Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'secret' occurs 178 times in the standard works.

54 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'secret' in the standard works and contain 30.3% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 23 minutes to read the entire list.

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Alma 37:21-27 (7 in 7 verses)

Matt. 6:4-6 (4 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 13:4-6 (4 in 3 verses)

Alma 37:29-32 (4 in 4 verses)

D&C 42:92 (3 in 1 verse)


Ether 14:8-10 (3 in 3 verses)

 14:8 Now the brother of Shared, whose name was Gilead, also received great strength to his army, because of secret combinations.

 14:9 And it came to pass that his high priest murdered him as he sat upon his throne.

 14:10 And it came to pass that one of the secret combinations murdered him in a secret pass, and obtained unto himself the kingdom; and his name was Lib; and Lib was a man of great stature, more than any other man among all the people.




Moses 5:49-51 (3 in 3 verses)

Matt. 6:18 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 9:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 6:22 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 13:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Dan. 2:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 2:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 6:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 6:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 11:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 5:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 8:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 88:108-109 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 5:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 52 26 78
NT 16 4 20
BM 83 8 91
1 Ne. 1 0 1
2 Ne. 6 0 6
Mosiah 3 2 5
Alma 14 5 19
Hel. 22 0 22
3 Ne. 19 1 20
4 Ne. 1 0 1
Morm. 2 0 2
Ether 15 0 15
DC 18 1 19
PGP 9 0 9
TOTAL 178 39 217

Ether 8:9
Now the daughter of Jared was exceedingly fair. And it came to pass that she did talk with her father, and said unto him: Whereby hath my father so much sorrow? Hath he not read the record which our fathers brought across the great deep? Behold, is there not an account concerning them of old, that they by their secret plans did obtain kingdoms and great glory?

Ether 8:18
And it came to pass that they formed a secret combination, even as they of old; which combination is most abominable and wicked above all, in the sight of God;

Ether 8:19
For the Lord worketh not in secret combinations, neither doth he will that man should shed blood, but in all things hath forbidden it, from the beginning of man.

Ether 8:22
And whatsoever nation shall uphold such secret combinations, to get power and gain, until they shall spread over the nation, behold, they shall be destroyed; for the Lord will not suffer that the blood of his saints, which shall be shed by them, shall always cry unto him from the ground for vengeance upon them and yet he avenge them not.

Ether 8:24
Wherefore, the Lord commandeth you, when ye shall see these things come among you that ye shall awake to a sense of your awful situation, because of this secret combination which shall be among you; or wo be unto it, because of the blood of them who have been slain; for they cry from the dust for vengeance upon it, and also upon those who built it up.

Ether 9:1
And now I, Moroni, proceed with my record. Therefore, behold, it came to pass that because of the secret combinations of Akish and his friends, behold, they did overthrow the kingdom of Omer.

Ether 9:6
For so great had been the spreading of this wicked and secret society that it had corrupted the hearts of all the people; therefore Jared was murdered upon his throne, and Akish reigned in his stead.

Ether 9:26
And the people had spread again over all the face of the land, and there began again to be an exceedingly great wickedness upon the face of the land, and Heth began to embrace the secret plans again of old, to destroy his father.

Ether 11:15
And it came to pass that there arose a rebellion among the people, because of that secret combination which was built up to get power and gain; and there arose a mighty man among them in iniquity, and gave battle unto Moron, in which he did overthrow the half of the kingdom; and he did maintain the half of the kingdom for many years.

Ether 11:22
And they did reject all the words of the prophets, because of their secret society and wicked abominations.

Ether 13:15
And it came to pass that in that same year in which he was cast out from among the people there began to be a great war among the people, for there were many who rose up, who were mighty men, and sought to destroy Coriantumr by their secret plans of wickedness, of which hath been spoken.

Ether 13:18
Wherefore, it came to pass that in the first year that Ether dwelt in the cavity of a rock, there were many people who were slain by the sword of those secret combinations, fighting against Coriantumr that they might obtain the kingdom.

Ether 14:8
Now the brother of Shared, whose name was Gilead, also received great strength to his army, because of secret combinations.

Ether 14:10
And it came to pass that one of the secret combinations murdered him in a secret pass, and obtained unto himself the kingdom; and his name was Lib; and Lib was a man of great stature, more than any other man among all the people.