Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'tongue' occurs 170 times in the standard works.

27 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'tongue' 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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James 3:5-8 (4 in 4 verses)

D&C 98:33-36 (4 in 4 verses)

2 Ne. 31:13-14 (3 in 2 verses)

Ezra 4:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Rev. 9:11 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 32:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 12:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 120:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Prov. 12:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 14:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 14:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 96 9 105
NT 33 28 61
BM 24 20 44
DC 16 10 26
PGP 1 4 5
TOTAL 170 71 241

D&C 7:3
And the Lord said unto me: Verily, verily, I say unto thee, because thou desirest this thou shalt tarry until I come in my glory, and shalt prophesy before nations, kindreds, tongues and people.

D&C 29:19
And their tongues shall be stayed that they shall not utter against me; and their flesh shall fall from off their bones, and their eyes from their sockets;

D&C 42:58
And I give unto you a commandment that then ye shall teach them unto all men; for they shall be taught unto all nations, kindreds, tongues and people.

D&C 46:24
And again, it is given to some to speak with tongues;

D&C 46:25
And to another is given the interpretation of tongues.

D&C 88:103
And another trump shall sound, which is the fifth trump, which is the fifth angel who committeth the everlasting gospel-- flying through the midst of heaven, unto all nations, kindreds, tongues, and people;

D&C 90:15
And set in order the churches, and study and learn, and become acquainted with all good books, and with languages, tongues, and people.

D&C 109:36
Let it be fulfilled upon them, as upon those on the day of Pentecost; let the gift of tongues be poured out upon thy people, even cloven tongues as of fire, and the interpretation thereof.

D&C 112:1
Verily thus saith the Lord unto you my servant Thomas: I have heard thy prayers; and thine alms have come up as a memorial before me, in behalf of those, thy brethren, who were chosen to bear testimony of my name and to send it abroad among all nations, kindreds, tongues, and people, and ordained through the instrumentality of my servants.