Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'baptism' occurs 75 times in the standard works.

38 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'baptism' in the standard works and contain 50.7% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 16 minutes to read the entire list.

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Moro. 8:10-15 (8 in 6 verses)

2 Ne. 31:13-17 (5 in 5 verses)

Moro. 6:1-4 (4 in 4 verses)

D&C 128:16-18 (3 in 3 verses)

Moro. 8:25 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 20:37 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 39:6 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 128:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 20:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 10:38-39 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 19:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 20:72-73 (2 in 2 verses)

JS-H 1:68-69 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 0 0 0
NT 22 1 23
BM 26 0 26
DC 24 9 33
PGP 3 0 3
TOTAL 75 10 85

Heb. 6:2
Of the doctrine of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.

D&C 124:29
For a baptismal font there is not upon the earth, that they, my saints, may be baptized for those who are dead--

D&C 124:31
But I command you, all ye my saints, to build a house unto me; and I grant unto you a sufficient time to build a house unto me; and during this time your baptisms shall be acceptable unto me.

D&C 124:32
But behold, at the end of this appointment your baptisms for your dead shall not be acceptable unto me; and if you do not these things at the end of the appointment ye shall be rejected as a church, with your dead, saith the Lord your God.

D&C 124:33
For verily I say unto you, that after you have had sufficient time to build a house to me, wherein the ordinance of baptizing for the dead belongeth, and for which the same was instituted from before the foundation of the world, your baptisms for your dead cannot be acceptable unto me;

D&C 124:35
And after this time, your baptisms for the dead, by those who are scattered abroad, are not acceptable unto me, saith the Lord.

D&C 124:36
For it is ordained that in Zion, and in her stakes, and in Jerusalem, those places which I have appointed for refuge, shall be the places for your baptisms for your dead.

D&C 124:39
Therefore, verily I say unto you, that your anointings, and your washings, and your baptisms for the dead, and your solemn assemblies, and your memorials for your sacrifices by the sons of Levi, and for your oracles in your most holy places wherein you receive conversations, and your statutes and judgments, for the beginning of the revelations and foundation of Zion, and for the glory, honor, and endowment of all her municipals, are ordained by the ordinance of my holy house, which my people are always commanded to build unto my holy name.

D&C 127:6
Verily, thus saith the Lord unto you concerning your dead: When any of you are baptized for your dead, let there be a recorder, and let him be eye-witness of your baptisms; let him hear with his ears, that he may testify of a truth, saith the Lord;

D&C 128:13
Consequently, the baptismal font was instituted as a similitude of the grave, and was commanded to be in a place underneath where the living are wont to assemble, to show forth the living and the dead, and that all things may have their likeness, and that they may accord one with another-- that which is earthly conforming to that which is heavenly, as Paul hath declared, 1 Corinthians 15:46, 47, and 48: