Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'witness' occurs 194 times in the standard works.

64 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'witness' in the standard works and contain 33% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 26 minutes to read the entire list.

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John 5:31-37 (8 in 7 verses)

1 Jn. 5:6-10 (6 in 5 verses)

Mark 14:55-60 (6 in 6 verses)

1 Sam. 12:3-5 (4 in 3 verses)

D&C 6:22-24 (4 in 3 verses)

Deut. 19:15-18 (4 in 4 verses)

John 1:7-8 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 10:12-13 (3 in 2 verses)

Gen. 31:50-52 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 14:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)

Josh. 24:27 (2 in 1 verse)

Job 16:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Prov. 14:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Prov. 14:25 (2 in 1 verse)

John 8:18 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 7:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 17:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 22:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 18:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 5:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 63 25 88
Gen. 6 0 6
Ex. 3 0 3
Lev. 1 0 1
Num. 5 1 6
Deut. 10 5 15
Josh. 5 2 7
Judg. 1 0 1
Ruth 0 3 3
1 Sam. 4 0 4
1 Kgs. 1 1 2
2 Chr. 1 0 1
Job 4 1 5
Ps. 1 2 3
Prov. 12 0 12
Isa. 3 6 9
Jer. 2 4 6
Lam. 1 0 1
Micah 1 0 1
Mal. 2 0 2
NT 72 33 105
BM 39 31 70
DC 19 14 33
PGP 1 0 1
TOTAL 194 103 297

Num. 5:13
And a man lie with her carnally, and it be hid from the eyes of her husband, and be kept close, and she be defiled, and there be no witness against her, neither she be taken with the manner;

Num. 17:7
And Moses laid up the rods before the Lord in the tabernacle of witness.

Num. 17:8
And it came to pass, that on the morrow Moses went into the tabernacle of witness; and, behold, the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi was budded, and brought forth buds, and bloomed blossoms, and yielded almonds.

Num. 18:2
And thy brethren also of the tribe of Levi, the tribe of thy father, bring thou with thee, that they may be joined unto thee, and minister unto thee: but thou and thy sons with thee shall minister before the tabernacle of witness.

Num. 35:30
Whoso killeth any person, the murderer shall be put to death by the mouth of witnesses: but one witness shall not testify against any person to cause him to die.