Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'cease' occurs 128 times in the standard works.

19 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'cease' in the standard works and contain 14.8% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 6 minutes to read the entire list.

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D&C 88:121-124 (6 in 4 verses)

3 Ne. 10:9-10 (4 in 2 verses)


D&C 136:23-24 (3 in 2 verses)

 136:23 Cease to contend one with another; cease to speak evil one of another.

 136:24 Cease drunkenness; and let your words tend to edifying one another.




1 Ne. 18:21 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 20:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 6:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 65 29 94
NT 5 18 23
BM 35 24 59
DC 20 0 20
PGP 3 2 5
TOTAL 128 73 201

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