Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'nephi' occurs 479 times in the standard works.

241 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'nephi' in the standard works and contain 50.3% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 105 minutes to read the entire list.

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Jacob 1:8-2:1 (14 in 13 verses)

D&C 10:38-45 (8 in 8 verses)

Hel. 11:3-9 (7 in 7 verses)

Hel. 9:14-19 (6 in 6 verses)

4 Ne. 1:19-21 (5 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 5:5-9 (5 in 5 verses)

Hel. 9:36-40 (5 in 5 verses)

3 Ne. 2:17-18 (4 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 25:2-4 (4 in 3 verses)

Alma 44:24-45:2 (4 in 3 verses)

Hel. 7:10-12 (4 in 3 verses)

Mosiah 7:1-4 (4 in 4 verses)

Mosiah 23:35-38 (4 in 4 verses)

Hel. 2:12-3:1 (4 in 4 verses)

Hel. 5:20-23 (4 in 4 verses)

Hel. 10:12-15 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Ne. 9:2 (3 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 6:1-2 (3 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 25:12-13 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 28:3-4 (3 in 2 verses)

Hel. 11:23-24 (3 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 1:2-3 (3 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 5:9-10 (3 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 11:18-19 (3 in 2 verses)

Morm. 1:4-5 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 16:21-23 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 5:16-18 (3 in 3 verses)

Jacob 7:25-27 (3 in 3 verses)

Enos 1:19-21 (3 in 3 verses)

W of M 1:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 24:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 45:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 50:21-23 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 50:23-25 (3 in 3 verses)

Hel. 8:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 10:17 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 18:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 16:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 18:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 22:28 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 24:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 25:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 47:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 47:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 50:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 15:3 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 1:10 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 2:9 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 4:16 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 7:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 13:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 14:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 16:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 18:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 19:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 22:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 3:25-4:1 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 25:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Jacob 1:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 7:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 9:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 4:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 8:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 15:19-16:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 20:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 27:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 27:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 28:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 49:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 50:40-51:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 51:37-52:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 62:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 62:39-40 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 62:52-63:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 3:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 5:36-37 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 6:41-7:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 7:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 9:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 10:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 10:19-11:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 16:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 23:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Morm. 2:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 0 2 2
NT 0 0 0
BM 469 404 873
1 Ne. 74 0 74
2 Ne. 36 5 41
Jacob 22 3 25
Enos 3 4 7
Jarom 3 2 5
Omni 2 5 7
W of M 5 1 6
Mosiah 46 9 55
Alma 129 222 351
Hel. 91 64 155
3 Ne. 37 40 77
4 Ne. 9 3 12
Morm. 10 38 48
Ether 2 5 7
Moro. 0 3 3
DC 10 5 15
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 479 411 890

3 Ne. 1:28
And it came to pass that in the ninety and fourth year they began to increase in a great degree, because there were many dissenters of the Nephites who did flee unto them, which did cause much sorrow unto those Nephites who did remain in the land.

3 Ne. 2:5
And also an hundred years had passed away since the days of Mosiah, who was king over the people of the Nephites.

3 Ne. 2:8
Now the Nephites began to reckon their time from this period when the sign was given, or from the coming of Christ; therefore, nine years had passed away.

3 Ne. 2:11
And it came to pass in the thirteenth year there began to be wars and contentions throughout all the land; for the Gadianton robbers had become so numerous, and did slay so many of the people, and did lay waste so many cities, and did spread so much death and carnage throughout the land, that it became expedient that all the people, both the Nephites and the Lamanites, should take up arms against them.

3 Ne. 2:12
Therefore, all the Lamanites who had become converted unto the Lord did unite with their brethren, the Nephites, and were compelled, for the safety of their lives and their women and their children, to take up arms against those Gadianton robbers, yea, and also to maintain their rights, and the privileges of their church and of their worship, and their freedom and their liberty.

3 Ne. 2:13
And it came to pass that before this thirteenth year had passed away the Nephites were threatened with utter destruction because of this war, which had become exceedingly sore.

3 Ne. 2:14
And it came to pass that those Lamanites who had united with the Nephites were numbered among the Nephites;

3 Ne. 2:15
And their curse was taken from them, and their skin became white like unto the Nephites;

3 Ne. 2:16
And their young men and their daughters became exceedingly fair, and they were numbered among the Nephites, and were called Nephites. And thus ended the thirteenth year.

3 Ne. 3:3
And it seemeth a pity unto me, most noble Lachoneus, that ye should be so foolish and vain as to suppose that ye can stand against so many brave men who are at my command, who do now at this time stand in their arms, and do await with great anxiety for the word-- Go down upon the Nephites and destroy them.

3 Ne. 3:11
And now it came to pass when Lachoneus received this epistle he was exceedingly astonished, because of the boldness of Giddianhi demanding the possession of the land of the Nephites, and also of threatening the people and avenging the wrongs of those that had received no wrong, save it were they had wronged themselves by dissenting away unto those wicked and abominable robbers.

