Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'letter' occurs 45 times in the standard works.

19 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'letter' in the standard works and contain 42.2% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 8 minutes to read the entire list.

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2 Kgs. 5:5-7 (4 in 3 verses)

Ezra 5:5-7 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Cor. 3:6 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 20:84 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 11:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 10:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezra 4:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 128:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 26 23 49
2 Sam. 2 0 2
1 Kgs. 0 4 4
2 Kgs. 8 2 10
2 Chr. 0 3 3
Ezra 9 0 9
Neh. 2 5 7
Esth. 2 7 9
Isa. 1 1 2
Jer. 2 1 3
NT 11 11 22
BM 0 0 0
DC 8 0 8
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 45 34 79

Esth. 1:22
For he sent letters into all the king's provinces, into every province according to the writing thereof, and to every people after their language, that every man should bear rule in his own house, and that it should be published according to the language of every people.

Esth. 3:13
And the letters were sent by posts into all the king's provinces, to destroy, to kill, and to cause to perish, all Jews, both young and old, little children and women, in one day, even upon the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, and to take the spoil of them for a prey.

Esth. 8:5
And said, If it please the king, and if I have found favour in his sight, and the thing seem right before the king, and I be pleasing in his eyes, let it be written to reverse the letters devised by Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, which he wrote to destroy the Jews which are in all the king's provinces:

Esth. 8:10
And he wrote in the king Ahasuerus' name, and sealed it with the king's ring, and sent letters by posts on horseback, and riders on mules, camels, and young dromedaries:

Esth. 9:20
And Mordecai wrote these things, and sent letters unto all the Jews that were in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus, both nigh and far,

Esth. 9:25
But when Esther came before the king, he commanded by letters that his wicked device, which he devised against the Jews, should return upon his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.

Esth. 9:30
And he sent the letters unto all the Jews, to the hundred twenty and seven provinces of the kingdom of Ahasuerus, with words of peace and truth,