Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'seen' occurs 433 times in the standard works.

112 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'seen' in the standard works and contain 25.9% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 42 minutes to read the entire list.

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JS-H 1:24-31 (9 in 8 verses)

2 Cor. 4:18 (4 in 1 verse)

D&C 17:3-5 (4 in 3 verses)

1 Cor. 15:5-8 (4 in 4 verses)

D&C 88:47-50 (4 in 4 verses)

2 Ne. 11:2-3 (3 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 19:35-36 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 5:25-26 (3 in 2 verses)

Lam. 2:14-16 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 13:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

John 14:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Jn. 1:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 1:13-15 (3 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 27:21-23 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 33:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 13:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 13:7 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 8:8 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 20:15 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 5:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Job 33:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 39:4 (2 in 1 verse)

John 6:46 (2 in 1 verse)

John 8:38 (2 in 1 verse)

John 20:29 (2 in 1 verse)

Acts 7:34 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Jn. 4:20 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 11:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Jacob 7:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 36:26 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 3:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 3:21 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 132:50 (2 in 1 verse)

Abr. 3:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 29:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 35:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Eccl. 6:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 23:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Lam. 3:59-60 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 8:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 11:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 18:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 8:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 12:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 178 0 178
NT 99 0 99
BM 110 0 110
DC 29 0 29
PGP 17 1 18
Abr. 3 0 3
JS-H 14 1 15
TOTAL 433 1 434

Abr. 3:16
If two things exist, and there be one above the other, there shall be greater things above them; therefore Kolob is the greatest of all the Kokaubeam that thou hast seen, because it is nearest unto me.

Abr. 3:21
I dwell in the midst of them all; I now, therefore, have come down unto thee to declare unto thee the works which my hands have made, wherein my wisdom excelleth them all, for I rule in the heavens above, and in the earth beneath, in all wisdom and prudence, over all the intelligences thine eyes have seen from the beginning; I came down in the beginning in the midst of all the intelligences thou hast seen.

JS-H 1:6
For, notwithstanding the great love which the converts to these different faiths expressed at the time of their conversion, and the great zeal manifested by the respective clergy, who were active in getting up and promoting this extraordinary scene of religious feeling, in order to have everybody converted, as they were pleased to call it, let them join what sect they pleased; yet when the converts began to file off, some to one party and some to another, it was seen that the seemingly good feelings of both the priests and the converts were more pretended than real; for a scene of great confusion and bad feeling ensued-- priest contending against priest, and convert against convert; so that all their good feelings one for another, if they ever had any, were entirely lost in a strife of words and a contest about opinions.

JS-H 1:16
But, exerting all my powers to call upon God to deliver me out of the power of this enemy which had seized upon me, and at the very moment when I was ready to sink into despair and abandon myself to destruction-- not to an imaginary ruin, but to the power of some actual being from the unseen world, who had such marvelous power as I had never before felt in any being-- just at this moment of great alarm, I saw a pillar of light exactly over my head, above the brightness of the sun, which descended gradually until it fell upon me.

JS-H 1:24
However, it was nevertheless a fact that I had beheld a vision. I have thought since, that I felt much like Paul, when he made his defense before King Agrippa, and related the account of the vision he had when he saw a light, and heard a voice; but still there were but few who believed him; some said he was dishonest, others said he was mad; and he was ridiculed and reviled. But all this did not destroy the reality of his vision. He had seen a vision, he knew he had, and all the persecution under heaven could not make it otherwise; and though they should persecute him unto death, yet he knew, and would know to his latest breath, that he had both seen a light and heard a voice speaking unto him, and all the world could not make him think or believe otherwise.

JS-H 1:25
So it was with me. I had actually seen a light, and in the midst of that light I saw two Personages, and they did in reality speak to me; and though I was hated and persecuted for saying that I had seen a vision, yet it was true; and while they were persecuting me, reviling me, and speaking all manner of evil against me falsely for so saying, I was led to say in my heart: Why persecute me for telling the truth? I have actually seen a vision; and who am I that I can withstand God, or why does the world think to make me deny what I have actually seen? For I had seen a vision; I knew it, and I knew that God knew it, and I could not deny it, neither dared I do it; at least I knew that by so doing I would offend God, and come under condemnation.

JS-H 1:27
I continued to pursue my common vocations in life until the twenty-- first of September, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-three, all the time suffering severe persecution at the hands of all classes of men, both religious and irreligious, because I continued to affirm that I had seen a vision.

JS-H 1:31
He had on a loose robe of most exquisite whiteness. It was a whiteness beyond anything earthly I had ever seen; nor do I believe that any earthly thing could be made to appear so exceedingly white and brilliant. His hands were naked, and his arms also, a little above the wrist; so, also, were his feet naked, as were his legs, a little above the ankles. His head and neck were also bare. I could discover that he had no other clothing on but this robe, as it was open, so that I could see into his bosom.

JS-H 1:46
By this time, so deep were the impressions made on my mind, that sleep had fled from my eyes, and I lay overwhelmed in astonishment at what I had both seen and heard. But what was my surprise when again I beheld the same messenger at my bedside, and heard him rehearse or repeat over again to me the same things as before; and added a caution to me, telling me that Satan would try to tempt me (in consequence of the indigent circumstances of my father's family), to get the plates for the purpose of getting rich. This he forbade me, saying that I must have no other object in view in getting the plates but to glorify God, and must not be influenced by any other motive than that of building his kingdom; otherwise I could not get them.

JS-H 1:58
Owing to my continuing to assert that I had seen a vision, persecution still followed me, and my wife's father's family were very much opposed to our being married. I was, therefore, under the necessity of taking her elsewhere; so we went and were married at the house of Squire Tarbill, in South Bainbridge, Chenango county, New York. Immediately after my marriage, I left Mr. Stoal's, and went to my father's, and farmed with him that season.

JS-H 1:64
"I went to the city of New York, and presented the characters which had been translated, with the translation thereof, to Professor Charles Anthon, a gentleman celebrated for his literary attainments. Professor Anthon stated that the translation was correct, more so than any he had before seen translated from the Egyptian. I then showed him those which were not yet translated, and he said that they were Egyptian, Chaldaic, Assyriac, and Arabic; and he said they were true characters. He gave me a certificate, certifying to the people of Palmyra that they were true characters, and that the translation of such of them as had been translated was also correct. I took the certificate and put it into my pocket, and was just leaving the house, when Mr. Anthon called me back, and asked me how the young man found out that there were gold plates in the place where he found them. I answered that an angel of God had revealed it unto him.

JS-H 1:66
On the 5th day of April, 1829, Oliver Cowdery came to my house, until which time I had never seen him. He stated to me that having been teaching school in the neighborhood where my father resided, and my father being one of those who sent to the school, he went to board for a season at his house, and while there the family related to him the circumstances of my having received the plates, and accordingly he had come to make inquiries of me.