Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'show' occurs 150 times in the standard works.

54 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'show' in the standard works and contain 36% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 22 minutes to read the entire list.

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Ether 3:26-4:1 (6 in 4 verses)

D&C 10:34-36 (5 in 3 verses)

Alma 30:43-45 (4 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 19:20-21 (3 in 2 verses)

Ether 12:27-28 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 115:14-16 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 30:51 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 124:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Moses 1:7 (2 in 1 verse)

JS-H 1:42 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 27:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Jacob 7:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 23:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 37:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 16:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 19:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 45:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 45:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 66:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 97:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 124:95-96 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 0 12 12
NT 0 1 1
BM 95 66 161
DC 40 21 61
PGP 15 5 20
TOTAL 150 105 255

D&C 5:3
And I have caused you that you should enter into a covenant with me, that you should not show them except to those persons to whom I commanded you; and you have no power over them except I grant it unto you.

D&C 5:7
Behold, if they will not believe my words, they would not believe you, my servant Joseph, if it were possible that you should show them all these things which I have committed unto you.

D&C 5:11
And in addition to your testimony, the testimony of three of my servants, whom I shall call and ordain, unto whom I will show these things, and they shall go forth with my words that are given through you.

D&C 10:34
But behold, here is wisdom, and because I show unto you wisdom, and give you commandments concerning these things, what you shall do, show it not unto the world until you have accomplished the work of translation.

D&C 10:35
Marvel not that I said unto you: Here is wisdom, show it not unto the world-- for I said, show it not unto the world, that you may be preserved.

D&C 10:36
Behold, I do not say that you shall not show it unto the righteous;

D&C 10:43
I will not suffer that they shall destroy my work; yea, I will show unto them that my wisdom is greater than the cunning of the devil.

D&C 10:60
And I will show unto this people that I had other sheep, and that they were a branch of the house of Jacob;

D&C 18:39
And when you have found them you shall show these things unto them.

D&C 19:21
And I command you that you preach naught but repentance, and show not these things unto the world until it is wisdom in me.

D&C 35:8
For I am God, and mine arm is not shortened; and I will show miracles, signs, and wonders, unto all those who believe on my name.

D&C 38:13
And now I show unto you a mystery, a thing which is had in secret chambers, to bring to pass even your destruction in process of time, and ye knew it not;

D&C 45:10
Wherefore, come ye unto it, and with him that cometh I will reason as with men in days of old, and I will show unto you my strong reasoning.

D&C 45:11
Wherefore, hearken ye together and let me show unto you even my wisdom-- the wisdom of him whom ye say is the God of Enoch, and his brethren,

D&C 45:16
And I will show it plainly as I showed it unto my disciples as I stood before them in the flesh, and spake unto them, saying: As ye have asked of me concerning the signs of my coming, in the day when I shall come in my glory in the clouds of heaven, to fulfil the promises that I have made unto your fathers,

D&C 45:17
For as ye have looked upon the long absence of your spirits from your bodies to be a bondage, I will show unto you how the day of redemption shall come, and also the restoration of the scattered Israel.

D&C 45:36
And when the light shall begin to break forth, it shall be with them like unto a parable which I will show you--

D&C 66:3
Verily I say unto you, my servant William, that you are clean, but not all; repent, therefore, of those things which are not pleasing in my sight, saith the Lord, for the Lord will show them unto you.

D&C 66:4
And now, verily, I, the Lord, will show unto you what I will concerning you, or what is my will concerning you.

D&C 76:8
Yea, even the wonders of eternity shall they know, and things to come will I show them, even the things of many generations.

D&C 76:47
Nevertheless, I, the Lord, show it by vision unto many, but straightway shut it up again;

D&C 95:14
Therefore, let it be built after the manner which I shall show unto three of you, whom ye shall appoint and ordain unto this power.

D&C 97:1
Verily I say unto you my friends, I speak unto you with my voice, even the voice of my Spirit, that I may show unto you my will concerning your brethren in the land of Zion, many of whom are truly humble and are seeking diligently to learn wisdom and to find truth.

D&C 97:2
Verily, verily I say unto you, blessed are such, for they shall obtain; for I, the Lord, show mercy unto all the meek, and upon all whomsoever I will, that I may be justified when I shall bring them unto judgment.

D&C 97:6
And to the residue of the school, I, the Lord, am willing to show mercy; nevertheless, there are those that must needs be chastened, and their works shall be made known.

D&C 101:43
And now, I will show unto you a parable, that you may know my will concerning the redemption of Zion.

D&C 101:63
Again, verily I say unto you, I will show unto you wisdom in me concerning all the churches, inasmuch as they are willing to be guided in a right and proper way for their salvation--

D&C 115:14
But let a house be built unto my name according to the pattern which I will show unto them.

D&C 115:15
And if my people build it not according to the pattern which I shall show unto their presidency, I will not accept it at their hands.

D&C 115:16
But if my people do build it according to the pattern which I shall show unto their presidency, even my servant Joseph and his counselors, then I will accept it at the hands of my people.

D&C 124:1
Verily, thus saith the Lord unto you, my servant Joseph Smith, I am well pleased with your offering and acknowledgments, which you have made; for unto this end have I raised you up, that I might show forth my wisdom through the weak things of the earth.

D&C 124:22
Let my servant George, and my servant Lyman, and my servant John Snider, and others, build a house unto my name, such a one as my servant Joseph shall show unto them, upon the place which he shall show unto them also.

D&C 124:42
And I will show unto my servant Joseph all things pertaining to this house, and the priesthood thereof, and the place whereon it shall be built.

D&C 124:95
That he may act in concert also with my servant Joseph; and that he shall receive counsel from my servant Joseph, who shall show unto him the keys whereby he may ask and receive, and be crowned with the same blessing, and glory, and honor, and priesthood, and gifts of the priesthood, that once were put upon him that was my servant Oliver Cowdery;

D&C 124:96
That my servant Hyrum may bear record of the things which I shall show unto him, that his name may be had in honorable remembrance from generation to generation, forever and ever.

D&C 124:102
Behold, I say unto you, I have a mission in store for my servant William, and my servant Hyrum, and for them alone; and let my servant Joseph tarry at home, for he is needed. The remainder I will show unto you hereafter. Even so. Amen.

D&C 128:13
Consequently, the baptismal font was instituted as a similitude of the grave, and was commanded to be in a place underneath where the living are wont to assemble, to show forth the living and the dead, and that all things may have their likeness, and that they may accord one with another-- that which is earthly conforming to that which is heavenly, as Paul hath declared, 1 Corinthians 15:46, 47, and 48: