Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'remain' occurs 148 times in the standard works.

14 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'remain' in the standard works and contain 9.5% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 6 minutes to read the entire list.

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Isa. 66:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 8:3 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 88:102 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 10:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 4:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 9:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 132:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 67 94 161
NT 12 18 30
BM 33 77 110
DC 33 14 47
PGP 3 6 9
TOTAL 148 209 357

D&C 27:10
And also with Joseph and Jacob, and Isaac, and Abraham, your fathers, by whom the promises remain;

D&C 43:14
And if ye do it not he shall remain unto them that have received him, that I may reserve unto myself a pure people before me.

D&C 45:25
But they shall be gathered again; but they shall remain until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.

D&C 48:1
It is necessary that ye should remain for the present time in your places of abode, as it shall be suitable to your circumstances.

D&C 56:7
Wherefore, let my servant Newel Knight remain with them; and as many as will go may go, that are contrite before me, and be led by him to the land which I have appointed.

D&C 62:8
These things remain with you to do according to judgment and the directions of the Spirit.

D&C 63:14
There were among you adulterers and adulteresses; some of whom have turned away from you, and others remain with you that hereafter shall be revealed.

D&C 63:66
These things remain to overcome through patience, that such may receive a more exceeding and eternal weight of glory, otherwise, a greater condemnation. Amen.

D&C 64:24
For after today cometh the burning-- this is speaking after the manner of the Lord-- for verily I say, tomorrow all the proud and they that do wickedly shall be as stubble; and I will burn them up, for I am the Lord of Hosts; and I will not spare any that remain in Babylon.

D&C 68:14
There remain hereafter, in the due time of the Lord, other bishops to be set apart unto the church, to minister even according to the first;

D&C 70:15
Now, this commandment I give unto my servants for their benefit while they remain, for a manifestation of my blessings upon their heads, and for a reward of their diligence and for their security;

D&C 74:6
That their children might remain without circumcision; and that the tradition might be done away, which saith that little children are unholy; for it was had among the Jews;

D&C 83:3
And if they are not faithful they shall not have fellowship in the church; yet they may remain upon their inheritances according to the laws of the land.

D&C 84:57
And they shall remain under this condemnation until they repent and remember the new covenant, even the Book of Mormon and the former commandments which I have given them, not only to say, but to do according to that which I have written--

D&C 84:61
For I will forgive you of your sins with this commandment-- that you remain steadfast in your minds in solemnity and the spirit of prayer, in bearing testimony to all the world of those things which are communicated unto you.

D&C 84:98
Until all shall know me, who remain, even from the least unto the greatest, and shall be filled with the knowledge of the Lord, and shall see eye to eye, and shall lift up their voice, and with the voice together sing this new song, saying:

D&C 86:10
Therefore your life and the priesthood have remained, and must needs remain through you and your lineage until the restoration of all things spoken by the mouths of all the holy prophets since the world began.

D&C 88:32
And they who remain shall also be quickened; nevertheless, they shall return again to their own place, to enjoy that which they are willing to receive, because they were not willing to enjoy that which they might have received.

D&C 88:35
That which breaketh a law, and abideth not by law, but seeketh to become a law unto itself, and willeth to abide in sin, and altogether abideth in sin, cannot be sanctified by law, neither by mercy, justice, nor judgment. Therefore, they must remain filthy still.

D&C 88:102
And another trump shall sound, which is the fourth trump, saying: There are found among those who are to remain until that great and last day, even the end, who shall remain filthy still.

D&C 90:21
And let my counselor, even Sidney Rigdon, remain where he now resides until the mouth of the Lord shall name.

D&C 101:18
They that remain, and are pure in heart, shall return, and come to their inheritances, they and their children, with songs of everlasting joy, to build up the waste places of Zion--

D&C 115:12
Thus let them from that time forth labor diligently until it shall be finished, from the cornerstone thereof unto the top thereof, until there shall not anything remain that is not finished.

D&C 117:5
Let the properties of Kirtland be turned out for debts, saith the Lord. Let them go, saith the Lord, and whatsoever remaineth, let it remain in your hands, saith the Lord.

D&C 118:2
Let my servant Thomas remain for a season in the land of Zion, to publish my word.

D&C 121:33
How long can rolling waters remain impure? What power shall stay the heavens? As well might man stretch forth his puny arm to stop the Missouri river in its decreed course, or to turn it up stream, as to hinder the Almighty from pouring down knowledge from heaven upon the heads of the Latter-day Saints.

D&C 122:9
Therefore, hold on thy way, and the priesthood shall remain with thee; for their bounds are set, they cannot pass. Thy days are known, and thy years shall not be numbered less; therefore, fear not what man can do, for God shall be with you forever and ever.

D&C 124:104
And if he will offer unto me an acceptable offering, and acknowledgments, and remain with my people, behold, I, the Lord your God, will heal him that he shall be healed; and he shall lift up his voice again on the mountains, and be a spokesman before my face.

D&C 132:13
And everything that is in the world, whether it be ordained of men, by thrones, or principalities, or powers, or things of name, whatsoever they may be, that are not by me or by my word, saith the Lord, shall be thrown down, and shall not remain after men are dead, neither in nor after the resurrection, saith the Lord your God.

D&C 132:14
For whatsoever things remain are by me; and whatsoever things are not by me shall be shaken and destroyed.

D&C 132:17
For these angels did not abide my law; therefore, they cannot be enlarged, but remain separately and singly, without exaltation, in their saved condition, to all eternity; and from henceforth are not gods, but are angels of God forever and ever.

D&C 136:9
Let each company prepare houses, and fields for raising grain, for those who are to remain behind this season; and this is the will of the Lord concerning his people.