Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'spoken' occurs 609 times in the standard works.

151 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'spoken' in the standard works and contain 24.8% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 62 minutes to read the entire list.

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Alma 10:25-28 (6 in 4 verses)

Mosiah 5:1-6 (6 in 6 verses)

Alma 5:43-47 (5 in 5 verses)

Alma 12:24-27 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 33:1 (3 in 1 verse)

Hel. 8:13 (3 in 1 verse)

Deut. 18:21-22 (3 in 2 verses)

Job 42:7-8 (3 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 13:7-8 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 20:15-16 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 25:18-20 (3 in 3 verses)

Mosiah 2:34-36 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 34:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 40:15-17 (3 in 3 verses)

Num. 12:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 5:28 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 18:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Luke 12:3 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 15:35 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 17:45 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 9:40 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 25:28 (2 in 1 verse)

Jacob 6:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 4:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 20:27 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 10:12 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 13:25 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 19:8 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 1:38 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 57:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Moses 1:42 (2 in 1 verse)

Moses 5:53 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 21:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 16:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 48:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 36:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 2:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

John 12:48-49 (2 in 2 verses)

John 18:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 13:45-46 (2 in 2 verses)

Heb. 2:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 4:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)


1 Ne. 14:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

 14:7 For the time cometh, saith the Lamb of God, that I will work a great and a marvelous work among the children of men; a work which shall be everlasting, either on the one hand or on the other-- either to the convincing of them unto peace and life eternal, or unto the deliverance of them to the hardness of their hearts and the blindness of their minds unto their being brought down into captivity, and also into destruction, both temporally and spiritually, according to the captivity of the devil, of which I have spoken.

 14:8 And it came to pass that when the angel had spoken these words, he said unto me: Rememberest thou the covenants of the Father unto the house of Israel? I said unto him, Yea.




2 Ne. 3:25-4:1 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 6:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 9:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 25:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 2:40-41 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 3:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 11:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 13:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 17:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 6:8-7:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 7:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 12:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 14:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 33:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 9:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 9:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 5:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 11:41-12:1 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 29:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 77:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 102:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 196 0 196
NT 91 0 91
BM 250 0 250
1 Ne. 35 0 35
2 Ne. 34 0 34
Jacob 6 0 6
Mosiah 37 0 37
Alma 71 0 71
Hel. 19 0 19
3 Ne. 33 0 33
Morm. 2 0 2
Ether 9 0 9
Moro. 4 0 4
DC 59 0 59
PGP 13 0 13
TOTAL 609 0 609

1 Ne. 2:16
And it came to pass that I, Nephi, being exceedingly young, nevertheless being large in stature, and also having great desires to know of the mysteries of God, wherefore, I did cry unto the Lord; and behold he did visit me, and did soften my heart that I did believe all the words which had been spoken by my father; wherefore, I did not rebel against him like unto my brothers.

1 Ne. 3:20
And also that we may preserve unto them the words which have been spoken by the mouth of all the holy prophets, which have been delivered unto them by the Spirit and power of God, since the world began, even down unto this present time.

1 Ne. 3:30
And after the angel had spoken unto us, he departed.

1 Ne. 4:3
Now behold ye know that this is true; and ye also know that an angel hath spoken unto you; wherefore can ye doubt? Let us go up; the Lord is able to deliver us, even as our fathers, and to destroy Laban, even as the Egyptians.

1 Ne. 4:4
Now when I had spoken these words, they were yet wroth, and did still continue to murmur; nevertheless they did follow me up until we came without the walls of Jerusalem.

1 Ne. 5:13
And also the prophecies of the holy prophets, from the beginning, even down to the commencement of the reign of Zedekiah; and also many prophecies which have been spoken by the mouth of Jeremiah.

1 Ne. 7:13
And if it so be that we are faithful to him, we shall obtain the land of promise; and ye shall know at some future period that the word of the Lord shall be fulfilled concerning the destruction of Jerusalem; for all things which the Lord hath spoken concerning the destruction of Jerusalem must be fulfilled.

1 Ne. 7:16
And it came to pass that when I, Nephi, had spoken these words unto my brethren, they were angry with me. And it came to pass that they did lay their hands upon me, for behold, they were exceedingly wroth, and they did bind me with cords, for they sought to take away my life, that they might leave me in the wilderness to be devoured by wild beasts.

1 Ne. 8:36
And it came to pass after my father had spoken all the words of his dream or vision, which were many, he said unto us, because of these things which he saw in a vision, he exceedingly feared for Laman and Lemuel; yea, he feared lest they should be cast off from the presence of the Lord.

1 Ne. 9:2
And now, as I have spoken concerning these plates, behold they are not the plates upon which I make a full account of the history of my people; for the plates upon which I make a full account of my people I have given the name of Nephi; wherefore, they are called the plates of Nephi, after mine own name; and these plates also are called the plates of Nephi.

1 Ne. 10:5
And he also spake concerning the prophets, how great a number had testified of these things, concerning this Messiah, of whom he had spoken, or this Redeemer of the world.

