Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'sure' occurs 58 times in the standard works.

10 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'sure' in the standard works and contain 17.2% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 5 minutes to read the entire list.

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Matt. 27:64-66 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 3:14-16 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 23:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Jacob 4:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 27 554 581
NT 14 96 110
BM 14 132 146
1 Ne. 0 15 15
2 Ne. 3 18 21
Jacob 2 3 5
Enos 0 1 1
W of M 0 1 1
Mosiah 0 13 13
Alma 5 34 39
Hel. 3 24 27
3 Ne. 0 14 14
4 Ne. 0 1 1
Morm. 0 3 3
Ether 1 4 5
Moro. 0 1 1
DC 3 59 62
PGP 0 13 13
TOTAL 58 854 912

Jacob 4:9
For behold, by the power of his word man came upon the face of the earth, which earth was created by the power of his word. Wherefore, if God being able to speak and the world was, and to speak and man was created, O then, why not able to command the earth, or the workmanship of his hands upon the face of it, according to his will and pleasure?

Jacob 4:16
But behold, according to the scriptures, this stone shall become the great, and the last, and the only sure foundation, upon which the Jews can build.

Jacob 4:17
And now, my beloved, how is it possible that these, after having rejected the sure foundation, can ever build upon it, that it may become the head of their corner?

Jacob 5:14
And it came to pass that the Lord of the vineyard went his way, and hid the natural branches of the tame olive tree in the nethermost parts of the vineyard, some in one and some in another, according to his will and pleasure.

Jacob 6:1
And now, behold, my brethren, as I said unto you that I would prophesy, behold, this is my prophecy-- that the things which this prophet Zenos spake, concerning the house of Israel, in the which he likened them unto a tame olive tree, must surely come to pass.