13
NT 81 0 81
BM 55 0 55
1 Ne. 3 0 3
2 Ne. 8 0 8
Jacob 3 0 3
Omni 1 0 1
Mosiah 1 0 1
Alma 15 0 15
Hel. 7 0 7
3 Ne. 10 0 10
Moro. 7 0 7
DC 52 0 52
PGP 9 0 9
TOTAL 210 0 210

2 Ne. 4:24
And by day have I waxed bold in mighty prayer before him; yea, my voice have I sent up on high; and angels came down and ministered unto me.

2 Ne. 9:9
And our spirits must have become like unto him, and we become devils, angels to a devil, to be shut out from the presence of our God, and to remain with the father of lies, in misery, like unto himself; yea, to that being who beguiled our first parents, who transformeth himself nigh unto an angel of light, and stirreth up the children of men unto secret combinations of murder and all manner of secret works of darkness.

2 Ne. 9:16
And assuredly, as the Lord liveth, for the Lord God hath spoken it, and it is his eternal word, which cannot pass away, that they who are righteous shall be righteous still, and they who are filthy shall be filthy still; wherefore, they who are filthy are the devil and his angels; and they shall go away into everlasting fire, prepared for them; and their torment is as a lake of fire and brimstone, whose flame ascendeth up forever and ever and has no end.

2 Ne. 31:13
Wherefore, my beloved brethren, I know that if ye shall follow the Son, with full purpose of heart, acting no hypocrisy and no deception before God, but with real intent, repenting of your sins, witnessing unto the Father that ye are willing to take upon you the name of Christ, by baptism-- yea, by following your Lord and your Savior down into the water, according to his word, behold, then shall ye receive the Holy Ghost; yea, then cometh the baptism of fire and of the Holy Ghost; and then can ye speak with the tongue of angels, and shout praises unto the Holy One of Israel.

2 Ne. 31:14
But, behold, my beloved brethren, thus came the voice of the Son unto me, saying: After ye have repented of your sins, and witnessed unto the Father that ye are willing to keep my commandments, by the baptism of water, and have received the baptism of fire and of the Holy Ghost, and can speak with a new tongue, yea, even with the tongue of angels, and after this should deny me, it would have been better for you that ye had not known me.

2 Ne. 32:2
Do ye not remember that I said unto you that after ye had received the Holy Ghost ye could speak with the tongue of angels? And now, how could ye speak with the tongue of angels save it were by the Holy Ghost?

2 Ne. 32:3
Angels speak by the power of the Holy Ghost; wherefore, they speak the words of Christ. Wherefore, I said unto you, feast upon the words of Christ; for behold, the words of Christ will tell you all things what ye should do.