Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'written' occurs 505 times in the standard works.

155 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'written' in the standard works and contain 30.7% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 59 minutes to read the entire list.

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3 Ne. 23:11-24:1 (6 in 5 verses)

Morm. 9:31-35 (6 in 5 verses)

3 Ne. 27:24-26 (5 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 19:21-24 (5 in 4 verses)

2 Ne. 33:2-5 (5 in 4 verses)

1 Ne. 14:26-30 (5 in 5 verses)

1 Ne. 16:26-29 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Ne. 1:16 (3 in 1 verse)

Rom. 15:3-4 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 29:10-11 (3 in 2 verses)

Hel. 5:6-7 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 18:29-30 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 19:6-7 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 35:25-27 (3 in 3 verses)

John 19:20-22 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 9:34-10:2 (3 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 26:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 18:2-4 (3 in 3 verses)

Ex. 32:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 9:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Esth. 3:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 2:10 (2 in 1 verse)

John 21:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Gal. 3:10 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Jn. 2:14 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 14:23 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 19:3 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 3:12 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 4:14 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 6:12 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 11:1 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 30:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Jacob 3:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Jarom 1:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Omni 1:11 (2 in 1 verse)

W of M 1:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 28:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 29:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 5:13 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 7:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Morm. 5:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Moro. 8:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 29:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 33:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Neh. 8:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Esth. 8:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 5:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 4:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 9:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

John 20:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 9:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Cor. 3:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Rev. 22:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 2:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 4:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 12:40-41 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 15:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 10:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 77:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 128:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 133:63-64 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 145 0 145
NT 132 0 132
BM 176 0 176
1 Ne. 27 0 27
2 Ne. 31 0 31
Jacob 6 0 6
Jarom 3 0 3
Omni 3 0 3
W of M 3 0 3
Mosiah 12 0 12
Alma 16 0 16
Hel. 9 0 9
3 Ne. 36 0 36
4 Ne. 1 0 1
Morm. 10 0 10
Ether 10 0 10
Moro. 9 0 9
DC 48 0 48
PGP 4 0 4
TOTAL 505 0 505

2 Ne. 2:17
And I, Lehi, according to the things which I have read, must needs suppose that an angel of God, according to that which is written, had fallen from heaven; wherefore, he became a devil, having sought that which was evil before God.

2 Ne. 3:12
Wherefore, the fruit of thy loins shall write; and the fruit of the loins of Judah shall write; and that which shall be written by the fruit of thy loins, and also that which shall be written by the fruit of the loins of Judah, shall grow together, unto the confounding of false doctrines and laying down of contentions, and establishing peace among the fruit of thy loins, and bringing them to the knowledge of their fathers in the latter days, and also to the knowledge of my covenants, saith the Lord.

2 Ne. 4:2
For behold, he truly prophesied concerning all his seed. And the prophecies which he wrote, there are not many greater. And he prophesied concerning us, and our future generations; and they are written upon the plates of brass.

2 Ne. 4:14
For I, Nephi, was constrained to speak unto them, according to his word; for I had spoken many things unto them, and also my father, before his death; many of which sayings are written upon mine other plates; for a more history part are written upon mine other plates.

2 Ne. 5:12
And I, Nephi, had also brought the records which were engraven upon the plates of brass; and also the ball, or compass, which was prepared for my father by the hand of the Lord, according to that which is written.

2 Ne. 6:3
Nevertheless, I speak unto you again; for I am desirous for the welfare of your souls. Yea, mine anxiety is great for you; and ye yourselves know that it ever has been. For I have exhorted you with all diligence; and I have taught you the words of my father; and I have spoken unto you concerning all things which are written, from the creation of the world.

2 Ne. 6:12
And blessed are the Gentiles, they of whom the prophet has written; for behold, if it so be that they shall repent and fight not against Zion, and do not unite themselves to that great and abominable church, they shall be saved; for the Lord God will fulfil his covenants which he has made unto his children; and for this cause the prophet has written these things.

