Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'truth' occurs 409 times in the standard works.

113 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'truth' in the standard works and contain 27.6% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 45 minutes to read the entire list.

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D&C 93:23-30 (10 in 8 verses)

D&C 50:14-21 (8 in 8 verses)

2 Jn. 1:1-4 (5 in 4 verses)

1 Ne. 16:2-3 (4 in 2 verses)

John 8:44-46 (4 in 3 verses)

3 Jn. 1:1-4 (4 in 4 verses)

2 Ne. 9:40 (3 in 1 verse)

John 18:37-38 (3 in 2 verses)

John 17:17-19 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 93:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)

Prov. 22:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 65:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Zech. 8:16 (2 in 1 verse)

John 8:32 (2 in 1 verse)

John 16:13 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Cor. 7:14 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Cor. 13:8 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Jn. 2:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 12:30 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 3:12 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 84:45 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 88:40 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 88:66 (2 in 1 verse)

Moses 6:61 (2 in 1 verse)

Moses 7:62 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 40:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 85:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 38:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 59:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

John 4:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Col. 1:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Thes. 2:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Tim. 3:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Jn. 3:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 13:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 33:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 15:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Moro. 10:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 84:101-102 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 88:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 93:36-37 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 93:39-40 (2 in 2 verses)

JS-H 1:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 118 0 118
Gen. 3 0 3
Ex. 2 0 2
Deut. 2 0 2
Josh. 1 0 1
Judg. 1 0 1
1 Sam. 2 0 2
2 Sam. 2 0 2
1 Kgs. 3 0 3
2 Kgs. 3 0 3
2 Chr. 2 0 2
Esth. 1 0 1
Job 1 0 1
Ps. 41 0 41
Prov. 10 0 10
Eccl. 1 0 1
Isa. 19 0 19
Jer. 8 0 8
Dan. 8 0 8
Hosea 1 0 1
Micah 1 0 1
Zech. 5 0 5
Mal. 1 0 1
NT 119 0 119
BM 79 0 79
DC 80 2 82
PGP 13 0 13
TOTAL 409 2 411

Ps. 15:2
He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart.

Ps. 25:5
Lead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou art the God of my salvation; on thee do I wait all the day.

Ps. 25:10
All the paths of the Lord are mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.

Ps. 26:3
For thy lovingkindness is before mine eyes: and I have walked in thy truth.

Ps. 30:9
What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth?

Ps. 31:5
Into thine hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O Lord God of truth.

Ps. 33:4
For the word of the Lord is right; and all his works are done in truth.

Ps. 40:10
I have not hid thy righteousness within my heart; I have declared thy faithfulness and thy salvation: I have not concealed thy lovingkindness and thy truth from the great congregation.

Ps. 40:11
Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me, O Lord: let thy lovingkindness and thy truth continually preserve me.

Ps. 43:3
O send out thy light and thy truth: let them lead me; let them bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy tabernacles.

Ps. 45:4
And in thy majesty ride prosperously because of truth and meekness and righteousness; and thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things.

Ps. 51:6
Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom.

Ps. 54:5
He shall reward evil unto mine enemies: cut them off in thy truth.

Ps. 57:3
He shall send from heaven, and save me from the reproach of him that would swallow me up. Selah. God shall send forth his mercy and his truth.

Ps. 57:10
For thy mercy is great unto the heavens, and thy truth unto the clouds.

Ps. 60:4
Thou hast given a banner to them that fear thee, that it may be displayed because of the truth. Selah.

Ps. 61:7
He shall abide before God for ever: O prepare mercy and truth, which may preserve him.

Ps. 69:13
But as for me, my prayer is unto thee, O Lord, in an acceptable time: O God, in the multitude of thy mercy hear me, in the truth of thy salvation.

Ps. 71:22
I will also praise thee with the psaltery, even thy truth, O my God: unto thee will I sing with the harp, O thou Holy One of Israel.

Ps. 85:10
Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other.

Ps. 85:11
Truth shall spring out of the earth; and righteousness shall look down from heaven.

Ps. 86:11
Teach me thy way, O Lord; I will walk in thy truth: unite my heart to fear thy name.

Ps. 86:15
But thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion, and gracious, longsuffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth.

Ps. 89:14
Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go before thy face.

Ps. 89:49
Lord, where are thy former lovingkindnesses, which thou swarest unto David in thy truth?

Ps. 91:4
He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler.

Ps. 96:13
Before the Lord: for he cometh, for he cometh to judge the earth: he shall judge the world with righteousness, and the people with his truth.

Ps. 98:3
He hath remembered his mercy and his truth toward the house of Israel: all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.

Ps. 100:5
For the Lord is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endureth to all generations.

Ps. 108:4
For thy mercy is great above the heavens: and thy truth reacheth unto the clouds.

Ps. 111:8
They stand fast for ever and ever, and are done in truth and uprightness.

Ps. 115:1
Not unto us, O Lord, not unto us, but unto thy name give glory, for thy mercy, and for thy truth's sake.

Ps. 117:2
For his merciful kindness is great toward us: and the truth of the Lord endureth for ever. Praise ye the Lord.

Ps. 119:30
I have chosen the way of truth: thy judgments have I laid before me.

Ps. 119:43
And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth; for I have hoped in thy judgments.

Ps. 119:142
Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and thy law is the truth.

Ps. 119:151
Thou art near, O Lord; and all thy commandments are truth.

Ps. 132:11
The Lord hath sworn in truth unto David; he will not turn from it; Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne.

Ps. 138:2
I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name.

Ps. 145:18
The Lord is nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth.

Ps. 146:6
Which made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that therein is: which keepeth truth for ever: