Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'heirs' occurs 24 times in the standard works.

5 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'heirs' in the standard works and contain 20.8% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 2 minutes to read the entire list.

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Rom. 8:17 (3 in 1 verse)

D&C 137:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 1 17 18
NT 11 5 16
BM 2 2 4
Mosiah 1 0 1
3 Ne. 0 2 2
4 Ne. 1 0 1
DC 10 3 13
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 24 27 51

Mosiah 15:11
Behold I say unto you, that whosoever has heard the words of the prophets, yea, all the holy prophets who have prophesied concerning the coming of the Lord-- I say unto you, that all those who have hearkened unto their words, and believed that the Lord would redeem his people, and have looked forward to that day for a remission of their sins, I say unto you, that these are his seed, or they are the heirs of the kingdom of God.

3 Ne. 12:3
Yea, blessed are the poor in spirit who come unto me, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

3 Ne. 12:10
And blessed are all they who are persecuted for my name's sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

4 Ne. 1:17
There were no robbers, nor murderers, neither were there Lamanites, nor any manner of -ites; but they were in one, the children of Christ, and heirs to the kingdom of God.