Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'teach' occurs 219 times in the standard works.

55 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'teach' in the standard works and contain 25.1% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 23 minutes to read the entire list.

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Alma 37:29-34 (6 in 6 verses)

Mosiah 16:14-15 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 30:22-23 (3 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 12:27-29 (3 in 3 verses)

Matt. 5:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 1:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 4:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 24:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 8:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 38:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Moro. 8:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 4:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Job 12:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 25:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 25:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Tim. 6:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 18:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 18:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 5:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 26:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Moro. 10:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 42:57-58 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 88:77-78 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 6:57-58 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 74 20 94
NT 34 49 83
BM 77 54 131
1 Ne. 1 3 4
2 Ne. 7 10 17
Jacob 1 1 2
Jarom 1 2 3
W of M 0 1 1
Mosiah 28 13 41
Alma 25 16 41
Hel. 3 1 4
3 Ne. 6 0 6
4 Ne. 1 0 1
Morm. 0 2 2
Moro. 4 5 9
DC 31 36 67
PGP 3 3 6
TOTAL 219 162 381

Mosiah 1:9
And it came to pass that after king Benjamin had made an end of teaching his sons, that he waxed old, and he saw that he must very soon go the way of all the earth; therefore, he thought it expedient that he should confer the kingdom upon one of his sons.

Mosiah 2:4
And also that they might give thanks to the Lord their God, who had brought them out of the land of Jerusalem, and who had delivered them out of the hands of their enemies, and had appointed just men to be their teachers, and also a just man to be their king, who had established peace in the land of Zarahemla, and who had taught them to keep the commandments of God, that they might rejoice and be filled with love towards God and all men.

Mosiah 2:29
And moreover, I say unto you that I have caused that ye should assemble yourselves together, that I might declare unto you that I can no longer be your teacher, nor your king;

Mosiah 23:14
And also trust no one to be your teacher nor your minister, except he be a man of God, walking in his ways and keeping his commandments.

Mosiah 23:17
And it came to pass that none received authority to preach or to teach except it were by him from God. Therefore he consecrated all their priests and all their teachers; and none were consecrated except they were just men.

Mosiah 24:1
And it came to pass that Amulon did gain favor in the eyes of the king of the Lamanites; therefore, the king of the Lamanites granted unto him and his brethren that they should be appointed teachers over his people, yea, even over the people who were in the land of Shemlon, and in the land of Shilom, and in the land of Amulon.

Mosiah 24:4
And he appointed teachers of the brethren of Amulon in every land which was possessed by his people; and thus the language of Nephi began to be taught among all the people of the Lamanites.

Mosiah 25:19
And it came to pass that king Mosiah granted unto Alma that he might establish churches throughout all the land of Zarahemla; and gave him power to ordain priests and teachers over every church.

Mosiah 25:20
Now this was done because there were so many people that they could not all be governed by one teacher; neither could they all hear the word of God in one assembly;

Mosiah 25:21
Therefore they did assemble themselves together in different bodies, being called churches; every church having their priests and their teachers, and every priest preaching the word according as it was delivered to him by the mouth of Alma.

Mosiah 26:7
And it came to pass that they were brought before the priests, and delivered up unto the priests by the teachers; and the priests brought them before Alma, who was the high priest.

Mosiah 26:38
And now all these things did Alma and his fellow laborers do who were over the church, walking in all diligence, teaching the word of God in all things, suffering all manner of afflictions, being persecuted by all those who did not belong to the church of God.

Mosiah 27:5
Yea, and all their priests and teachers should labor with their own hands for their support, in all cases save it were in sickness, or in much want; and doing these things, they did abound in the grace of God.