Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'air' occurs 72 times in the standard works.

11 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'air' in the standard works and contain 15.3% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 5 minutes to read the entire list.

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Ether 2:19-20 (3 in 2 verses)

Gen. 2:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 15:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 3:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Abr. 5:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 22 215 237
NT 17 37 54
BM 13 62 75
1 Ne. 1 5 6
2 Ne. 1 5 6
Jacob 0 1 1
Mosiah 1 10 11
Alma 2 13 15
Hel. 0 4 4
3 Ne. 1 7 8
4 Ne. 0 2 2
Morm. 0 5 5
Ether 6 8 14
Moro. 1 2 3
DC 6 20 26
PGP 14 3 17
TOTAL 72 337 409

Ether 2:2
And they did also lay snares and catch fowls of the air; and they did also prepare a vessel, in which they did carry with them the fish of the waters.

Ether 2:19
And behold, O Lord, in them there is no light; whither shall we steer? And also we shall perish, for in them we cannot breathe, save it is the air which is in them; therefore we shall perish.

Ether 2:20
And the Lord said unto the brother of Jared: Behold, thou shalt make a hole in the top, and also in the bottom; and when thou shalt suffer for air thou shalt unstop the hole and receive air. And if it be so that the water come in upon thee, behold, ye shall stop the hole, that ye may not perish in the flood.

Ether 7:4
And when Corihor was thirty and two years old he rebelled against his father, and went over and dwelt in the land of Nehor; and he begat sons and daughters, and they became exceedingly fair; wherefore Corihor drew away many people after him.

Ether 8:9
Now the daughter of Jared was exceedingly fair. And it came to pass that she did talk with her father, and said unto him: Whereby hath my father so much sorrow? Hath he not read the record which our fathers brought across the great deep? Behold, is there not an account concerning them of old, that they by their secret plans did obtain kingdoms and great glory?

Ether 8:10
And now, therefore, let my father send for Akish, the son of Kimnor; and behold, I am fair, and I will dance before him, and I will please him, that he will desire me to wife; wherefore if he shall desire of thee that ye shall give unto him me to wife, then shall ye say: I will give her if ye will bring unto me the head of my father, the king.

Ether 8:17
And it was the daughter of Jared who put it into his heart to search up these things of old; and Jared put it into the heart of Akish; wherefore, Akish administered it unto his kindred and friends, leading them away by fair promises to do whatsoever thing he desired.

Ether 13:17
But he repented not, neither his fair sons nor daughters; neither the fair sons and daughters of Cohor; neither the fair sons and daughters of Corihor; and in fine, there were none of the fair sons and daughters upon the face of the whole earth who repented of their sins.

Ether 15:16
And it came to pass that when it was night they were weary, and retired to their camps; and after they had retired to their camps they took up a howling and a lamentation for the loss of the slain of their people; and so great were their cries, their howlings and lamentations, that they did rend the air exceedingly.

Ether 15:17
And it came to pass that on the morrow they did go again to battle, and great and terrible was that day; nevertheless, they conquered not, and when the night came again they did rend the air with their cries, and their howlings, and their mournings, for the loss of the slain of their people.