3 Ne. 3:14
And he caused that fortifications should be built round about them, and the strength thereof should be exceedingly great. And he caused that armies, both of the Nephites and of the Lamanites, or of all them who were numbered among the Nephites, should be placed as guards round about to watch them, and to guard them from the robbers day and night.

3 Ne. 3:17
And it came to pass that Lachoneus did appoint chief captains over all the armies of the Nephites, to command them at the time that the robbers should come down out of the wilderness against them.

3 Ne. 3:18
Now the chiefest among all the chief captains and the great commander of all the armies of the Nephites was appointed, and his name was Gidgiddoni.

3 Ne. 3:19
Now it was the custom among all the Nephites to appoint for their chief captains, (save it were in their times of wickedness) some one that had the spirit of revelation and also prophecy; therefore, this Gidgiddoni was a great prophet among them, as also was the chief judge.

3 Ne. 3:24
And there were a great many thousand people who were called Nephites, who did gather themselves together in this land. Now Lachoneus did cause that they should gather themselves together in the land southward, because of the great curse which was upon the land northward.

3 Ne. 4:1
And it came to pass that in the latter end of the eighteenth year those armies of robbers had prepared for battle, and began to come down and to sally forth from the hills, and out of the mountains, and the wilderness, and their strongholds, and their secret places, and began to take possession of the lands, both which were in the land south and which were in the land north, and began to take possession of all the lands which had been deserted by the Nephites, and the cities which had been left desolate.

3 Ne. 4:2
But behold, there were no wild beasts nor game in those lands which had been deserted by the Nephites, and there was no game for the robbers save it were in the wilderness.

3 Ne. 4:3
And the robbers could not exist save it were in the wilderness, for the want of food; for the Nephites had left their lands desolate, and had gathered their flocks and their herds and all their substance, and they were in one body.

3 Ne. 4:4
Therefore, there was no chance for the robbers to plunder and to obtain food, save it were to come up in open battle against the Nephites; and the Nephites being in one body, and having so great a number, and having reserved for themselves provisions, and horses and cattle, and flocks of every kind, that they might subsist for the space of seven years, in the which time they did hope to destroy the robbers from off the face of the land; and thus the eighteenth year did pass away.

3 Ne. 4:5
And it came to pass that in the nineteenth year Giddianhi found that it was expedient that he should go up to battle against the Nephites, for there was no way that they could subsist save it were to plunder and rob and murder.

3 Ne. 4:6
And they durst not spread themselves upon the face of the land insomuch that they could raise grain, lest the Nephites should come upon them and slay them; therefore Giddianhi gave commandment unto his armies that in this year they should go up to battle against the Nephites.

3 Ne. 4:8
And it came to pass that the armies of the Nephites, when they saw the appearance of the army of Giddianhi, had all fallen to the earth, and did lift their cries to the Lord their God, that he would spare them and deliver them out of the hands of their enemies.

3 Ne. 4:9
And it came to pass that when the armies of Giddianhi saw this they began to shout with a loud voice, because of their joy, for they had supposed that the Nephites had fallen with fear because of the terror of their armies.

3 Ne. 4:10
But in this thing they were disappointed, for the Nephites did not fear them; but they did fear their God and did supplicate him for protection; therefore, when the armies of Giddianhi did rush upon them they were prepared to meet them; yea, in the strength of the Lord they did receive them.

3 Ne. 4:12
And notwithstanding the threatenings and the oaths which Giddianhi had made, behold, the Nephites did beat them, insomuch that they did fall back from before them.

3 Ne. 4:15
And it came to pass that the armies of the Nephites did return again to their place of security. And it came to pass that this nineteenth year did pass away, and the robbers did not come again to battle; neither did they come again in the twentieth year.

3 Ne. 4:18
But behold, this was an advantage to the Nephites; for it was impossible for the robbers to lay siege sufficiently long to have any effect upon the Nephites, because of their much provision which they had laid up in store,

3 Ne. 4:21
And the Nephites were continually marching out by day and by night, and falling upon their armies, and cutting them off by thousands and by tens of thousands.

3 Ne. 4:25
And this did they do in the night-time, and got on their march beyond the robbers, so that on the morrow, when the robbers began their march, they were met by the armies of the Nephites both in their front and in their rear.

3 Ne. 4:27
And there were many thousands who did yield themselves up prisoners unto the Nephites, and the remainder of them were slain.

3 Ne. 5:1
And now behold, there was not a living soul among all the people of the Nephites who did doubt in the least the words of all the holy prophets who had spoken; for they knew that it must needs be that they must be fulfilled.

3 Ne. 6:1
And now it came to pass that the people of the Nephites did all return to their own lands in the twenty and sixth year, every man, with his family, his flocks and his herds, his horses and his cattle, and all things whatsoever did belong unto them.