Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'record' occurs 221 times in the standard works.

100 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'record' in the standard works and contain 45.2% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 38 minutes to read the entire list.

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D&C 128:2-9 (11 in 8 verses)

3 Ne. 5:10-18 (9 in 9 verses)

3 Ne. 11:32-36 (8 in 5 verses)

John 8:13-14 (4 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 13:23-24 (4 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 18:37-39 (4 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 19:1-4 (4 in 4 verses)

Morm. 7:8-8:1 (4 in 4 verses)

3 Ne. 8:1 (3 in 1 verse)

W of M 1:5-6 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 93:6-7 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 1:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

Morm. 8:12-14 (3 in 3 verses)

Moses 6:61-63 (3 in 3 verses)

John 19:35 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Jn. 1:12 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 1:17 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 6:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Jacob 7:26 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 21:27 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 17:25 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 1:39 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 76:14 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 138:60 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Jn. 5:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 8:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 17:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Morm. 9:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 12:41-13:1 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 93:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 1:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 7 13 20
NT 23 0 23
BM 121 76 197
1 Ne. 27 13 40
2 Ne. 1 2 3
Jacob 2 0 2
Enos 2 3 5
Jarom 0 1 1
Omni 2 2 4
W of M 5 3 8
Mosiah 7 20 27
Alma 5 13 18
Hel. 2 3 5
3 Ne. 36 5 41
4 Ne. 4 2 6
Morm. 14 6 20
Ether 14 1 15
Moro. 0 2 2
DC 59 34 93
PGP 11 3 14
TOTAL 221 126 347

Alma 3:11
And it came to pass that whosoever would not believe in the tradition of the Lamanites, but believed those records which were brought out of the land of Jerusalem, and also in the tradition of their fathers, which were correct, who believed in the commandments of God and kept them, were called the Nephites, or the people of Nephi, from that time forth--

Alma 3:12
And it is they who have kept the records which are true of their people, and also of the people of the Lamanites.

Alma 5:2
And these are the words which he spake to the people in the church which was established in the city of Zarahemla, according to his own record, saying:

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 14:14
Now it came to pass that when the bodies of those who had been cast into the fire were consumed, and also the records which were cast in with them, the chief judge of the land came and stood before Alma and Amulek, as they were bound; and he smote them with his hand upon their cheeks, and said unto them: After what ye have seen, will ye preach again unto this people, that they shall be cast into a lake of fire and brimstone?

Alma 18:36
Now when Ammon had said these words, he began at the creation of the world, and also the creation of Adam, and told him all the things concerning the fall of man, and rehearsed and laid before him the records and the holy scriptures of the people, which had been spoken by the prophets, even down to the time that their father, Lehi, left Jerusalem.

Alma 18:38
And he also rehearsed unto them concerning the rebellions of Laman and Lemuel, and the sons of Ishmael, yea, all their rebellions did he relate unto them; and he expounded unto them all the records and scriptures from the time that Lehi left Jerusalem down to the present time.

Alma 23:5
And thousands were brought to the knowledge of the Lord, yea, thousands were brought to believe in the traditions of the Nephites; and they were taught the records and prophecies which were handed down even to the present time.

Alma 35:16
Therefore, he caused that his sons should be gathered together, that he might give unto them every one his charge, separately, concerning the things pertaining unto righteousness. And we have an account of his commandments, which he gave unto them according to his own record.

Alma 37:1
And now, my son Helaman, I command you that ye take the records which have been entrusted with me;

Alma 37:2
And I also command you that ye keep a record of this people, according as I have done, upon the plates of Nephi, and keep all these things sacred which I have kept, even as I have kept them; for it is for a wise purpose that they are kept.

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 37:9
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.

Alma 44:24
And thus ended the eighteenth year of the reign of the judges over the people of Nephi. And thus ended the record of Alma, which was written upon the plates of Nephi.

Alma 45:2
And it came to pass in the nineteenth year of the reign of the judges over the people of Nephi, that Alma came unto his son Helaman and said unto him: Believest thou the words which I spake unto thee concerning those records which have been kept?

Alma 47:1
Now we will return in our record to Amalickiah and those who had fled with him into the wilderness; for, behold, he had taken those who went with him, and went up in the land of Nephi among the Lamanites, and did stir up the Lamanites to anger against the people of Nephi, insomuch that the king of the Lamanites sent a proclamation throughout all his land, among all his people, that they should gather themselves together again to go to battle against the Nephites.

Alma 50:38
Nevertheless, he had refused Alma to take possession of those records and those things which were esteemed by Alma and his fathers to be most sacred; therefore Alma had conferred them upon his son, Helaman.