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)

 12:5 Peter therefore was kept in prison: but prayer was made without ceasing of the church unto God for him.

 12:6 And when Herod would have brought him forth, the same night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains: and the keepers before the door kept the prison.




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
DC 37 0 37
PGP 7 0 7
TOTAL 302 0 302

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