Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'one' occurs 2658 times in the standard works.

1179 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'one' in the standard works and contain 44.4% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 463 minutes to read the entire list.

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Num. 7:13-89 (84 in 77 verses)

Josh. 12:9-24 (32 in 16 verses)

Ex. 26:2-21 (21 in 20 verses)

Ex. 36:9-26 (19 in 18 verses)

Ezek. 40:5-13 (13 in 9 verses)

Rom. 5:7-19 (13 in 13 verses)

Ezek. 48:31-34 (12 in 4 verses)

1 Cor. 12:11-20 (11 in 10 verses)

Num. 28:27-29:5 (10 in 10 verses)

Num. 29:2-11 (10 in 10 verses)

D&C 76:96-100 (9 in 5 verses)

Eph. 4:2-7 (9 in 6 verses)

1 Kgs. 7:34-42 (9 in 9 verses)

1 Kgs. 7:36-44 (9 in 9 verses)

Ezek. 37:16-24 (9 in 9 verses)

1 Kgs. 6:24-27 (8 in 4 verses)

Mosiah 18:16-21 (7 in 6 verses)

Ezek. 1:6-12 (7 in 7 verses)

Alma 5:28-31 (6 in 4 verses)

Num. 15:11-16 (6 in 6 verses)

2 Ne. 28:3-8 (6 in 6 verses)

Alma 40:3-8 (6 in 6 verses)

1 Sam. 6:17 (5 in 1 verse)

D&C 35:1-2 (5 in 2 verses)

John 17:21-23 (5 in 3 verses)

Abr. 3:2-4 (5 in 3 verses)

JS-H 1:27-29 (5 in 3 verses)

Song. 6:6-9 (5 in 4 verses)

Abr. 3:16-19 (5 in 4 verses)

Num. 28:11-15 (5 in 5 verses)

Neh. 4:15-19 (5 in 5 verses)

Eccl. 4:8-12 (5 in 5 verses)

1 Cor. 14:23-27 (5 in 5 verses)

Gal. 5:13-17 (5 in 5 verses)

1 Ne. 22:24-28 (5 in 5 verses)

1 Chr. 24:5-6 (4 in 2 verses)

Ps. 89:18-19 (4 in 2 verses)

Eccl. 3:19-20 (4 in 2 verses)

Rom. 12:4-5 (4 in 2 verses)

Num. 36:7-9 (4 in 3 verses)

Mal. 2:15-17 (4 in 3 verses)

Mark 14:18-20 (4 in 3 verses)

Luke 17:34-36 (4 in 3 verses)

Rom. 15:5-7 (4 in 3 verses)

1 Cor. 15:39-41 (4 in 3 verses)

Gal. 5:26-6:2 (4 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 9:39-41 (4 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 29:7-9 (4 in 3 verses)

Mosiah 4:13-15 (4 in 3 verses)

Moro. 10:25-27 (4 in 3 verses)

D&C 88:122-124 (4 in 3 verses)

Ex. 37:6-9 (4 in 4 verses)

Num. 6:11-14 (4 in 4 verses)

Ezek. 10:7-10 (4 in 4 verses)

Ezek. 10:19-22 (4 in 4 verses)

Zech. 11:6-9 (4 in 4 verses)

Col. 3:13-16 (4 in 4 verses)

2 Ne. 9:23-26 (4 in 4 verses)

3 Ne. 11:27-30 (4 in 4 verses)

Ex. 29:23 (3 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 22:2 (3 in 1 verse)

Isa. 36:16 (3 in 1 verse)

Jer. 51:31 (3 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 1:23 (3 in 1 verse)

Matt. 17:4 (3 in 1 verse)

Mark 9:5 (3 in 1 verse)

Luke 9:33 (3 in 1 verse)

1 Cor. 10:17 (3 in 1 verse)

2 Pet. 3:8 (3 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 13:41 (3 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 7:22 (3 in 1 verse)

Morm. 8:8 (3 in 1 verse)

Gen. 11:6-7 (3 in 2 verses)

Ex. 25:19-20 (3 in 2 verses)

Lev. 14:21-22 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 14:4-5 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 6:19-20 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 3:11-12 (3 in 2 verses)

Eccl. 7:27-28 (3 in 2 verses)

Isa. 13:14-15 (3 in 2 verses)

