Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'write' occurs 245 times in the standard works.

96 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'write' in the standard works and contain 39.2% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 33 minutes to read the entire list.

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1 Ne. 14:21-25 (6 in 5 verses)

Ether 3:22-27 (6 in 6 verses)

2 Ne. 29:11-12 (5 in 2 verses)

Morm. 3:17-20 (5 in 4 verses)

1 Jn. 2:12-13 (4 in 2 verses)

Jacob 4:1-2 (4 in 2 verses)

Jarom 1:1-2 (4 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 26:11-12 (3 in 2 verses)

Ether 12:24-25 (3 in 2 verses)

Moro. 8:30-9:1 (3 in 2 verses)

Rev. 3:12-14 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 3:17-19 (3 in 3 verses)

Morm. 8:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 37:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Acts 25:26 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Jn. 1:12 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Jn. 1:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Jude 1:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Rev. 10:4 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 3:12 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 25:3 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 31:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Omni 1:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Omni 1:9 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 16:4 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 28:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Moro. 1:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Moro. 10:1 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 104:81 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 17:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 16:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Jn. 2:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 27:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 1:40-41 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 6:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 36 7 43
Ex. 3 0 3
Num. 3 0 3
Deut. 9 0 9
Judg. 0 1 1
2 Chr. 1 0 1
Ezra 1 0 1
Neh. 1 0 1
Esth. 1 0 1
Job 0 1 1
Ps. 0 2 2
Prov. 2 0 2
Isa. 4 0 4
Jer. 6 0 6
Ezek. 4 3 7
Hab. 1 0 1
NT 55 0 55
BM 122 1 123
DC 23 0 23
PGP 9 0 9
TOTAL 245 8 253

Judg. 5:14
Out of Ephraim was there a root of them against Amalek; after thee, Benjamin, among thy people; out of Machir came down governors, and out of Zebulun they that handle the pen of the writer.

Job 13:26
For thou writest bitter things against me, and makest me to possess the iniquities of my youth.

Ps. 45:1
My heart is inditing a good matter: I speak of the things which I have made touching the king: my tongue is the pen of a ready writer.

Ps. 87:6
The Lord shall count, when he writeth up the people, that this man was born there. Selah.

Ezek. 9:2
And, behold, six men came from the way of the higher gate, which lieth toward the north, and every man a slaughter weapon in his hand; and one man among them was clothed with linen, with a writer's inkhorn by his side: and they went in, and stood beside the brasen altar.

Ezek. 9:3
And the glory of the God of Israel was gone up from the cherub, whereupon he was, to the threshold of the house. And he called to the man clothed with linen, which had the writer's inkhorn by his side;

Ezek. 37:20
And the sticks whereon thou writest shall be in thine hand before their eyes.