Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'witnesses' occurs 83 times in the standard works.

23 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'witnesses' in the standard works and contain 27.7% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 9 minutes to read the entire list.

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Deut. 17:6-7 (3 in 2 verses)


D&C 42:80-81 (3 in 2 verses)

 42:80 And if any man or woman shall commit adultery, he or she shall be tried before two elders of the church, or more, and every word shall be established against him or her by two witnesses of the church, and not of the enemy; but if there are more than two witnesses it is better.

 42:81 But he or she shall be condemned by the mouth of two witnesses; and the elders shall lay the case before the church, and the church shall lift up their hands against him or her, that they may be dealt with according to the law of God.




Ruth 4:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)

Deut. 19:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 24:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 26:60 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 43:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 44:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 107:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 128:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 24 0 24
NT 25 2 27
BM 20 0 20
DC 14 0 14
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 83 2 85

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