Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'lehi' occurs 130 times in the standard works.

51 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'lehi' in the standard works and contain 39.2% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 20 minutes to read the entire list.

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Alma 52:27-31 (7 in 5 verses)

Alma 50:25-28 (5 in 4 verses)

Alma 49:16-17 (4 in 2 verses)


Mosiah 7:1-4 (4 in 4 verses)

 7:1 And now, it came to pass that after king Mosiah had had continual peace for the space of three years, he was desirous to know concerning the people who went up to dwell in the land of Lehi-Nephi, or in the city of Lehi-Nephi; for his people had heard nothing from them from the time they left the land of Zarahemla; therefore, they wearied him with their teasings.

 7:2 And it came to pass that king Mosiah granted that sixteen of their strong men might go up to the land of Lehi-Nephi, to inquire concerning their brethren.

 7:3 And it came to pass that on the morrow they started to go up, having with them one Ammon, he being a strong and mighty man, and a descendant of Zarahemla; and he was also their leader.

 7:4 And now, they knew not the course they should travel in the wilderness to go up to the land of Lehi-Nephi; therefore they wandered many days in the wilderness, even forty days did they wander.




Alma 43:40 (3 in 1 verse)

Alma 53:2 (3 in 1 verse)

Alma 24:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 62:30-32 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 62:32-34 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 7:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 5:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 6:10 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 1:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 43:35-36 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 43:52-53 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 5:36-37 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 1:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 4 0 4
NT 0 0 0
BM 125 1 126
1 Ne. 11 0 11
2 Ne. 5 0 5
Jacob 2 0 2
Enos 1 0 1
Mosiah 12 0 12
Alma 65 1 66
Hel. 18 0 18
3 Ne. 8 0 8
Morm. 1 0 1
Ether 2 0 2
DC 1 0 1
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 130 1 131

Mosiah 1:4
For it were not possible that our father, Lehi, could have remembered all these things, to have taught them to his children, except it were for the help of these plates; for he having been taught in the language of the Egyptians therefore he could read these engravings, and teach them to his children, that thereby they could teach them to their children, and so fulfilling the commandments of God, even down to this present time.

Mosiah 2:34
I say unto you, that there are not any among you, except it be your little children that have not been taught concerning these things, but what knoweth that ye are eternally indebted to your heavenly Father, to render to him all that you have and are; and also have been taught concerning the records which contain the prophecies which have been spoken by the holy prophets, even down to the time our father, Lehi, left Jerusalem;

Mosiah 6:4
And Mosiah began to reign in his father's stead. And he began to reign in the thirtieth year of his age, making in the whole, about four hundred and seventy-six years from the time that Lehi left Jerusalem.

Mosiah 7:1
And now, it came to pass that after king Mosiah had had continual peace for the space of three years, he was desirous to know concerning the people who went up to dwell in the land of Lehi-Nephi, or in the city of Lehi-Nephi; for his people had heard nothing from them from the time they left the land of Zarahemla; therefore, they wearied him with their teasings.

Mosiah 7:2
And it came to pass that king Mosiah granted that sixteen of their strong men might go up to the land of Lehi-Nephi, to inquire concerning their brethren.

Mosiah 7:4
And now, they knew not the course they should travel in the wilderness to go up to the land of Lehi-Nephi; therefore they wandered many days in the wilderness, even forty days did they wander.

Mosiah 7:21
And ye all are witnesses this day, that Zeniff, who was made king over this people, he being over-zealous to inherit the land of his fathers, therefore being deceived by the cunning and craftiness of king Laman, who having entered into a treaty with king Zeniff, and having yielded up into his hands the possessions of a part of the land, or even the city of Lehi-Nephi, and the city of Shilom; and the land round about--

Mosiah 9:6
And I went in unto the king, and he covenanted with me that I might possess the land of Lehi-Nephi, and the land of Shilom.

Mosiah 9:8
And we began to build buildings, and to repair the walls of the city, yea, even the walls of the city of Lehi-Nephi, and the city of Shilom.

Mosiah 28:20
And now, as I said unto you, that after king Mosiah had done these things, he took the plates of brass, and all the things which he had kept, and conferred them upon Alma, who was the son of Alma; yea, all the records, and also the interpreters, and conferred them upon him, and commanded him that he should keep and preserve them, and also keep a record of the people, handing them down from one generation to another, even as they had been handed down from the time that Lehi left Jerusalem.

Mosiah 29:46
And it came to pass that Mosiah died also, in the thirty and third year of his reign, being sixty and three years old; making in the whole, five hundred and nine years from the time Lehi left Jerusalem.