Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'only' occurs 447 times in the standard works.

71 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'only' in the standard works and contain 15.9% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 32 minutes to read the entire list.

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D&C 124:70-71 (3 in 2 verses)

Job 1:15-17 (3 in 3 verses)

Ps. 62:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 20:19-21 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 89:13-15 (3 in 3 verses)

Moses 1:15-17 (3 in 3 verses)

Moses 1:19-21 (3 in 3 verses)

Ex. 10:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Prov. 21:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 32:30 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 32:19 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 104:53 (2 in 1 verse)

Moses 1:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Moses 6:52 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 34:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 1:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 6:39-40 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 7:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 13:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 3:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Tim. 6:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Jacob 4:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 2:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 3:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 12:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 32:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 32:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 76:37-38 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 135:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 1:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 2:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

JS-H 1:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 155 0 155
NT 98 2 100
BM 78 0 78
1 Ne. 4 0 4
2 Ne. 6 0 6
Jacob 6 0 6
Mosiah 8 0 8
Alma 42 0 42
Hel. 5 0 5
Morm. 2 0 2
Ether 3 0 3
Moro. 2 0 2
DC 77 0 77
PGP 39 0 39
TOTAL 447 2 449

Hel. 5:9
O remember, remember, my sons, the words which king Benjamin spake unto his people; yea, remember that there is no other way nor means whereby man can be saved, only through the atoning blood of Jesus Christ, who shall come; yea, remember that he cometh to redeem the world.

Hel. 8:13
But, behold, ye not only deny my words, but ye also deny all the words which have been spoken by our fathers, and also the words which were spoken by this man, Moses, who had such great power given unto him, yea, the words which he hath spoken concerning the coming of the Messiah.

Hel. 8:16
And now behold, Moses did not only testify of these things, but also all the holy prophets, from his days even to the days of Abraham.

Hel. 8:18
Yea, and behold I say unto you, that Abraham not only knew of these things, but there were many before the days of Abraham who were called by the order of God; yea, even after the order of his Son; and this that it should be shown unto the people, a great many thousand years before his coming, that even redemption should come unto them.

Hel. 9:15
Now, as for the murder of this man, we know not who has done it; and only this much we know, we ran and came according as ye desired, and behold he was dead, according to the words of Nephi.