Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'waters' occurs 411 times in the standard works.

186 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'waters' in the standard works and contain 45.3% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 76 minutes to read the entire list.

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Ezek. 47:1-12 (14 in 12 verses)

Abr. 4:2-10 (9 in 9 verses)

Gen. 1:6-10 (7 in 5 verses)

Moses 2:6-10 (7 in 5 verses)

Abr. 4:20-22 (5 in 3 verses)

Gen. 7:17-20 (5 in 4 verses)

Lev. 11:9-12 (5 in 4 verses)

D&C 61:3-6 (5 in 4 verses)

D&C 61:14-18 (5 in 5 verses)

Gen. 7:24-8:3 (4 in 4 verses)

Ex. 7:17-20 (4 in 4 verses)

Josh. 3:13-16 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Ne. 13:10-13 (4 in 4 verses)

Ether 6:5-8 (4 in 4 verses)

Mosiah 18:30 (3 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 2:21-22 (3 in 2 verses)

Prov. 5:15-16 (3 in 2 verses)

Rev. 8:10-11 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 19:20-21 (3 in 2 verses)

Gen. 1:20-22 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 8:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

Ex. 15:23-25 (3 in 3 verses)

Ex. 15:25-27 (3 in 3 verses)

Moses 2:20-22 (3 in 3 verses)

Josh. 4:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 7:24 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 2:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 29:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 77:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 48:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 54:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 2:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 19:10 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 4:2 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 11:25 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 20:1 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 20:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 43:40 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 8:11 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 22:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 15:8 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 61:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 7:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 14:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 14:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 24:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Job 24:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 18:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 69:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 124:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 8:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 17:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 46:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 31:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 31:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 32:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 12:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Rev. 16:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)


1 Ne. 14:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

 14:11 And it came to pass that I looked and beheld the whore of all the earth, and she sat upon many waters; and she had dominion over all the earth, among all nations, kindreds, tongues, and people.

 14:12 And it came to pass that I beheld the church of the Lamb of God, and its numbers were few, because of the wickedness and abominations of the whore who sat upon many waters; nevertheless, I beheld that the church of the Lamb, who were the saints of God, were also upon all the face of the earth; and their dominions upon the face of the earth were small, because of the wickedness of the great whore whom I saw.




2 Ne. 18:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 61:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 271 3 274
NT 16 0 16
BM 77 0 77
1 Ne. 23 0 23
2 Ne. 9 0 9
Omni 1 0 1
Mosiah 9 0 9
Alma 16 0 16
Hel. 3 0 3
3 Ne. 3 0 3
4 Ne. 1 0 1
Morm. 2 0 2
Ether 10 0 10
DC 22 0 22
PGP 25 0 25
TOTAL 411 3 414

1 Ne. 2:9
And when my father saw that the waters of the river emptied into the fountain of the Red Sea, he spake unto Laman, saying: O that thou mightest be like unto this river, continually running into the fountain of all righteousness!

1 Ne. 4:2
Therefore let us go up; let us be strong like unto Moses; for he truly spake unto the waters of the Red Sea and they divided hither and thither, and our fathers came through, out of captivity, on dry ground, and the armies of Pharaoh did follow and were drowned in the waters of the Red Sea.

1 Ne. 11:25
And it came to pass that I beheld that the rod of iron, which my father had seen, was the word of God, which led to the fountain of living waters, or to the tree of life; which waters are a representation of the love of God; and I also beheld that the tree of life was a representation of the love of God.

1 Ne. 13:10
And it came to pass that I looked and beheld many waters; and they divided the Gentiles from the seed of my brethren.

1 Ne. 13:12
And I looked and beheld a man among the Gentiles, who was separated from the seed of my brethren by the many waters; and I beheld the Spirit of God, that it came down and wrought upon the man; and he went forth upon the many waters, even unto the seed of my brethren, who were in the promised land.

1 Ne. 13:13
And it came to pass that I beheld the Spirit of God, that it wrought upon other Gentiles; and they went forth out of captivity, upon the many waters.

1 Ne. 13:17
And I beheld that their mother Gentiles were gathered together upon the waters, and upon the land also, to battle against them.

1 Ne. 13:29
And after these plain and precious things were taken away it goeth forth unto all the nations of the Gentiles; and after it goeth forth unto all the nations of the Gentiles, yea, even across the many waters which thou hast seen with the Gentiles which have gone forth out of captivity, thou seest-- because of the many plain and precious things which have been taken out of the book, which were plain unto the understanding of the children of men, according to the plainness which is in the Lamb of God-- because of these things which are taken away out of the gospel of the Lamb, an exceedingly great many do stumble, yea, insomuch that Satan hath great power over them.

1 Ne. 14:11
And it came to pass that I looked and beheld the whore of all the earth, and she sat upon many waters; and she had dominion over all the earth, among all nations, kindreds, tongues, and people.

1 Ne. 14:12
And it came to pass that I beheld the church of the Lamb of God, and its numbers were few, because of the wickedness and abominations of the whore who sat upon many waters; nevertheless, I beheld that the church of the Lamb, who were the saints of God, were also upon all the face of the earth; and their dominions upon the face of the earth were small, because of the wickedness of the great whore whom I saw.

1 Ne. 17:5
And we did come to the land which we called Bountiful, because of its much fruit and also wild honey; and all these things were prepared of the Lord that we might not perish. And we beheld the sea, which we called Irreantum, which, being interpreted, is many waters.

1 Ne. 17:8
And it came to pass that the Lord spake unto me, saying: Thou shalt construct a ship, after the manner which I shall show thee, that I may carry thy people across these waters.

1 Ne. 17:17
And when my brethren saw that I was about to build a ship, they began to murmur against me, saying: Our brother is a fool, for he thinketh that he can build a ship; yea, and he also thinketh that he can cross these great waters.

1 Ne. 17:26
Now ye know that Moses was commanded of the Lord to do that great work; and ye know that by his word the waters of the Red Sea were divided hither and thither, and they passed through on dry ground.

1 Ne. 18:13
Wherefore, they knew not whither they should steer the ship, insomuch that there arose a great storm, yea, a great and terrible tempest, and we were driven back upon the waters for the space of three days; and they began to be frightened exceedingly lest they should be drowned in the sea; nevertheless they did not loose me.

1 Ne. 18:15
And it came to pass that we were about to be swallowed up in the depths of the sea. And after we had been driven back upon the waters for the space of four days, my brethren began to see that the judgments of God were upon them, and that they must perish save that they should repent of their iniquities; wherefore, they came unto me, and loosed the bands which were upon my wrists, and behold they had swollen exceedingly; and also mine ankles were much swollen, and great was the soreness thereof.

1 Ne. 20:1
Hearken and hear this, O house of Jacob, who are called by the name of Israel, and are come forth out of the waters of Judah, or out of the waters of baptism, who swear by the name of the Lord, and make mention of the God of Israel, yet they swear not in truth nor in righteousness.

1 Ne. 20:21
And they thirsted not; he led them through the deserts; he caused the waters to flow out of the rock for them; he clave the rock also and the waters gushed out.