Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'faithful' occurs 221 times in the standard works.

30 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'faithful' in the standard works and contain 13.6% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 13 minutes to read the entire list.

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Matt. 25:21-23 (4 in 3 verses)

Luke 16:10-12 (4 in 3 verses)

D&C 62:5-6 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 52:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

Heb. 3:2 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 128:9 (2 in 1 verse)


1 Ne. 7:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

 7:12 Yea, and how is it that ye have forgotten that the Lord is able to do all things according to his will, for the children of men, if it so be that they exercise faith in him? Wherefore, let us be faithful to him.

 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.




D&C 52:42-43 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 81:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 104:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 136:37-38 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 138:35-36 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 28 28 56
NT 54 1 55
BM 30 11 41
1 Ne. 7 1 8
2 Ne. 7 2 9
Mosiah 2 1 3
Alma 9 6 15
3 Ne. 0 1 1
Ether 4 0 4
Moro. 1 0 1
DC 108 11 119
PGP 1 0 1
TOTAL 221 51 272

1 Ne. 2:1
For behold, it came to pass that the Lord spake unto my father, yea, even in a dream, and said unto him: Blessed art thou Lehi, because of the things which thou hast done; and because thou hast been faithful and declared unto this people the things which I commanded thee, behold, they seek to take away thy life.

1 Ne. 3:16
Wherefore, let us be faithful in keeping the commandments of the Lord; therefore let us go down to the land of our father's inheritance, for behold he left gold and silver, and all manner of riches. And all this he hath done because of the commandments of the Lord.

1 Ne. 3:21
And it came to pass that after this manner of language did I persuade my brethren, that they might be faithful in keeping the commandments of God.

1 Ne. 4:1
And it came to pass that I spake unto my brethren, saying: Let us go up again unto Jerusalem, and let us be faithful in keeping the commandments of the Lord; for behold he is mightier than all the earth, then why not mightier than Laban and his fifty, yea, or even than his tens of thousands?

1 Ne. 7:12
Yea, and how is it that ye have forgotten that the Lord is able to do all things according to his will, for the children of men, if it so be that they exercise faith in him? Wherefore, let us be faithful to him.

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. 17:15
Wherefore, I, Nephi, did strive to keep the commandments of the Lord, and I did exhort my brethren to faithfulness and diligence.

1 Ne. 21:7
Thus saith the Lord, the Redeemer of Israel, his Holy One, to him whom man despiseth, to him whom the nations abhorreth, to servant of rulers: Kings shall see and arise, princes also shall worship, because of the Lord that is faithful.