Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'amen' occurs 275 times in the standard works.

38 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'amen' in the standard works and contain 13.8% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 15 minutes to read the entire list.

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Deut. 27:15-26 (12 in 12 verses)

D&C 23:2-5 (4 in 4 verses)

Num. 5:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Neh. 8:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 41:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 72:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 89:52 (2 in 1 verse)

Rev. 7:12 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 109:80 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 136:42 (2 in 1 verse)

Rev. 1:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Rev. 22:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 119:7-120:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 27 98 125
Gen. 0 10 10
Ex. 0 3 3
Lev. 0 1 1
Num. 2 0 2
Deut. 12 0 12
Judg. 0 3 3
1 Sam. 0 4 4
2 Sam. 0 4 4
1 Kgs. 1 0 1
1 Chr. 1 0 1
2 Chr. 0 4 4
Neh. 3 0 3
Ps. 7 3 10
Prov. 0 3 3
Isa. 0 8 8
Jer. 1 21 22
Lam. 0 2 2
Ezek. 0 23 23
Dan. 0 2 2
Joel 0 2 2
Amos 0 3 3
Micah 0 2 2
NT 51 22 73
BM 42 26 68
DC 151 22 173
PGP 4 14 18
TOTAL 275 182 457

Joel 1:8
Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth.

Joel 1:13
Gird yourselves, and lament, ye priests: howl, ye ministers of the altar: come, lie all night in sackcloth, ye ministers of my God: for the meat offering and the drink offering is withholden from the house of your God.