Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'nephites' occurs 374 times in the standard works.

248 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'nephites' in the standard works and contain 66.3% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 111 minutes to read the entire list.

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Alma 43:3-23 (21 in 21 verses)

3 Ne. 4:1-12 (12 in 12 verses)

Morm. 4:8-19 (12 in 12 verses)

3 Ne. 2:8-16 (9 in 9 verses)

Alma 47:35-48:5 (8 in 7 verses)

Alma 2:15-20 (7 in 6 verses)

Hel. 4:3-8 (7 in 6 verses)

Alma 55:18-24 (7 in 7 verses)

Morm. 1:8-11 (6 in 4 verses)

Alma 49:19-23 (6 in 5 verses)

Hel. 1:15-19 (6 in 5 verses)

Alma 22:29-34 (6 in 6 verses)

Alma 55:6-11 (6 in 6 verses)

2 Ne. 29:12-13 (5 in 2 verses)

Hel. 1:31-2:1 (5 in 5 verses)

Alma 43:36-38 (4 in 3 verses)

Alma 49:10-12 (4 in 3 verses)

Alma 52:12-14 (4 in 3 verses)

Hel. 3:14-16 (4 in 3 verses)

Hel. 6:7-9 (4 in 3 verses)

Alma 53:16-19 (4 in 4 verses)

Morm. 4:1-4 (4 in 4 verses)

Jacob 1:13-14 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 16:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 31:2-4 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 35:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 44:16-18 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 46:34-36 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 50:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 51:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 53:8-10 (3 in 3 verses)

Hel. 5:52-6:2 (3 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 3:17-19 (3 in 3 verses)

Enos 1:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Omni 1:24 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 2:36 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 28:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 5:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 6:38 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 1:28 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 3:14 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 4:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Morm. 8:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Jarom 1:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)


Mosiah 25:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

 25:12 And it came to pass that those who were the children of Amulon and his brethren, who had taken to wife the daughters of the Lamanites, were displeased with the conduct of their fathers, and they would no longer be called by the names of their fathers, therefore they took upon themselves the name of Nephi, that they might be called the children of Nephi and be numbered among those who were called Nephites.

 25:13 And now all the people of Zarahemla were numbered with the Nephites, and this because the kingdom had been conferred upon none but those who were descendants of Nephi.




Alma 2:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 19:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 24:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 25:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 27:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 27:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 43:44-45 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 47:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 48:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 49:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 53:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 55:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 62:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 4:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 6:34-35 (2 in 2 verses)

4 Ne. 1:36-37 (2 in 2 verses)

Morm. 2:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Morm. 4:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 3:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 3:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 0 0 0
NT 0 0 0
BM 369 0 369
2 Ne. 5 0 5
Jacob 3 0 3
Enos 4 0 4
Jarom 2 0 2
Omni 5 0 5
W of M 1 0 1
Mosiah 9 0 9
Alma 191 0 191
Hel. 62 0 62
3 Ne. 40 0 40
4 Ne. 3 0 3
Morm. 38 0 38
Ether 5 0 5
Moro. 1 0 1
DC 5 0 5
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 374 0 374

Mosiah 7:15
For behold, we are in bondage to the Lamanites, and are taxed with a tax which is grievous to be borne. And now, behold, our brethren will deliver us out of our bondage, or out of the hands of the Lamanites, and we will be their slaves; for it is better that we be slaves to the Nephites than to pay tribute to the king of the Lamanites.

Mosiah 9:1
I, Zeniff, having been taught in all the language of the Nephites, and having had a knowledge of the land of Nephi, or of the land of our fathers' first inheritance, and having been sent as a spy among the Lamanites that I might spy out their forces, that our army might come upon them and destroy them-- but when I saw that which was good among them I was desirous that they should not be destroyed.

Mosiah 19:28
And the king of the Lamanites set guards round about the land, that he might keep the people of Limhi in the land, that they might not depart into the wilderness; and he did support his guards out of the tribute which he did receive from the Nephites.

Mosiah 21:2
And it came to pass that after many days the Lamanites began again to be stirred up in anger against the Nephites, and they began to come into the borders of the land round about.

Mosiah 21:5
And now the afflictions of the Nephites were great, and there was no way that they could deliver themselves out of their hands, for the Lamanites had surrounded them on every side.

Mosiah 25:12
And it came to pass that those who were the children of Amulon and his brethren, who had taken to wife the daughters of the Lamanites, were displeased with the conduct of their fathers, and they would no longer be called by the names of their fathers, therefore they took upon themselves the name of Nephi, that they might be called the children of Nephi and be numbered among those who were called Nephites.

Mosiah 25:13
And now all the people of Zarahemla were numbered with the Nephites, and this because the kingdom had been conferred upon none but those who were descendants of Nephi.

Mosiah 28:2
That perhaps they might bring them to the knowledge of the Lord their God, and convince them of the iniquity of their fathers; and that perhaps they might cure them of their hatred towards the Nephites, that they might also be brought to rejoice in the Lord their God, that they might become friendly to one another, and that there should be no more contentions in all the land which the Lord their God had given them.

Mosiah 29:44
And thus commenced the reign of the judges throughout all the land of Zarahemla, among all the people who were called the Nephites; and Alma was the first and chief judge.