Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'scripture' occurs 42 times in the standard works.

4 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'scripture' in the standard works and contain 9.5% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 2 minutes to read the entire list.

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JS-H 1:12 (2 in 1 verse)

John 19:36-37 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 1 0 1
NT 31 21 52
BM 4 41 45
1 Ne. 0 1 1
2 Ne. 0 2 2
Jacob 0 5 5
Mosiah 0 1 1
Alma 2 18 20
Hel. 0 2 2
3 Ne. 0 11 11
Morm. 1 1 2
Ether 1 0 1
DC 3 29 32
PGP 3 1 4
TOTAL 42 92 134

Alma 12:21
What does the scripture mean, which saith that God placed cherubim and a flaming sword on the east of the garden of Eden, lest our first parents should enter and partake of the fruit of the tree of life, and live forever? And thus we see that there was no possible chance that they should live forever.

Alma 30:8
For thus saith the scripture: Choose ye this day, whom ye will serve.

Morm. 8:20
Behold what the scripture says-- man shall not smite, neither shall he judge; for judgment is mine, saith the Lord, and vengeance is mine also, and I will repay.

Ether 13:12
And when these things come, bringeth to pass the scripture which saith, there are they who were first, who shall be last; and there are they who were last, who shall be first.