Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'literal' occurs 14 times in the standard works.

9 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'literal' in the standard works and contain 64.3% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 5 minutes to read the entire list.

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D&C 68:18-20 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 68:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 107:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 107:69-70 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 0 0 0
NT 0 0 0
BM 0 0 0
DC 12 0 12
PGP 2 0 2
Abr. 1 0 1
A of F 1 0 1
TOTAL 14 0 14

Abr. 2:11
And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse them that curse thee; and in thee (that is, in thy Priesthood) and in thy seed (that is, thy Priesthood), for I give unto thee a promise that this right shall continue in thee, and in thy seed after thee (that is to say, the literal seed, or the seed of the body) shall all the families of the earth be blessed, even with the blessings of the Gospel, which are the blessings of salvation, even of life eternal.

A of F 1:10
We believe in the literal gathering of Israel and in the restoration of the Ten Tribes; that Zion (the New Jerusalem) will be built upon the American continent; that Christ will reign personally upon the earth; and, that the earth will be renewed and receive its paradisiacal glory.