Joel 2:7-8 (3 in 2 verses)

Amos 4:7-8 (3 in 2 verses)

Matt. 5:18-19 (3 in 2 verses)

John 13:34-35 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 6:16-17 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 11:20-21 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 12:25-26 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 2:10-11 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 6:9-10 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 9:11-12 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 9:18-19 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 23:14-15 (3 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 19:15-16 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 41:4-5 (3 in 2 verses)

Hel. 14:4-5 (3 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 11:15-16 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 38:26-27 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 64:8-9 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 136:23-24 (3 in 2 verses)

Gen. 11:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 42:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

Ex. 26:24-26 (3 in 3 verses)

Lev. 14:10-12 (3 in 3 verses)

Num. 19:16-18 (3 in 3 verses)

Num. 29:34-36 (3 in 3 verses)

Num. 29:36-38 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Sam. 2:34-36 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Sam. 12:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Sam. 14:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Kgs. 7:16-18 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezra 2:69-3:1 (3 in 3 verses)

Job 2:10-12 (3 in 3 verses)

Isa. 30:15-17 (3 in 3 verses)

Jer. 52:20-22 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 33:30-32 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 40:49-41:2 (3 in 3 verses)

Zech. 14:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

Matt. 23:8-10 (3 in 3 verses)

John 13:21-23 (3 in 3 verses)

Acts 7:24-26 (3 in 3 verses)

Acts 21:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Cor. 8:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

Eph. 2:14-16 (3 in 3 verses)

Mosiah 24:5-7 (3 in 3 verses)

Mosiah 25:20-22 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 5:52-54 (3 in 3 verses)

Hel. 9:16-18 (3 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 6:30-7:2 (3 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 11:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 42:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 93:49-51 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 102:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 124:64-66 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 128:12-14 (3 in 3 verses)

JS-M 1:44-46 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 19:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 17:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 35:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 8:26 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 24:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 6:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 15:24 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 16:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 17:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 25:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 17:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 23:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 7:5 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 20:41 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 2:13 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 3:17 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 20:29 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 22:13 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 4:22 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 18:31 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 16:3 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 5:13 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 18:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Neh. 7:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 53:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 105:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Song. 4:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 2:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 3:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 10:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 19:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 27:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 30:29 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 41:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 49:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 60:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 66:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 6:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 8:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 23:35 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 32:39 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 34:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 50:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 43:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 45:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 46:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Dan. 10:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Hag. 2:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Zech. 3:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Zech. 5:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Zech. 12:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Mal. 2:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 6:24 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 13:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 24:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 25:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Mark 10:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Luke 16:13 (2 in 1 verse)

John 8:9 (2 in 1 verse)

John 10:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Acts 2:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Acts 4:32 (2 in 1 verse)

Rom. 12:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Rom. 14:5 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Cor. 4:6 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Cor. 14:31 (2 in 1 verse)

Gal. 3:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Eph. 4:32 (2 in 1 verse)

Philip. 1:27 (2 in 1 verse)

Philip. 2:2 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Tim. 2:5 (2 in 1 verse)

James 5:16 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Pet. 3:8 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Jn. 4:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Rev. 6:1 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 7:19 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 19:4 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 1:21 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 12:12 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 13:5 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 20:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 23:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 3:26 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 10:31 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 53:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 55:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 57:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 4:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 6:3 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 3:25 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 7:14 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 12:18 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 13:24 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 15:17 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 15:21 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 16:3 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 17:9 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 17:21 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 18:36 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 26:5 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 26:19 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 28:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Morm. 8:26 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 3:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 15:15 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 45:33 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 45:65 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 49:16 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 52:33 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 124:140 (2 in 1 verse)

Moses 7:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Abr. 1:11 (2 in 1 verse)

JS-M 1:8 (2 in 1 verse)

JS-H 1:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 41:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 42:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 42:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 48:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 9:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 12:48-49 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 25:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 29:39-40 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 30:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 37:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 5:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 14:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 23:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 17:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 25:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 1:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 10:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 17:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 20:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 23:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 10:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 12:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 7:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 17:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 25:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 11:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 9:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 18:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 30:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Neh. 4:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Job 14:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Job 40:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Job 41:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Eccl. 9:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Song. 8:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 1:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 6:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 19:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 29:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 30:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 34:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 40:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 43:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 9:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 18:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 19:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 1:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 4:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 33:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 12:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Hag. 2:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 5:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 18:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 18:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 19:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 19:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 20:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 24:40-41 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 26:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 9:37-38 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 9:49-50 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 10:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 12:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 13:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 14:69-70 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 15:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 10:42-11:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 11:45-46 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 15:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 16:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 24:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

