Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'contain' occurs 23 times in the standard works.

2 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'contain' in the standard works and contain 8.7% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 1 minutes to read the entire list.

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3 Ne. 5:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 5 3 8
NT 2 4 6
BM 12 13 25
1 Ne. 2 4 6
2 Ne. 0 1 1
Omni 0 1 1
W of M 1 2 3
Mosiah 3 2 5
Alma 3 2 5
Hel. 0 1 1
3 Ne. 3 0 3
DC 4 11 15
PGP 0 1 1
TOTAL 23 32 55

Alma 14:8
And they brought their wives and children together, and whosoever believed or had been taught to believe in the word of God they caused that they should be cast into the fire; and they also brought forth their records which contained the holy scriptures, and cast them into the fire also, that they might be burned and destroyed by fire.

Alma 37:3
And these plates of brass, which contain these engravings, which have the records of the holy scriptures upon them, which have the genealogy of our forefathers, even from the beginning--

Alma 37:4
Behold, it has been prophesied by our fathers, that they should be kept and handed down from one generation to another, and be kept and preserved by the hand of the Lord until they should go forth unto every nation, kindred, tongue, and people, that they shall know of the mysteries contained thereon.

Alma 37:5
And now behold, if they are kept they must retain their brightness; yea, and they will retain their brightness; yea, and also shall all the plates which do contain that which is holy writ.

Alma 37:9
Yea, I say unto you, were it not for these things that these records do contain, which are on these plates, Ammon and his brethren could not have convinced so many thousands of the Lamanites of the incorrect tradition of their fathers; yea, these records and their words brought them unto repentance; that is, they brought them to the knowledge of the Lord their God, and to rejoice in Jesus Christ their Redeemer.