Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'kept' occurs 302 times in the standard works.

68 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'kept' in the standard works and contain 22.5% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 29 minutes to read the entire list.

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4 Ne. 1:19-21 (7 in 3 verses)

Alma 37:2-5 (6 in 4 verses)

2 Chr. 35:17-19 (4 in 3 verses)

D&C 128:7-9 (4 in 3 verses)

Ex. 16:32-34 (3 in 3 verses)

John 17:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 2:31 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 1:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 22:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 13:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 21:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 25:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 26:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 11:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 7:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 119:55-56 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 119:167-168 (2 in 2 verses)

John 18:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 12:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 1:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Omni 1:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 3:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 24:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 52:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 3:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 38:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 42:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 128 0 128
NT 47 0 47
BM 83 0 83
1 Ne. 8 0 8
2 Ne. 7 0 7
Jacob 2 0 2
Jarom 3 0 3
Omni 3 0 3
Mosiah 11 0 11
Alma 25 0 25
Hel. 3 0 3
3 Ne. 7 0 7
4 Ne. 7 0 7
Ether 7 0 7
DC 37 0 37
PGP 7 0 7
TOTAL 302 0 302

2 Ne. 1:8
And behold, it is wisdom that this land should be kept as yet from the knowledge of other nations; for behold, many nations would overrun the land, that there would be no place for an inheritance.

2 Ne. 1:9
Wherefore, I, Lehi, have obtained a promise, that inasmuch as those whom the Lord God shall bring out of the land of Jerusalem shall keep his commandments, they shall prosper upon the face of this land; and they shall be kept from all other nations, that they may possess this land unto themselves. And if it so be that they shall keep his commandments they shall be blessed upon the face of this land, and there shall be none to molest them, nor to take away the land of their inheritance; and they shall dwell safely forever.

2 Ne. 1:24
Rebel no more against your brother, whose views have been glorious, and who hath kept the commandments from the time that we left Jerusalem; and who hath been an instrument in the hands of God, in bringing us forth into the land of promise; for were it not for him, we must have perished with hunger in the wilderness; nevertheless, ye sought to take away his life; yea, and he hath suffered much sorrow because of you.

2 Ne. 5:29
And I, Nephi, had kept the records upon my plates, which I had made, of my people thus far.

2 Ne. 25:21
Wherefore, for this cause hath the Lord God promised unto me that these things which I write shall be kept and preserved, and handed down unto my seed, from generation to generation, that the promise may be fulfilled unto Joseph, that his seed should never perish as long as the earth should stand.

2 Ne. 27:8
Wherefore, because of the things which are sealed up, the things which are sealed shall not be delivered in the day of the wickedness and abominations of the people. Wherefore the book shall be kept from them.

2 Ne. 27:10
But the words which are sealed he shall not deliver, neither shall he deliver the book. For the book shall be sealed by the power of God, and the revelation which was sealed shall be kept in the book until the own due time of the Lord, that they may come forth; for behold, they reveal all things from the foundation of the world unto the end thereof.