1 Ne. 10:11
And it came to pass after my father had spoken these words he spake unto my brethren concerning the gospel which should be preached among the Jews, and also concerning the dwindling of the Jews in unbelief. And after they had slain the Messiah, who should come, and after he had been slain he should rise from the dead, and should make himself manifest, by the Holy Ghost, unto the Gentiles.

1 Ne. 10:16
And all these things, of which I have spoken, were done as my father dwelt in a tent, in the valley of Lemuel.

1 Ne. 11:4
And the Spirit said unto me: Believest thou that thy father saw the tree of which he hath spoken?

1 Ne. 11:6
And when I had spoken these words, the Spirit cried with a loud voice, saying: Hosanna to the Lord, the most high God; for he is God over all the earth, yea, even above all. And blessed art thou, Nephi, because thou believest in the Son of the most high God; wherefore, thou shalt behold the things which thou hast desired.

1 Ne. 11:27
And I looked and beheld the Redeemer of the world, of whom my father had spoken; and I also beheld the prophet who should prepare the way before him. And the Lamb of God went forth and was baptized of him; and after he was baptized, I beheld the heavens open, and the Holy Ghost come down out of heaven and abide upon him in the form of a dove.

1 Ne. 14:7
For the time cometh, saith the Lamb of God, that I will work a great and a marvelous work among the children of men; a work which shall be everlasting, either on the one hand or on the other-- either to the convincing of them unto peace and life eternal, or unto the deliverance of them to the hardness of their hearts and the blindness of their minds unto their being brought down into captivity, and also into destruction, both temporally and spiritually, according to the captivity of the devil, of which I have spoken.

1 Ne. 14:8
And it came to pass that when the angel had spoken these words, he said unto me: Rememberest thou the covenants of the Father unto the house of Israel? I said unto him, Yea.

1 Ne. 15:2
And it came to pass that I beheld my brethren, and they were disputing one with another concerning the things which my father had spoken unto them.

1 Ne. 15:7
And they said: Behold, we cannot understand the words which our father hath spoken concerning the natural branches of the olive tree, and also concerning the Gentiles.

1 Ne. 15:18
Wherefore, our father hath not spoken of our seed alone, but also of all the house of Israel, pointing to the covenant which should be fulfilled in the latter days; which covenant the Lord made to our father Abraham, saying: In thy seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed.

1 Ne. 15:35
And there is a place prepared, yea, even that awful hell of which I have spoken, and the devil is the preparator of it; wherefore the final state of the souls of men is to dwell in the kingdom of God, or to be cast out because of that justice of which I have spoken.

1 Ne. 16:2
And it came to pass that I said unto them that I knew that I had spoken hard things against the wicked, according to the truth; and the righteous have I justified, and testified that they should be lifted up at the last day; wherefore, the guilty taketh the truth to be hard, for it cutteth them to the very center.

1 Ne. 17:45
Ye are swift to do iniquity but slow to remember the Lord your God. Ye have seen an angel, and he spake unto you; yea, ye have heard his voice from time to time; and he hath spoken unto you in a still small voice, but ye were past feeling, that ye could not feel his words; wherefore, he has spoken unto you like unto the voice of thunder, which did cause the earth to shake as if it were to divide asunder.

1 Ne. 17:48
And now it came to pass that when I had spoken these words they were angry with me, and were desirous to throw me into the depths of the sea; and as they came forth to lay their hands upon me I spake unto them, saying: In the name of the Almighty God, I command you that ye touch me not, for I am filled with the power of God, even unto the consuming of my flesh; and whoso shall lay his hands upon me shall wither even as a dried reed; and he shall be as naught before the power of God, for God shall smite him.

1 Ne. 17:54
And it came to pass that I stretched forth my hand unto my brethren, and they did not wither before me; but the Lord did shake them, even according to the word which he had spoken.

1 Ne. 18:11
And it came to pass that Laman and Lemuel did take me and bind me with cords, and they did treat me with much harshness; nevertheless, the Lord did suffer it that he might show forth his power, unto the fulfilling of his word which he had spoken concerning the wicked.

1 Ne. 19:2
And I knew not at the time when I made them that I should be commanded of the Lord to make these plates; wherefore, the record of my father, and the genealogy of his fathers, and the more part of all our proceedings in the wilderness are engraven upon those first plates of which I have spoken; wherefore, the things which transpired before I made these plates are, of a truth, more particularly made mention upon the first plates.

1 Ne. 19:5
And an account of my making these plates shall be given hereafter; and then, behold, I proceed according to that which I have spoken; and this I do that the more sacred things may be kept for the knowledge of my people.

1 Ne. 20:15
Also, saith the Lord; I the Lord, yea, I have spoken; yea, I have called him to declare, I have brought him, and he shall make his way prosperous.

1 Ne. 20:16
Come ye near unto me; I have not spoken in secret; from the beginning, from the time that it was declared have I spoken; and the Lord God, and his Spirit, hath sent me.

1 Ne. 22:6
Nevertheless, after they shall be nursed by the Gentiles, and the Lord has lifted up his hand upon the Gentiles and set them up for a standard, and their children have been carried in their arms, and their daughters have been carried upon their shoulders, behold these things of which are spoken are temporal; for thus are the covenants of the Lord with our fathers; and it meaneth us in the days to come, and also all our brethren who are of the house of Israel.