John 5:44-45 (2 in 2 verses)

John 6:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

John 6:70-71 (2 in 2 verses)

John 11:49-50 (2 in 2 verses)

John 18:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 10:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 17:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 27:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Rom. 2:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

Rom. 14:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Cor. 13:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Heb. 5:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Heb. 10:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

James 4:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Pet. 4:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Jn. 2:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Jn. 3:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Jn. 4:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Jn. 5:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Rev. 17:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 19:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 2:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 9:50-51 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 16:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 27:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

Jacob 3:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Omni 1:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 2:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 6:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 8:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 10:22-11:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 15:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 31:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 46:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 2:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 4:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 4:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 7:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Morm. 2:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 11:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 18:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 20:81-82 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 42:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 46:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 67:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 78:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 104:61-62 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 132:60-61 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 133:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Abr. 3:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

JS-H 1:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

JS-H 1:59-60 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 1361 1945 3306
NT 608 556 1164
BM 454 685 1139
DC 169 258 427
PGP 66 65 131
Moses 20 18 38
Abr. 21 11 32
JS-M 8 2 10
JS-H 17 32 49
A of F 0 2 2
TOTAL 2658 3509 6167

JS-H 1:3
I was born in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and five, on the twenty-third day of December, in the town of Sharon, Windsor county, State of Vermont ... My father, Joseph Smith, Sen., left the State of Vermont, and moved to Palmyra, Ontario (now Wayne) county, in the State of New York, when I was in my tenth year, or thereabouts. In about four years after my father's arrival in Palmyra, he moved with his family into Manchester in the same county of Ontario--

JS-H 1:6
For, notwithstanding the great love which the converts to these different faiths expressed at the time of their conversion, and the great zeal manifested by the respective clergy, who were active in getting up and promoting this extraordinary scene of religious feeling, in order to have everybody converted, as they were pleased to call it, let them join what sect they pleased; yet when the converts began to file off, some to one party and some to another, it was seen that the seemingly good feelings of both the priests and the converts were more pretended than real; for a scene of great confusion and bad feeling ensued-- priest contending against priest, and convert against convert; so that all their good feelings one for another, if they ever had any, were entirely lost in a strife of words and a contest about opinions.

JS-H 1:10
In the midst of this war of words and tumult of opinions, I often said to myself: What is to be done? Who of all these parties are right; or, are they all wrong together? If any one of them be right, which is it, and how shall I know it?

JS-H 1:11
While I was laboring under the extreme difficulties caused by the contests of these parties of religionists, I was one day reading the Epistle of James, first chapter and fifth verse, which reads: If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.

JS-H 1:15
After I had retired to the place where I had previously designed to go, having looked around me, and finding myself alone, I kneeled down and began to offer up the desires of my heart to God. I had scarcely done so, when immediately I was seized upon by some power which entirely overcame me, and had such an astonishing influence over me as to bind my tongue so that I could not speak. Thick darkness gathered around me, and it seemed to me for a time as if I were doomed to sudden destruction.

JS-H 1:17
It no sooner appeared than I found myself delivered from the enemy which held me bound. When the light rested upon me I saw two Personages, whose brightness and glory defy all description, standing above me in the air. One of them spake unto me, calling me by name and said, pointing to the other-- This is My Beloved Son. Hear Him!

JS-H 1:18
My object in going to inquire of the Lord was to know which of all the sects was right, that I might know which to join. No sooner, therefore, did I get possession of myself, so as to be able to speak, than I asked the Personages who stood above me in the light, which of all the sects was right (for at this time it had never entered into my heart that all were wrong)-- and which I should join.

JS-H 1:19
I was answered that I must join none of them, for they were all wrong; and the Personage who addressed me said that all their creeds were an abomination in his sight; that those professors were all corrupt; that: "they draw near to me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me, they teach for doctrines the commandments of men, having a form of godliness, but they deny the power thereof."

