Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'peter' occurs 179 times in the standard works.

83 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'peter' in the standard works and contain 46.4% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 40 minutes to read the entire list.

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John 18:15-18 (5 in 4 verses)

Luke 22:58-62 (5 in 5 verses)

Acts 9:38-40 (4 in 3 verses)

John 13:6-9 (4 in 4 verses)

Acts 12:11-14 (4 in 4 verses)

Acts 12:13-16 (4 in 4 verses)

John 18:25-27 (3 in 3 verses)

John 20:2-4 (3 in 3 verses)

Acts 10:17-19 (3 in 3 verses)

Acts 10:44-46 (3 in 3 verses)

Acts 12:5-7 (3 in 3 verses)

John 21:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 14:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 16:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 8:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 14:66-67 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 9:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 22:54-55 (2 in 2 verses)

John 13:36-37 (2 in 2 verses)

John 18:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

John 21:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

John 21:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 2:37-38 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 3:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 3:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 5:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 10:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 10:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Gal. 2:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 7:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 138:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)


D&C 138:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

 138:9 "Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water." (1 Peter 3:18-20.)

 138:10 "For for this cause was the gospel preached also to them that are dead, that they might be judged according to men in the flesh, but live according to God in the spirit." (1 Peter 4:6.)




Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 0 3 3
NT 162 1 163
BM 0 0 0
DC 16 2 18
PGP 1 0 1
TOTAL 179 6 185

D&C 7:4
And for this cause the Lord said unto Peter: If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee? For he desired of me that he might bring souls unto me, but thou desiredst that thou mightest speedily come unto me in my kingdom.

D&C 7:5
I say unto thee, Peter, this was a good desire; but my beloved has desired that he might do more, or a greater work yet among men than what he has before done.

D&C 16:1
Hearken, my servant Peter, and listen to the words of Jesus Christ, your Lord and your Redeemer.

D&C 27:12
And also with Peter, and James, and John, whom I have sent unto you, by whom I have ordained you and confirmed you to be apostles, and especial witnesses of my name, and bear the keys of your ministry and of the same things which I revealed unto them;

D&C 30:5
Behold, I say unto you, Peter, that you shall take your journey with your brother Oliver; for the time has come that it is expedient in me that you shall open your mouth to declare my gospel; therefore, fear not, but give heed unto the words and advice of your brother, which he shall give you.

D&C 32:2
And that which I have appointed unto him is that he shall go with my servants, Oliver Cowdery and Peter Whitmer, Jun., into the wilderness among the Lamanites.

D&C 32:3
And Ziba Peterson also shall go with them; and I myself will go with them and be in their midst; and I am their advocate with the Father, and nothing shall prevail against them.

D&C 49:11
Wherefore, I give unto you a commandment that ye go among this people, and say unto them, like unto mine apostle of old, whose name was Peter:

D&C 58:60
Let that which has been bestowed upon Ziba Peterson be taken from him; and let him stand as a member in the church, and labor with his own hands, with the brethren, until he is sufficiently chastened for all his sins; for he confesseth them not, and he thinketh to hide them.

D&C 124:62
Behold, verily I say unto you, let my servant George Miller, and my servant Lyman Wight, and my servant John Snider, and my servant Peter Haws, organize themselves, and appoint one of them to be a president over their quorum for the purpose of building that house.

D&C 124:70
And again, verily I say unto you, if my servant George Miller, and my servant Lyman Wight, and my servant John Snider, and my servant Peter Haws, receive any stock into their hands, in moneys, or in properties wherein they receive the real value of moneys, they shall not appropriate any portion of that stock to any other purpose, only in that house.

D&C 128:10
And again, for the precedent, Matthew 16:18, 19: And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven; and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.

D&C 128:20
And again, what do we hear? Glad tidings from Cumorah! Moroni, an angel from heaven, declaring the fulfilment of the prophets-- the book to be revealed. A voice of the Lord in the wilderness of Fayette, Seneca county, declaring the three witnesses to bear record of the book! The voice of Michael on the banks of the Susquehanna, detecting the devil when he appeared as an angel of light! The voice of Peter, James, and John in the wilderness between Harmony, Susquehanna county, and Colesville, Broome county, on the Susquehanna river, declaring themselves as possessing the keys of the kingdom, and of the dispensation of the fulness of times!

D&C 138:5
While I was thus engaged, my mind reverted to the writings of the apostle Peter, to the primitive saints scattered abroad throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, and other parts of Asia, where the gospel had been preached after the crucifixion of the Lord.

D&C 138:6
I opened the Bible and read the third and fourth chapters of the first epistle of Peter, and as I read I was greatly impressed, more than I had ever been before, with the following passages:

D&C 138:9
"Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water." (1 Peter 3:18-20.)

D&C 138:10
"For for this cause was the gospel preached also to them that are dead, that they might be judged according to men in the flesh, but live according to God in the spirit." (1 Peter 4:6.)

D&C 138:28
And I wondered at the words of Peter-- wherein he said that the Son of God preached unto the spirits in prison, who sometime were disobedient, when once the long-suffering of God waited in the days of Noah-- and how it was possible for him to preach to those spirits and perform the necessary labor among them in so short a time.