Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'writing' occurs 64 times in the standard works.

24 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'writing' in the standard works and contain 37.5% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 10 minutes to read the entire list.

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Esth. 8:8-9 (3 in 2 verses)


Ether 12:23-24 (3 in 2 verses)

 12:23 And I said unto him: Lord, the Gentiles will mock at these things, because of our weakness in writing; for Lord thou hast made us mighty in word by faith, but thou hast not made us mighty in writing; for thou hast made all this people that they could speak much, because of the Holy Ghost which thou hast given them;

 12:24 And thou hast made us that we could write but little, because of the awkwardness of our hands. Behold, thou hast not made us mighty in writing like unto the brother of Jared, for thou madest him that the things which he wrote were mighty even as thou art, unto the overpowering of man to read them.




Dan. 5:15-17 (3 in 3 verses)

Dan. 6:8-10 (3 in 3 verses)

Ex. 32:16 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 35:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Jacob 7:27 (2 in 1 verse)

Dan. 5:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 5:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 3:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 34 0 34
NT 4 2 6
BM 16 1 17
1 Ne. 3 0 3
2 Ne. 3 0 3
Jacob 2 0 2
Jarom 0 1 1
Alma 2 0 2
3 Ne. 1 0 1
Ether 5 0 5
DC 10 6 16
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 64 9 73

Ether 12:23
And I said unto him: Lord, the Gentiles will mock at these things, because of our weakness in writing; for Lord thou hast made us mighty in word by faith, but thou hast not made us mighty in writing; for thou hast made all this people that they could speak much, because of the Holy Ghost which thou hast given them;

Ether 12:24
And thou hast made us that we could write but little, because of the awkwardness of our hands. Behold, thou hast not made us mighty in writing like unto the brother of Jared, for thou madest him that the things which he wrote were mighty even as thou art, unto the overpowering of man to read them.

Ether 12:40
And only a few have I written, because of my weakness in writing.

Ether 13:1
And now I, Moroni, proceed to finish my record concerning the destruction of the people of whom I have been writing.