Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'show' occurs 150 times in the standard works.

54 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'show' in the standard works and contain 36% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 22 minutes to read the entire list.

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Ether 3:26-4:1 (6 in 4 verses)

D&C 10:34-36 (5 in 3 verses)

Alma 30:43-45 (4 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 19:20-21 (3 in 2 verses)

Ether 12:27-28 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 115:14-16 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 30:51 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 124:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Moses 1:7 (2 in 1 verse)

JS-H 1:42 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 27:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Jacob 7:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 23:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 37:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)


Hel. 16:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

 16:18 That it is not reasonable that such a being as a Christ shall come; if so, and he be the Son of God, the Father of heaven and of earth, as it has been spoken, why will he not show himself unto us as well as unto them who shall be at Jerusalem?

 16:19 Yea, why will he not show himself in this land as well as in the land of Jerusalem?




3 Ne. 19:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 45:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 45:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 66:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 97:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 124:95-96 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 0 12 12
NT 0 1 1
BM 95 66 161
1 Ne. 11 13 24
2 Ne. 11 10 21
Jacob 3 1 4
Mosiah 3 3 6
Alma 21 2 23
Hel. 4 9 13
3 Ne. 18 7 25
Morm. 2 2 4
Ether 19 17 36
Moro. 3 2 5
DC 40 21 61
PGP 15 5 20
TOTAL 150 105 255

Hel. 5:26
And it came to pass that Nephi and Lehi did stand forth and began to speak unto them, saying: Fear not, for behold, it is God that has shown unto you this marvelous thing, in the which is shown unto you that ye cannot lay your hands on us to slay us.

Hel. 7:23
For behold, thus saith the Lord: I will not show unto the wicked of my strength, to one more than the other, save it be unto those who repent of their sins, and hearken unto my words. Now therefore, I would that ye should behold, my brethren, that it shall be better for the Lamanites than for you except ye shall repent.

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. 9:24
And because I have done this, ye say that I have agreed with a man that he should do this thing; yea, because I showed unto you this sign ye are angry with me, and seek to destroy my life.

Hel. 9:25
And now behold, I will show unto you another sign, and see if ye will in this thing seek to destroy me.

Hel. 10:2
And it came to pass that Nephi went his way towards his own house, pondering upon the things which the Lord had shown unto him.

Hel. 15:3
Yea, wo unto this people who are called the people of Nephi except they shall repent, when they shall see all these signs and wonders which shall be showed unto them; for behold, they have been a chosen people of the Lord; yea, the people of Nephi hath he loved, and also hath he chastened them; yea, in the days of their iniquities hath he chastened them because he loveth them.

Hel. 15:15
For behold, had the mighty works been shown unto them which have been shown unto you, yea, unto them who have dwindled in unbelief because of the traditions of their fathers, ye can see of yourselves that they never would again have dwindled in unbelief.

Hel. 16:4
For behold, Nephi was baptizing, and prophesying, and preaching, crying repentance unto the people, showing signs and wonders, working miracles among the people, that they might know that the Christ must shortly come--

Hel. 16:18
That it is not reasonable that such a being as a Christ shall come; if so, and he be the Son of God, the Father of heaven and of earth, as it has been spoken, why will he not show himself unto us as well as unto them who shall be at Jerusalem?

Hel. 16:19
Yea, why will he not show himself in this land as well as in the land of Jerusalem?