Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'obtained' occurs 89 times in the standard works.

13 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'obtained' in the standard works and contain 14.6% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 4 minutes to read the entire list.

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Ether 12:20-22 (3 in 3 verses)

Rom. 11:7 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Pet. 2:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Jacob 2:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 12:17 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 103:30 (2 in 1 verse)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 6 0 6
NT 22 0 22
BM 48 0 48
1 Ne. 3 0 3
2 Ne. 9 0 9
Jacob 5 0 5
Mosiah 1 0 1
Alma 16 0 16
Hel. 3 0 3
Ether 10 0 10
Moro. 1 0 1
DC 11 0 11
PGP 2 0 2
TOTAL 89 0 89

Ether 7:9
Wherefore, he came to the hill Ephraim, and he did molten out of the hill, and made swords out of steel for those whom he had drawn away with him; and after he had armed them with swords he returned to the city Nehor, and gave battle unto his brother Corihor, by which means he obtained the kingdom and restored it unto his father Kib.

Ether 9:5
And it came to pass that Akish sought the life of his father-in-law; and he applied unto those whom he had sworn by the oath of the ancients, and they obtained the head of his father-in-law, as he sat upon his throne, giving audience to his people.

Ether 10:16
And after he had obtained unto himself the kingdom he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord; and the people did prosper in the land; and he did live to a good old age, and begat sons and daughters; and he also begat Corom, whom he anointed king in his stead.

Ether 10:32
And it came to pass that Com drew away the half of the kingdom. And he reigned over the half of the kingdom forty and two years; and he went to battle against the king, Amgid, and they fought for the space of many years, during which time Com gained power over Amgid, and obtained power over the remainder of the kingdom.

Ether 12:17
And it was by faith that the three disciples obtained a promise that they should not taste of death; and they obtained not the promise until after their faith.

Ether 12:20
And behold, we have seen in this record that one of these was the brother of Jared; for so great was his faith in God, that when God put forth his finger he could not hide it from the sight of the brother of Jared, because of his word which he had spoken unto him, which word he had obtained by faith.

Ether 12:21
And after the brother of Jared had beheld the finger of the Lord, because of the promise which the brother of Jared had obtained by faith, the Lord could not withhold anything from his sight; wherefore he showed him all things, for he could no longer be kept without the veil.

Ether 12:22
And it is by faith that my fathers have obtained the promise that these things should come unto their brethren through the Gentiles; therefore the Lord hath commanded me, yea, even Jesus Christ.

Ether 14:10
And it came to pass that one of the secret combinations murdered him in a secret pass, and obtained unto himself the kingdom; and his name was Lib; and Lib was a man of great stature, more than any other man among all the people.