Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'right' occurs 482 times in the standard works.

132 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'right' in the standard works and contain 27.4% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 50 minutes to read the entire list.

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Lev. 8:23-26 (8 in 4 verses)

Lev. 14:14-17 (7 in 4 verses)

Lev. 14:25-28 (7 in 4 verses)

D&C 134:7-12 (6 in 6 verses)

Ex. 29:20-22 (5 in 3 verses)

D&C 107:8-12 (5 in 5 verses)

D&C 9:8-9 (4 in 2 verses)

Ps. 144:8-11 (4 in 4 verses)

Gen. 48:13-14 (3 in 2 verses)

Ps. 118:15-16 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 25:28-29 (3 in 2 verses)


Mosiah 29:8-9 (3 in 2 verses)

 29:8 Now I say unto you let us be wise and consider these things, for we have no right to destroy my son, neither should we have any right to destroy another if he should be appointed in his stead.

 29:9 And if my son should turn again to his pride and vain things he would recall the things which he had said, and claim his right to the kingdom, which would cause him and also this people to commit much sin.




Abr. 1:2-3 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 4:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 68:16-18 (3 in 3 verses)

JS-H 1:8-10 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 13:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 15:6 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 7:39 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 22:2 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 3:17 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 34:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 9:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Zech. 11:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Jacob 7:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 29:26 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 7:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 56:40 (2 in 1 verse)

JS-H 1:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 24:48-49 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 48:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 7:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

Job 42:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 16:11-17:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 109:31-110:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 32:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Lam. 2:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 47:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 5:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 25:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 2:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 7:55-56 (2 in 2 verses)

Rev. 1:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Rev. 1:20-2:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 26:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 134:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 7:56-57 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 293 583 876
NT 66 182 248
BM 52 281 333
1 Ne. 3 38 41
2 Ne. 6 51 57
Jacob 2 4 6
Omni 0 1 1
W of M 0 1 1
Mosiah 9 21 30
Alma 12 94 106
Hel. 4 24 28
3 Ne. 8 24 32
4 Ne. 0 1 1
Morm. 1 6 7
Ether 4 12 16
Moro. 3 4 7
DC 55 100 155
PGP 16 24 40
TOTAL 482 1170 1652

Mosiah 2:37
I say unto you, that the man that doeth this, the same cometh out in open rebellion against God; therefore he listeth to obey the evil spirit, and becometh an enemy to all righteousness; therefore, the Lord has no place in him, for he dwelleth not in unholy temples.

Mosiah 3:4
For the Lord hath heard thy prayers, and hath judged of thy righteousness, and hath sent me to declare unto thee that thou mayest rejoice; and that thou mayest declare unto thy people, that they may also be filled with joy.

Mosiah 3:10
And he shall rise the third day from the dead; and behold, he standeth to judge the world; and behold, all these things are done that a righteous judgment might come upon the children of men.

Mosiah 3:24
And thus saith the Lord: They shall stand as a bright testimony against this people, at the judgment day; whereof they shall be judged, every man according to his works, whether they be good, or whether they be evil.

Mosiah 4:14
And ye will not suffer your children that they go hungry, or naked; neither will ye suffer that they transgress the laws of God, and fight and quarrel one with another, and serve the devil, who is the master of sin, or who is the evil spirit which hath been spoken of by our fathers, he being an enemy to all righteousness.

Mosiah 4:21
And now, if God, who has created you, on whom you are dependent for your lives and for all that ye have and are, doth grant unto you whatsoever ye ask that is right, in faith, believing that ye shall receive, O then, how ye ought to impart of the substance that ye have one to another.

Mosiah 5:6
And now, these are the words which king Benjamin desired of them; and therefore he said unto them: Ye have spoken the words that I desired; and the covenant which ye have made is a righteous covenant.

Mosiah 5:9
And it shall come to pass that whosoever doeth this shall be found at the right hand of God, for he shall know the name by which he is called; for he shall be called by the name of Christ.

Mosiah 14:11
He shall see the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied; by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities.

Mosiah 18:29
And this he said unto them, having been commanded of God; and they did walk uprightly before God, imparting to one another both temporally and spiritually according to their needs and their wants.

Mosiah 23:18
Therefore they did watch over their people, and did nourish them with things pertaining to righteousness.

Mosiah 23:26
Now it came to pass that the brethren of Alma fled from their fields, and gathered themselves together in the city of Helam; and they were much frightened because of the appearance of the Lamanites.

Mosiah 23:27
But Alma went forth and stood among them, and exhorted them that they should not be frightened, but that they should remember the Lord their God and he would deliver them.

Mosiah 26:23
For it is I that taketh upon me the sins of the world; for it is I that hath created them; and it is I that granteth unto him that believeth unto the end a place at my right hand.

Mosiah 26:24
For behold, in my name are they called; and if they know me they shall come forth, and shall have a place eternally at my right hand.

Mosiah 27:25
And the Lord said unto me: Marvel not that all mankind, yea, men and women, all nations, kindreds, tongues and people, must be born again; yea, born of God, changed from their carnal and fallen state, to a state of righteousness, being redeemed of God, becoming his sons and daughters;

Mosiah 29:6
Now I declare unto you that he to whom the kingdom doth rightly belong has declined, and will not take upon him the kingdom.

Mosiah 29:8
Now I say unto you let us be wise and consider these things, for we have no right to destroy my son, neither should we have any right to destroy another if he should be appointed in his stead.

Mosiah 29:9
And if my son should turn again to his pride and vain things he would recall the things which he had said, and claim his right to the kingdom, which would cause him and also this people to commit much sin.

Mosiah 29:22
For behold, he has his friends in iniquity, and he keepeth his guards about him; and he teareth up the laws of those who have reigned in righteousness before him; and he trampleth under his feet the commandments of God;

Mosiah 29:23
And he enacteth laws, and sendeth them forth among his people, yea, laws after the manner of his own wickedness; and whosoever doth not obey his laws he causeth to be destroyed; and whosoever doth rebel against him he will send his armies against them to war, and if he can he will destroy them; and thus an unrighteous king doth pervert the ways of all righteousness.

Mosiah 29:26
Now it is not common that the voice of the people desireth anything contrary to that which is right; but it is common for the lesser part of the people to desire that which is not right; therefore this shall ye observe and make it your law-- to do your business by the voice of the people.

Mosiah 29:29
If your higher judges do not judge righteous judgments, ye shall cause that a small number of your lower judges should be gathered together, and they shall judge your higher judges, according to the voice of the people.

Mosiah 29:32
And now I desire that this inequality should be no more in this land, especially among this my people; but I desire that this land be a land of liberty, and every man may enjoy his rights and privileges alike, so long as the Lord sees fit that we may live and inherit the land, yea, even as long as any of our posterity remains upon the face of the land.

Mosiah 29:33
And many more things did king Mosiah write unto them, unfolding unto them all the trials and troubles of a righteous king, yea, all the travails of soul for their people, and also all the murmurings of the people to their king; and he explained it all unto them.

Mosiah 29:35
And he also unfolded unto them all the disadvantages they labored under, by having an unrighteous king to rule over them;

Mosiah 29:43
And now it came to pass that Alma did walk in the ways of the Lord, and he did keep his commandments, and he did judge righteous judgments; and there was continual peace through the land.