Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'answer' occurs 164 times in the standard works.

26 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'answer' in the standard works and contain 15.9% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 12 minutes to read the entire list.

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Job 13:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 11:21 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 12:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 10:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Job 9:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Job 20:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Job 40:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Prov. 26:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 25:44-45 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 11:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 109:77-78 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 128:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 130:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 103 304 407
NT 28 244 272
BM 15 34 49
1 Ne. 0 1 1
2 Ne. 4 2 6
Jacob 0 2 2
Mosiah 6 7 13
Alma 5 16 21
Hel. 0 1 1
3 Ne. 0 1 1
Morm. 0 1 1
Ether 0 2 2
Moro. 0 1 1
DC 17 7 24
PGP 1 6 7
TOTAL 164 595 759

2 Ne. 2:7
Behold, he offereth himself a sacrifice for sin, to answer the ends of the law, unto all those who have a broken heart and a contrite spirit; and unto none else can the ends of the law be answered.

2 Ne. 2:10
And because of the intercession for all, all men come unto God; wherefore, they stand in the presence of him, to be judged of him according to the truth and holiness which is in him. Wherefore, the ends of the law which the Holy One hath given, unto the inflicting of the punishment which is affixed, which punishment that is affixed is in opposition to that of the happiness which is affixed, to answer the ends of the atonement--

2 Ne. 7:2
Wherefore, when I came, there was no man; when I called, yea, there was none to answer. O house of Israel, is my hand shortened at all that it cannot redeem, or have I no power to deliver? Behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea, I make their rivers a wilderness and their fish to stink because the waters are dried up, and they die because of thirst.

2 Ne. 24:32
What shall then answer the messengers of the nations? That the Lord hath founded Zion, and the poor of his people shall trust in it.