Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'receive' occurs 514 times in the standard works.

135 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'receive' in the standard works and contain 26.3% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 53 minutes to read the entire list.

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D&C 124:61-70 (11 in 10 verses)

D&C 88:28-33 (7 in 6 verses)

D&C 124:95-97 (5 in 3 verses)

D&C 132:22-25 (5 in 4 verses)

Alma 22:15-16 (4 in 2 verses)

D&C 93:18-20 (4 in 3 verses)

John 5:41-44 (4 in 4 verses)

Matt. 19:11-12 (3 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 26:21-22 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 132:64-65 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 5:26 (2 in 1 verse)

Job 2:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 10:41 (2 in 1 verse)

Mark 9:37 (2 in 1 verse)

Luke 6:34 (2 in 1 verse)

Luke 9:48 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Cor. 4:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Enos 1:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 26:28 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 58:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 15:14 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 8:1 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 20:14 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 62:7 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 67:3 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 84:35 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 84:40 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 104:68 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 12:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 18:41-42 (2 in 2 verses)

Col. 3:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 10:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 16:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 30:34-35 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 58:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 6:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Moro. 10:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 20:63-64 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 25:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 42:72-73 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 42:76-77 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 43:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 50:34-35 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 56:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 59:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 63:48-49 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 63:66-64:1 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 72:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 75:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 76:76-77 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 84:103-104 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 93:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 94:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 48 39 87
NT 128 160 288
BM 104 110 214
1 Ne. 3 6 9
2 Ne. 6 9 15
Jacob 2 1 3
Enos 2 1 3
Mosiah 15 12 27
Alma 34 43 77
Hel. 2 4 6
3 Ne. 21 19 40
4 Ne. 3 1 4
Morm. 2 4 6
Ether 10 6 16
Moro. 4 4 8
DC 226 167 393
PGP 8 9 17
TOTAL 514 485 999

Morm. 5:9
And also that a knowledge of these things must come unto the remnant of these people, and also unto the Gentiles, who the Lord hath said should scatter this people, and this people should be counted as naught among them-- therefore I write a small abridgment, daring not to give a full account of the things which I have seen, because of the commandment which I have received, and also that ye might not have too great sorrow because of the wickedness of this people.

Morm. 5:13
And this is the commandment which I have received; and behold, they shall come forth according to the commandment of the Lord, when he shall see fit, in his wisdom.

Morm. 5:19
And behold, the Lord hath reserved their blessings, which they might have received in the land, for the Gentiles who shall possess the land.

Morm. 6:7
And it came to pass that my people, with their wives and their children, did now behold the armies of the Lamanites marching towards them; and with that awful fear of death which fills the breasts of all the wicked, did they await to receive them.

Morm. 6:17
O ye fair ones, how could ye have departed from the ways of the Lord! O ye fair ones, how could ye have rejected that Jesus, who stood with open arms to receive you!

Morm. 8:12
And whoso receiveth this record, and shall not condemn it because of the imperfections which are in it, the same shall know of greater things than these. Behold, I am Moroni; and were it possible, I would make all things known unto you.