JS-H 1:21
Some few days after I had this vision, I happened to be in company with one of the Methodist preachers, who was very active in the before mentioned religious excitement; and, conversing with him on the subject of religion, I took occasion to give him an account of the vision which I had had. I was greatly surprised at his behavior; he treated my communication not only lightly, but with great contempt, saying it was all of the devil, that there were no such things as visions or revelations in these days; that all such things had ceased with the apostles, and that there would never be any more of them.

JS-H 1:23
It caused me serious reflection then, and often has since, how very strange it was that an obscure boy, of a little over fourteen years of age, and one, too, who was doomed to the necessity of obtaining a scanty maintenance by his daily labor, should be thought a character of sufficient importance to attract the attention of the great ones of the most popular sects of the day, and in a manner to create in them a spirit of the most bitter persecution and reviling. But strange or not, so it was, and it was often the cause of great sorrow to myself.

JS-H 1:24
However, it was nevertheless a fact that I had beheld a vision. I have thought since, that I felt much like Paul, when he made his defense before King Agrippa, and related the account of the vision he had when he saw a light, and heard a voice; but still there were but few who believed him; some said he was dishonest, others said he was mad; and he was ridiculed and reviled. But all this did not destroy the reality of his vision. He had seen a vision, he knew he had, and all the persecution under heaven could not make it otherwise; and though they should persecute him unto death, yet he knew, and would know to his latest breath, that he had both seen a light and heard a voice speaking unto him, and all the world could not make him think or believe otherwise.

JS-H 1:27
I continued to pursue my common vocations in life until the twenty-- first of September, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-three, all the time suffering severe persecution at the hands of all classes of men, both religious and irreligious, because I continued to affirm that I had seen a vision.

JS-H 1:28
During the space of time which intervened between the time I had the vision and the year eighteen hundred and twenty-three-- having been forbidden to join any of the religious sects of the day, and being of very tender years, and persecuted by those who ought to have been my friends and to have treated me kindly, and if they supposed me to be deluded to have endeavored in a proper and affectionate manner to have reclaimed me-- I was left to all kinds of temptations; and, mingling with all kinds of society, I frequently fell into many foolish errors, and displayed the weakness of youth, and the foibles of human nature; which, I am sorry to say, led me into divers temptations, offensive in the sight of God. In making this confession, no one need suppose me guilty of any great or malignant sins. A disposition to commit such was never in my nature. But I was guilty of levity, and sometimes associated with jovial company, etc., not consistent with that character which ought to be maintained by one who was called of God as I had been. But this will not seem very strange to any one who recollects my youth, and is acquainted with my native cheery temperament.

JS-H 1:29
In consequence of these things, I often felt condemned for my weakness and imperfections; when, on the evening of the above-mentioned twenty-first of September, after I had retired to my bed for the night, I betook myself to prayer and supplication to Almighty God for forgiveness of all my sins and follies, and also for a manifestation to me, that I might know of my state and standing before him; for I had full confidence in obtaining a divine manifestation, as I previously had one.

JS-H 1:35
Also, that there were two stones in silver bows-- and these stones, fastened to a breastplate, constituted what is called the Urim and Thummim-- deposited with the plates; and the possession and use of these stones were what constituted "seers" in ancient or former times; and that God had prepared them for the purpose of translating the book.

JS-H 1:41
He also quoted the second chapter of Joel, from the twenty-eighth verse to the last. He also said that this was not yet fulfilled, but was soon to be. And he further stated that the fulness of the Gentiles was soon to come in. He quoted many other passages of scripture, and offered many explanations which cannot be mentioned here.

JS-H 1:45
He commenced, and again related the very same things which he had done at his first visit, without the least variation; which having done, he informed me of great judgments which were coming upon the earth, with great desolations by famine, sword, and pestilence; and that these grievous judgments would come on the earth in this generation. Having related these things, he again ascended as he had done before.

JS-H 1:51
Convenient to the village of Manchester, Ontario county, New York, stands a hill of considerable size, and the most elevated of any in the neighborhood. On the west side of this hill, not far from the top, under a stone of considerable size, lay the plates, deposited in a stone box. This stone was thick and rounding in the middle on the upper side, and thinner towards the edges, so that the middle part of it was visible above the ground, but the edge all around was covered with earth.

