Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'truth' occurs 409 times in the standard works.

113 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'truth' in the standard works and contain 27.6% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 45 minutes to read the entire list.

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D&C 93:23-30 (10 in 8 verses)

D&C 50:14-21 (8 in 8 verses)

2 Jn. 1:1-4 (5 in 4 verses)

1 Ne. 16:2-3 (4 in 2 verses)

John 8:44-46 (4 in 3 verses)

3 Jn. 1:1-4 (4 in 4 verses)

2 Ne. 9:40 (3 in 1 verse)

John 18:37-38 (3 in 2 verses)

John 17:17-19 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 93:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)

Prov. 22:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 65:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Zech. 8:16 (2 in 1 verse)

John 8:32 (2 in 1 verse)

John 16:13 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Cor. 7:14 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Cor. 13:8 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Jn. 2:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 12:30 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 3:12 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 84:45 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 88:40 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 88:66 (2 in 1 verse)

Moses 6:61 (2 in 1 verse)

Moses 7:62 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 40:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 85:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 38:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 59:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

John 4:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Col. 1:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Thes. 2:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Tim. 3:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Jn. 3:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 13:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 33:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 15:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Moro. 10:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 84:101-102 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 88:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 93:36-37 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 93:39-40 (2 in 2 verses)

JS-H 1:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 118 0 118
Gen. 3 0 3
Ex. 2 0 2
Deut. 2 0 2
Josh. 1 0 1
Judg. 1 0 1
1 Sam. 2 0 2
2 Sam. 2 0 2
1 Kgs. 3 0 3
2 Kgs. 3 0 3
2 Chr. 2 0 2
Esth. 1 0 1
Job 1 0 1
Ps. 41 0 41
Prov. 10 0 10
Eccl. 1 0 1
Isa. 19 0 19
Jer. 8 0 8
Dan. 8 0 8
Hosea 1 0 1
Micah 1 0 1
Zech. 5 0 5
Mal. 1 0 1
NT 119 0 119
BM 79 0 79
DC 80 2 82
PGP 13 0 13
TOTAL 409 2 411

Jer. 4:2
And thou shalt swear, The Lord liveth, in truth, in judgment, and in righteousness; and the nations shall bless themselves in him, and in him shall they glory.

Jer. 5:1
Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places thereof, if ye can find a man, if there be any that executeth judgment, that seeketh the truth; and I will pardon it.

Jer. 5:3
O Lord, are not thine eyes upon the truth? thou hast stricken them, but they have not grieved; thou hast consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return.

Jer. 7:28
But thou shalt say unto them, This is a nation that obeyeth not the voice of the Lord their God, nor receiveth correction: truth is perished, and is cut off from their mouth.

Jer. 9:3
And they bend their tongues like their bow for lies: but they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith the Lord.

Jer. 9:5
And they will deceive every one his neighbour, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies, and weary themselves to commit iniquity.

Jer. 26:15
But know ye for certain, that if ye put me to death, ye shall surely bring innocent blood upon yourselves, and upon this city, and upon the inhabitants thereof: for of a truth the Lord hath sent me unto you to speak all these words in your ears.

Jer. 33:6
Behold, I will bring it health and cure, and I will cure them, and will reveal unto them the abundance of peace and truth.