Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'answer' occurs 164 times in the standard works.

26 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'answer' in the standard works and contain 15.9% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 12 minutes to read the entire list.

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Job 13:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 11:21 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 12:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 10:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Job 9:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Job 20:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Job 40:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Prov. 26:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 25:44-45 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 11:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 109:77-78 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 128:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 130:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 103 304 407
NT 28 244 272
BM 15 34 49
DC 17 7 24
PGP 1 6 7
TOTAL 164 595 759

D&C 49:16
Wherefore, it is lawful that he should have one wife, and they twain shall be one flesh, and all this that the earth might answer the end of its creation;

D&C 50:16
Behold ye shall answer this question yourselves; nevertheless, I will be merciful unto you; he that is weak among you hereafter shall be made strong.

D&C 72:14
And the labors of the faithful who labor in spiritual things, in administering the gospel and the things of the kingdom unto the church, and unto the world, shall answer the debt unto the bishop in Zion;

D&C 101:7
They were slow to hearken unto the voice of the Lord their God; therefore, the Lord their God is slow to hearken unto their prayers, to answer them in the day of their trouble.

D&C 109:77
O Lord God Almighty, hear us in these our petitions, and answer us from heaven, thy holy habitation, where thou sittest enthroned, with glory, honor, power, majesty, might, dominion, truth, justice, judgment, mercy, and an infinity of fulness, from everlasting to everlasting.

D&C 109:78
O hear, O hear, O hear us, O Lord! And answer these petitions, and accept the dedication of this house unto thee, the work of our hands, which we have built unto thy name;

D&C 112:10
Be thou humble; and the Lord thy God shall lead thee by the hand, and give thee answer to thy prayers.

D&C 124:2
Your prayers are acceptable before me; and in answer to them I say unto you, that you are now called immediately to make a solemn proclamation of my gospel, and of this stake which I have planted to be a cornerstone of Zion, which shall be polished with the refinement which is after the similitude of a palace.

D&C 124:52
And I will answer judgment, wrath, and indignation, wailing, and anguish, and gnashing of teeth upon their heads, unto the third and fourth generation, so long as they repent not, and hate me, saith the Lord your God.

D&C 128:4
Then, let there be a general recorder, to whom these other records can be handed, being attended with certificates over their own signatures, certifying that the record they have made is true. Then the general church recorder can enter the record on the general church book, with the certificates and all the attending witnesses, with his own statement that he verily believes the above statement and records to be true, from his knowledge of the general character and appointment of those men by the church. And when this is done on the general church book, the record shall be just as holy, and shall answer the ordinance just the same as if he had seen with his eyes and heard with his ears, and made a record of the same on the general church book.

D&C 128:5
You may think this order of things to be very particular; but let me tell you that it is only to answer the will of God, by conforming to the ordinance and preparation that the Lord ordained and prepared before the foundation of the world, for the salvation of the dead who should die without a knowledge of the gospel.

D&C 128:12
Herein is glory and honor, and immortality and eternal life-- The ordinance of baptism by water, to be immersed therein in order to answer to the likeness of the dead, that one principle might accord with the other; to be immersed in the water and come forth out of the water is in the likeness of the resurrection of the dead in coming forth out of their graves; hence, this ordinance was instituted to form a relationship with the ordinance of baptism for the dead, being in likeness of the dead.

D&C 130:4
In answer to the question-- Is not the reckoning of God's time, angel's time, prophet's time, and man's time, according to the planet on which they reside?

D&C 130:5
I answer, Yes. But there are no angels who minister to this earth but those who do belong or have belonged to it.

D&C 132:2
Behold, and lo, I am the Lord thy God, and will answer thee as touching this matter.

D&C 133:65
Wherefore, this shall be the answer of the Lord unto them:

D&C 133:67
When I called again there was none of you to answer; yet my arm was not shortened at all that I could not redeem, neither my power to deliver.