Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'both' occurs 548 times in the standard works.

89 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'both' in the standard works and contain 16.2% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 33 minutes to read the entire list.

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Alma 11:43-44 (5 in 2 verses)

Hel. 6:9-12 (5 in 4 verses)

Lev. 20:11-14 (4 in 4 verses)

Philip. 4:9-12 (4 in 4 verses)

2 Ne. 10:16 (3 in 1 verse)

Alma 1:30 (3 in 1 verse)

Deut. 22:22-24 (3 in 3 verses)

Rom. 1:12-14 (3 in 3 verses)

Rev. 19:18-20 (3 in 3 verses)

Morm. 4:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 43:18-20 (3 in 3 verses)

Ex. 36:29 (2 in 1 verse)

John 15:24 (2 in 1 verse)

Acts 8:38 (2 in 1 verse)

Acts 14:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Rom. 14:9 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 8:27 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 18:25 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 2:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 4:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 5:49 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 52:35 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 6:2 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 7:8 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 102:11 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 135:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Moses 6:63 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 6:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Neh. 12:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 1:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 6:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Rev. 13:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 13:41-42 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 26:33-27:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 11:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 14:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 254 33 287
NT 107 0 107
Matt. 6 0 6
Mark 2 0 2
Luke 10 0 10
John 10 0 10
Acts 25 0 25
Rom. 7 0 7
1 Cor. 8 0 8
2 Cor. 1 0 1
Eph. 4 0 4
Philip. 6 0 6
1 Thes. 2 0 2
2 Thes. 1 0 1
1 Tim. 2 0 2
Titus 1 0 1
Philem. 1 0 1
Heb. 10 0 10
James 1 0 1
2 Pet. 2 0 2
2 Jn. 1 0 1
Jude 1 0 1
Rev. 6 0 6
BM 116 0 116
DC 57 0 57
PGP 14 0 14
TOTAL 548 33 581

Acts 1:1
The former treatise have I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach,

Acts 1:8
But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.

Acts 1:13
And when they were come in, they went up into an upper room, where abode both Peter, and James, and John, and Andrew, Philip, and Thomas, Bartholomew, and Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon Zelotes, and Judas the brother of James.

Acts 2:29
Men and brethren, let me freely speak unto you of the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his sepulchre is with us unto this day.

Acts 2:36
Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God hath made that same Jesus, whom ye have crucified, both Lord and Christ.

Acts 4:27
For of a truth against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the people of Israel, were gathered together,

Acts 5:14
And believers were the more added to the Lord, multitudes both of men and women.)

Acts 8:12
But when they believed Philip preaching the things concerning the kingdom of God, and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.

Acts 8:38
And he commanded the chariot to stand still: and they went down both into the water, both Philip and the eunuch; and he baptized him.

Acts 10:39
And we are witnesses of all things which he did both in the land of the Jews, and in Jerusalem; whom they slew and hanged on a tree:

Acts 14:1
And it came to pass in Iconium, that they went both together into the synagogue of the Jews, and so spake, that a great multitude both of the Jews and also of the Greeks believed.

Acts 14:5
And when there was an assault made both of the Gentiles, and also of the Jews with their rulers, to use them despitefully, and to stone them,

Acts 19:10
And this continued by the space of two years; so that all they which dwelt in Asia heard the word of the Lord Jesus, both Jews and Greeks.

Acts 20:21
Testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.

Acts 21:12
And when we heard these things, both we, and they of that place, besought him not to go up to Jerusalem.

Acts 22:4
And I persecuted this way unto the death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women.

Acts 23:8
For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, neither angel, nor spirit: but the Pharisees confess both.

Acts 24:15
And have hope toward God, which they themselves also allow, that there shall be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and unjust.

Acts 25:24
And Festus said, King Agrippa, and all men which are here present with us, ye see this man, about whom all the multitude of the Jews have dealt with me, both at Jerusalem, and also here, crying that he ought not to live any longer.

Acts 26:16
But rise, and stand upon thy feet: for I have appeared unto thee for this purpose, to make thee a minister and a witness both of these things which thou hast seen, and of those things in the which I will appear unto thee;

Acts 26:22
Having therefore obtained help of God, I continue unto this day, witnessing both to small and great, saying none other things than those which the prophets and Moses did say should come:

Acts 26:29
And Paul said, I would to God, that not only thou, but also all that hear me this day, were both almost, and altogether such as I am, except these bonds.

Acts 28:23
And when they had appointed him a day, there came many to him into his lodging; to whom he expounded and testified the kingdom of God, persuading them concerning Jesus, both out of the law of Moses, and out of the prophets, from morning till evening.