Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'written' occurs 505 times in the standard works.

155 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'written' in the standard works and contain 30.7% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 59 minutes to read the entire list.

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3 Ne. 23:11-24:1 (6 in 5 verses)

Morm. 9:31-35 (6 in 5 verses)

3 Ne. 27:24-26 (5 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 19:21-24 (5 in 4 verses)

2 Ne. 33:2-5 (5 in 4 verses)

1 Ne. 14:26-30 (5 in 5 verses)

1 Ne. 16:26-29 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Ne. 1:16 (3 in 1 verse)

Rom. 15:3-4 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 29:10-11 (3 in 2 verses)


Hel. 5:6-7 (3 in 2 verses)

 5:6 Behold, my sons, I desire that ye should remember to keep the commandments of God; and I would that ye should declare unto the people these words. Behold, I have given unto you the names of our first parents who came out of the land of Jerusalem; and this I have done that when you remember your names ye may remember them; and when ye remember them ye may remember their works; and when ye remember their works ye may know how that it is said, and also written, that they were good.

 5:7 Therefore, my sons, I would that ye should do that which is good, that it may be said of you, and also written, even as it has been said and written of them.




D&C 18:29-30 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 19:6-7 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 35:25-27 (3 in 3 verses)

John 19:20-22 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 9:34-10:2 (3 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 26:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 18:2-4 (3 in 3 verses)

Ex. 32:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 9:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Esth. 3:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 2:10 (2 in 1 verse)

John 21:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Gal. 3:10 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Jn. 2:14 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 14:23 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 19:3 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 3:12 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 4:14 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 6:12 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 11:1 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 30:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Jacob 3:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Jarom 1:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Omni 1:11 (2 in 1 verse)

W of M 1:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 28:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 29:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 5:13 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 7:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Morm. 5:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Moro. 8:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 29:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 33:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Neh. 8:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Esth. 8:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 5:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 4:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 9:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

John 20:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 9:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Cor. 3:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Rev. 22:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 2:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 4:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 12:40-41 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 15:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 10:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 77:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 128:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 133:63-64 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 145 0 145
NT 132 0 132
BM 176 0 176
1 Ne. 27 0 27
2 Ne. 31 0 31
Jacob 6 0 6
Jarom 3 0 3
Omni 3 0 3
W of M 3 0 3
Mosiah 12 0 12
Alma 16 0 16
Hel. 9 0 9
3 Ne. 36 0 36
4 Ne. 1 0 1
Morm. 10 0 10
Ether 10 0 10
Moro. 9 0 9
DC 48 0 48
PGP 4 0 4
TOTAL 505 0 505

Hel. 2:14
Behold I do not mean the end of the book of Helaman, but I mean the end of the book of Nephi, from which I have taken all the account which I have written.

Hel. 5:6
Behold, my sons, I desire that ye should remember to keep the commandments of God; and I would that ye should declare unto the people these words. Behold, I have given unto you the names of our first parents who came out of the land of Jerusalem; and this I have done that when you remember your names ye may remember them; and when ye remember them ye may remember their works; and when ye remember their works ye may know how that it is said, and also written, that they were good.

Hel. 5:7
Therefore, my sons, I would that ye should do that which is good, that it may be said of you, and also written, even as it has been said and written of them.

Hel. 5:13
And it came to pass that these were the words which Helaman taught to his sons; yea, he did teach them many things which are not written, and also many things which are written.

Hel. 8:3
For behold, Nephi had spoken unto them concerning the corruptness of their law; yea, many things did Nephi speak which cannot be written; and nothing did he speak which was contrary to the commandments of God.

Hel. 14:1
And now it came to pass that Samuel, the Lamanite, did prophesy a great many more things which cannot be written.

Hel. 15:7
And behold, ye do know of yourselves, for ye have witnessed it, that as many of them as are brought to the knowledge of the truth, and to know of the wicked and abominable traditions of their fathers, and are led to believe the holy scriptures, yea, the prophecies of the holy prophets, which are written, which leadeth them to faith on the Lord, and unto repentance, which faith and repentance bringeth a change of heart unto them--