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

Neh. 5:13
Also I shook my lap, and said, So God shake out every man from his house, and from his labour, that performeth not this promise, even thus be he shaken out, and emptied. And all the congregation said, Amen, and praised the Lord. And the people did according to this promise.

Neh. 8:6
And Ezra blessed the Lord, the great God. And all the people answered, Amen, Amen, with lifting up their hands: and they bowed their heads, and worshipped the Lord with their faces to the ground.