Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'treasures' occurs 85 times in the standard works.

29 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'treasures' in the standard works and contain 34.1% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 9 minutes to read the entire list.

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Hel. 13:18-20 (8 in 3 verses)

 13:18 And it shall come to pass, saith the Lord of Hosts, yea, our great and true God, that whoso shall hide up treasures in the earth shall find them again no more, because of the great curse of the land, save he be a righteous man and shall hide it up unto the Lord.

 13:19 For I will, saith the Lord, that they shall hide up their treasures unto me; and cursed be they who hide not up their treasures unto me; for none hideth up their treasures unto me save it be the righteous; and he that hideth not up his treasures unto me, cursed is he, and also the treasure, and none shall redeem it because of the curse of the land.

 13:20 And the day shall come that they shall hide up their treasures, because they have set their hearts upon riches; and because they have set their hearts upon their riches, and will hide up their treasures when they shall flee before their enemies; because they will not hide them up unto me, cursed be they and also their treasures; and in that day shall they be smitten, saith the Lord.




1 Chr. 26:20-22 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Kgs. 14:26 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 15:18 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 24:13 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 12:9 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 36:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Job 38:22 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 89:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 6:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 13:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 57 0 57
NT 5 1 6
BM 16 0 16
2 Ne. 3 0 3
Hel. 10 0 10
3 Ne. 2 0 2
Morm. 1 0 1
DC 7 0 7
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 85 1 86

Hel. 8:25
But behold, ye have rejected the truth, and rebelled against your holy God; and even at this time, instead of laying up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where nothing doth corrupt, and where nothing can come which is unclean, ye are heaping up for yourselves wrath against the day of judgment.

Hel. 13:18
And it shall come to pass, saith the Lord of Hosts, yea, our great and true God, that whoso shall hide up treasures in the earth shall find them again no more, because of the great curse of the land, save he be a righteous man and shall hide it up unto the Lord.

Hel. 13:19
For I will, saith the Lord, that they shall hide up their treasures unto me; and cursed be they who hide not up their treasures unto me; for none hideth up their treasures unto me save it be the righteous; and he that hideth not up his treasures unto me, cursed is he, and also the treasure, and none shall redeem it because of the curse of the land.

Hel. 13:20
And the day shall come that they shall hide up their treasures, because they have set their hearts upon riches; and because they have set their hearts upon their riches, and will hide up their treasures when they shall flee before their enemies; because they will not hide them up unto me, cursed be they and also their treasures; and in that day shall they be smitten, saith the Lord.

Hel. 13:35
Yea, we have hid up our treasures and they have slipped away from us, because of the curse of the land.