2 Ne. 8:7
Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, the people in whose heart I have written my law, fear ye not the reproach of men, neither be ye afraid of their revilings.

2 Ne. 11:1
And now, Jacob spake many more things to my people at that time; nevertheless only these things have I caused to be written, for the things which I have written sufficeth me.

2 Ne. 14:3
And it shall come to pass, they that are left in Zion and remain in Jerusalem shall be called holy, every one that is written among the living in Jerusalem--

2 Ne. 25:1
Now I, Nephi, do speak somewhat concerning the words which I have written, which have been spoken by the mouth of Isaiah. For behold, Isaiah spake many things which were hard for many of my people to understand; for they know not concerning the manner of prophesying among the Jews.

2 Ne. 25:8
Wherefore, they are of worth unto the children of men, and he that supposeth that they are not, unto them will I speak particularly, and confine the words unto mine own people; for I know that they shall be of great worth unto them in the last days; for in that day shall they understand them; wherefore, for their good have I written them.

2 Ne. 25:22
Wherefore, these things shall go from generation to generation as long as the earth shall stand; and they shall go according to the will and pleasure of God; and the nations who shall possess them shall be judged of them according to the words which are written.

2 Ne. 26:15
After my seed and the seed of my brethren shall have dwindled in unbelief, and shall have been smitten by the Gentiles; yea, after the Lord God shall have camped against them round about, and shall have laid siege against them with a mount, and raised forts against them; and after they shall have been brought down low in the dust, even that they are not, yet the words of the righteous shall be written, and the prayers of the faithful shall be heard, and all those who have dwindled in unbelief shall not be forgotten.

2 Ne. 26:17
For thus saith the Lord God: They shall write the things which shall be done among them, and they shall be written and sealed up in a book, and those who have dwindled in unbelief shall not have them, for they seek to destroy the things of God.

2 Ne. 28:2
And the things which shall be written out of the book shall be of great worth unto the children of men, and especially unto our seed, which is a remnant of the house of Israel.

2 Ne. 29:10
Wherefore, because that ye have a Bible ye need not suppose that it contains all my words; neither need ye suppose that I have not caused more to be written.

2 Ne. 29:11
For I command all men, both in the east and in the west, and in the north, and in the south, and in the islands of the sea, that they shall write the words which I speak unto them; for out of the books which shall be written I will judge the world, every man according to their works, according to that which is written.

2 Ne. 30:3
And now, I would prophesy somewhat more concerning the Jews and the Gentiles. For after the book of which I have spoken shall come forth, and be written unto the Gentiles, and sealed up again unto the Lord, there shall be many which shall believe the words which are written; and they shall carry them forth unto the remnant of our seed.

2 Ne. 31:2
Wherefore, the things which I have written sufficeth me, save it be a few words which I must speak concerning the doctrine of Christ; wherefore, I shall speak unto you plainly, according to the plainness of my prophesying.

2 Ne. 33:2
But behold, there are many that harden their hearts against the Holy Spirit, that it hath no place in them; wherefore, they cast many things away which are written and esteem them as things of naught.

2 Ne. 33:3
But I, Nephi, have written what I have written, and I esteem it as of great worth, and especially unto my people. For I pray continually for them by day, and mine eyes water my pillow by night, because of them; and I cry unto my God in faith, and I know that he will hear my cry.

2 Ne. 33:4
And I know that the Lord God will consecrate my prayers for the gain of my people. And the words which I have written in weakness will be made strong unto them; for it persuadeth them to do good; it maketh known unto them of their fathers; and it speaketh of Jesus, and persuadeth them to believe in him, and to endure to the end, which is life eternal.

2 Ne. 33:5
And it speaketh harshly against sin, according to the plainness of the truth; wherefore, no man will be angry at the words which I have written save he shall be of the spirit of the devil.