Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'teach' occurs 219 times in the standard works.

55 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'teach' in the standard works and contain 25.1% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 23 minutes to read the entire list.

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Alma 37:29-34 (6 in 6 verses)

Mosiah 16:14-15 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 30:22-23 (3 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 12:27-29 (3 in 3 verses)

Matt. 5:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 1:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 4:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 24:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 8:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 38:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Moro. 8:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 4:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Job 12:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 25:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 25:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Tim. 6:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 18:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 18:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 5:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 26:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Moro. 10:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 42:57-58 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 88:77-78 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 6:57-58 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 74 20 94
Ex. 5 0 5
Lev. 2 0 2
Deut. 13 0 13
Judg. 2 0 2
1 Sam. 1 0 1
2 Sam. 1 1 2
1 Kgs. 1 0 1
2 Kgs. 1 0 1
1 Chr. 0 1 1
2 Chr. 1 1 2
Ezra 2 0 2
Job 10 2 12
Ps. 24 5 29
Prov. 1 3 4
Isa. 3 5 8
Jer. 2 1 3
Ezek. 1 0 1
Dan. 1 0 1
Micah 2 0 2
Hab. 1 1 2
NT 34 49 83
BM 77 54 131
DC 31 36 67
PGP 3 3 6
TOTAL 219 162 381

2 Sam. 22:35
He teacheth my hands to war; so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms.

1 Chr. 25:8
And they cast lots, ward against ward, as well the small as the great, the teacher as the scholar.

2 Chr. 15:3
Now for a long season Israel hath been without the true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law.

Job 35:11
Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven?

Job 36:22
Behold, God exalteth by his power: who teacheth like him?

Ps. 18:34
He teacheth my hands to war, so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms.

Ps. 94:10
He that chastiseth the heathen, shall not he correct? he that teacheth man knowledge, shall not he know?

Ps. 94:12
Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O Lord, and teachest him out of thy law;

Ps. 119:99
I have more understanding than all my teachers: for thy testimonies are my meditation.

Ps. 144:1
Blessed be the Lord my strength, which teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight:

Prov. 5:13
And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me!

Prov. 6:13
He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers;

Prov. 16:23
The heart of the wise teacheth his mouth, and addeth learning to his lips.

Isa. 9:15
The ancient and honourable, he is the head; and the prophet that teacheth lies, he is the tail.

Isa. 30:20
And though the Lord give you the bread of adversity, and the water of affliction, yet shall not thy teachers be removed into a corner any more, but thine eyes shall see thy teachers:

Isa. 43:27
Thy first father hath sinned, and thy teachers have transgressed against me.

Isa. 48:17
Thus saith the Lord, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; I am the Lord thy God which teacheth thee to profit, which leadeth thee by the way that thou shouldest go.

Jer. 32:33
And they have turned unto me the back, and not the face: though I taught them, rising up early and teaching them, yet they have not hearkened to receive instruction.

Hab. 2:18
What profiteth the graven image that the maker thereof hath graven it; the molten image, and a teacher of lies, that the maker of his work trusteth therein, to make dumb idols?