Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'language' occurs 76 times in the standard works.

31 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'language' in the standard works and contain 40.8% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 12 minutes to read the entire list.

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Omni 1:17-18 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 18:26-28 (3 in 3 verses)

Isa. 36:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

Neh. 13:24 (2 in 1 verse)

Esth. 1:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Esth. 8:9 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 1:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Morm. 9:34 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 67:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 11:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)


Ezek. 3:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

 3:5 For thou art not sent to a people of a strange speech and of an hard language, but to the house of Israel;

 3:6 Not to many people of a strange speech and of an hard language, whose words thou canst not understand. Surely, had I sent thee to them, they would have hearkened unto thee.




Mosiah 8:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 1:35-36 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 6:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 26 7 33
Gen. 4 0 4
2 Kgs. 3 0 3
Neh. 2 0 2
Esth. 5 0 5
Ps. 3 0 3
Isa. 4 0 4
Jer. 1 0 1
Ezek. 2 0 2
Dan. 1 6 7
Zeph. 1 0 1
Zech. 0 1 1
NT 1 0 1
BM 38 4 42
DC 6 1 7
PGP 5 0 5
TOTAL 76 12 88

Ezek. 3:5
For thou art not sent to a people of a strange speech and of an hard language, but to the house of Israel;

Ezek. 3:6
Not to many people of a strange speech and of an hard language, whose words thou canst not understand. Surely, had I sent thee to them, they would have hearkened unto thee.