Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'law' occurs 842 times in the standard works.

451 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'law' in the standard works and contain 53.6% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 185 minutes to read the entire list.

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Rom. 2:12-27 (21 in 16 verses)

Rom. 7:1-16 (16 in 16 verses)

2 Ne. 25:24-26:1 (14 in 8 verses)

Mosiah 13:27-32 (12 in 6 verses)

Rom. 7:21-8:7 (12 in 12 verses)

Alma 42:17-23 (10 in 7 verses)

D&C 88:34-42 (10 in 9 verses)

D&C 132:58-66 (10 in 9 verses)

2 Ne. 2:5-13 (9 in 9 verses)


1 Cor. 9:20-21 (8 in 2 verses)

 9:20 And unto the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews; to them that are under the law, as under the law, that I might gain them that are under the law;

 9:21 To them that are without law, as without law, (being not without law to God, but under the law to Christ,) that I might gain them that are without law.




Gal. 3:17-24 (8 in 8 verses)

D&C 88:21-25 (7 in 5 verses)

Ruth 2:18-3:1 (7 in 7 verses)

3 Ne. 15:4-10 (7 in 7 verses)

Alma 25:15-16 (6 in 2 verses)

Rom. 3:19-21 (6 in 3 verses)

D&C 74:2-5 (6 in 4 verses)

Mosiah 12:28-32 (6 in 5 verses)

Gal. 2:16-21 (6 in 6 verses)

Alma 30:7-12 (6 in 6 verses)

Rom. 4:13-16 (5 in 4 verses)

Gal. 3:10-13 (5 in 4 verses)

Alma 51:2-5 (5 in 4 verses)

D&C 98:5-8 (5 in 4 verses)

Rom. 3:27-31 (5 in 5 verses)

James 2:8-12 (5 in 5 verses)

Alma 1:14-18 (5 in 5 verses)

Luke 12:53 (4 in 1 verse)

James 4:11 (4 in 1 verse)

Alma 62:9-10 (4 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 9:25-27 (4 in 3 verses)

Alma 10:26-28 (4 in 3 verses)

Alma 11:1-3 (4 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 12:17-19 (4 in 3 verses)

D&C 119:4-6 (4 in 3 verses)

Ex. 18:5-8 (4 in 4 verses)

Ex. 18:12-15 (4 in 4 verses)

Josh. 8:31-34 (4 in 4 verses)

Mal. 2:6-9 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 34:11-14 (4 in 4 verses)

D&C 42:84-87 (4 in 4 verses)

D&C 132:31-34 (4 in 4 verses)

Ruth 1:14-15 (3 in 2 verses)

Rom. 9:31-32 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 4:15-16 (3 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 3:14-15 (3 in 2 verses)

Gen. 19:12-14 (3 in 3 verses)

Ruth 1:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Sam. 4:19-21 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Sam. 18:21-23 (3 in 3 verses)

Neh. 8:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

Neh. 8:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

Dan. 9:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

Luke 2:22-24 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Tim. 1:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 1:32-2:1 (3 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 6:25-27 (3 in 3 verses)

Moro. 8:22-24 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 41:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 132:5-7 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 132:17-19 (3 in 3 verses)

Num. 6:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezra 7:26 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 1:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Prov. 28:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 43:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Micah 7:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 10:35 (2 in 1 verse)

John 7:19 (2 in 1 verse)

John 19:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Acts 23:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Rom. 5:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Gal. 4:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Heb. 7:28 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Jn. 3:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Jacob 7:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 30:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 9:5 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 24:17 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 42:59 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 58:36 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 38:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 18:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 5:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 17:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 31:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 1:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 19:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Ruth 3:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 18:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 23:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 31:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 34:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Neh. 8:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Neh. 10:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 5:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 16:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Rom. 6:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Rom. 10:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 6:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 9:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Gal. 4:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Gal. 5:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Philip. 3:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Heb. 7:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 10:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 8:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 1:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 6:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 43:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 98:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 105:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 130:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 132:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 132:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 132:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 134:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 300 36 336
NT 223 46 269
Matt. 11 10 21
Mark 0 6 6
Luke 14 11 25
John 16 2 18
Acts 22 4 26
Rom. 78 0 78
1 Cor. 17 4 21
2 Cor. 0 1 1
Gal. 32 0 32
Eph. 1 0 1
Philip. 3 0 3
1 Tim. 3 2 5
2 Tim. 0 1 1
Titus 1 1 2
Heb. 13 2 15
James 10 1 11
2 Pet. 0 1 1
1 Jn. 2 0 2
BM 185 49 234
DC 132 68 200
PGP 2 2 4
TOTAL 842 201 1043

1 Cor. 6:1
Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to law before the unjust, and not before the saints?

1 Cor. 6:6
But brother goeth to law with brother, and that before the unbelievers.

1 Cor. 6:7
Now therefore there is utterly a fault among you, because ye go to law one with another. Why do ye not rather take wrong? why do ye not rather suffer yourselves to be defrauded?

1 Cor. 6:12
All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any.

1 Cor. 7:39
The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth; but if her husband be dead, she is at liberty to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord.

1 Cor. 9:8
Say I these things as a man? or saith not the law the same also?

1 Cor. 9:9
For it is written in the law of Moses, Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn. Doth God take care for oxen?

1 Cor. 9:20
And unto the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews; to them that are under the law, as under the law, that I might gain them that are under the law;

1 Cor. 9:21
To them that are without law, as without law, (being not without law to God, but under the law to Christ,) that I might gain them that are without law.

1 Cor. 10:23
All things are lawful for me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but all things edify not.

1 Cor. 14:21
In the law it is written, With men of other tongues and other lips will I speak unto this people; and yet for all that will they not hear me, saith the Lord.

1 Cor. 14:34
Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but they are commanded to be under obedience, as also saith the law.

1 Cor. 15:56
The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law.