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

Moro. 6:2
Neither did they receive any unto baptism save they came forth with a broken heart and a contrite spirit, and witnessed unto the church that they truly repented of all their sins.

Moro. 6:3
And none were received unto baptism save they took upon them the name of Christ, having a determination to serve him to the end.

Moro. 6:4
And after they had been received unto baptism, and were wrought upon and cleansed by the power of the Holy Ghost, they were numbered among the people of the church of Christ; and their names were taken, that they might be remembered and nourished by the good word of God, to keep them in the right way, to keep them continually watchful unto prayer, relying alone upon the merits of Christ, who was the author and the finisher of their faith.

Moro. 7:9
And likewise also is it counted evil unto a man, if he shall pray and not with real intent of heart; yea, and it profiteth him nothing, for God receiveth none such.

Moro. 7:26
And after that he came men also were saved by faith in his name; and by faith, they become the sons of God. And as surely as Christ liveth he spake these words unto our fathers, saying: Whatsoever thing ye shall ask the Father in my name, which is good, in faith believing that ye shall receive, behold, it shall be done unto you.

Moro. 9:7
And now I write somewhat concerning the sufferings of this people. For according to the knowledge which I have received from Amoron, behold, the Lamanites have many prisoners, which they took from the tower of Sherrizah; and there were men, women, and children.

Moro. 10:3
Behold, I would exhort you that when ye shall read these things, if it be wisdom in God that ye should read them, that ye would remember how merciful the Lord hath been unto the children of men, from the creation of Adam even down until the time that ye shall receive these things, and ponder it in your hearts.

Moro. 10:4
And when ye shall receive these things, I would exhort you that ye would ask God, the Eternal Father, in the name of Christ, if these things are not true; and if ye shall ask with a sincere heart, with real intent, having faith in Christ, he will manifest the truth of it unto you, by the power of the Holy Ghost.