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Having removed the earth, I obtained a lever, which I got fixed under the edge of the stone, and with a little exertion raised it up. I looked in, and there indeed did I behold the plates, the Urim and Thummim, and the breastplate, as stated by the messenger. The box in which they lay was formed by laying stones together in some kind of cement. In the bottom of the box were laid two stones crossways of the box, and on these stones lay the plates and the other things with them.

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I made an attempt to take them out, but was forbidden by the messenger, and was again informed that the time for bringing them forth had not yet arrived, neither would it, until four years from that time; but he told me that I should come to that place precisely in one year from that time, and that he would there meet with me, and that I should continue to do so until the time should come for obtaining the plates.

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In the year 1823 my father's family met with a great affliction by the death of my eldest brother, Alvin. In the month of October, 1825, I hired with an old gentleman by the name of Josiah Stoal, who lived in Chenango county, State of New York. He had heard something of a silver mine having been opened by the Spaniards in Harmony, Susquehanna county, State of Pennsylvania; and had, previous to my hiring to him, been digging, in order, if possible, to discover the mine. After I went to live with him, he took me, with the rest of his hands, to dig for the silver mine, at which I continued to work for nearly a month, without success in our undertaking, and finally I prevailed with the old gentleman to cease digging after it. Hence arose the very prevalent story of my having been a money-digger.

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At length the time arrived for obtaining the plates, the Urim and Thummim, and the breastplate. On the twenty-second day of September, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-seven, having gone as usual at the end of another year to the place where they were deposited, the same heavenly messenger delivered them up to me with this charge: that I should be responsible for them; that if I should let them go carelessly, or through any neglect of mine, I should be cut off; but that if I would use all my endeavors to preserve them, until he, the messenger, should call for them, they should be protected.

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I soon found out the reason why I had received such strict charges to keep them safe, and why it was that the messenger had said that when I had done what was required at my hand, he would call for them. For no sooner was it known that I had them, than the most strenuous exertions were used to get them from me. Every stratagem that could be invented was resorted to for that purpose. The persecution became more bitter and severe than before, and multitudes were on the alert continually to get them from me if possible. But by the wisdom of God, they remained safe in my hands, until I had accomplished by them what was required at my hand. When, according to arrangements, the messenger called for them, I delivered them up to him; and he has them in his charge until this day, being the second day of May, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight.

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Sometime in this month of February, the aforementioned Mr. Martin Harris came to our place, got the characters which I had drawn off the plates, and started with them to the city of New York. For what took place relative to him and the characters, I refer to his own account of the circumstances, as he related them to me after his return, which was as follows:

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"He then said to me, 'Let me see that certificate.' I accordingly took it out of my pocket and gave it to him, when he took it and tore it to pieces, saying that there was no such thing now as ministering of angels, and that if I would bring the plates to him he would translate them. I informed him that part of the plates were sealed, and that I was forbidden to bring them. He replied, 'I cannot read a sealed book.' I left him and went to Dr. Mitchell, who sanctioned what Professor Anthon had said respecting both the characters and the translation."

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On the 5th day of April, 1829, Oliver Cowdery came to my house, until which time I had never seen him. He stated to me that having been teaching school in the neighborhood where my father resided, and my father being one of those who sent to the school, he went to board for a season at his house, and while there the family related to him the circumstances of my having received the plates, and accordingly he had come to make inquiries of me.

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We still continued the work of translation, when, in the ensuing month (May, 1829), we on a certain day went into the woods to pray and inquire of the Lord respecting baptism for the remission of sins, that we found mentioned in the translation of the plates. While we were thus employed, praying and calling upon the Lord, a messenger from heaven descended in a cloud of light, and having laid his hands upon us, he ordained us, saying:

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Immediately on our coming up out of the water after we had been baptized, we experienced great and glorious blessings from our Heavenly Father. No sooner had I baptized Oliver Cowdery, than the Holy Ghost fell upon him, and he stood up and prophesied many things which should shortly come to pass. And again, so soon as I had been baptized by him, I also had the spirit of prophecy, when, standing up, I prophesied concerning the rise of this Church, and many other things connected with the Church, and this generation of the children of men. We were filled with the Holy Ghost, and rejoiced in the God of our salvation.