Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'sharpness' occurs 10 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 'sharpness' in the standard works and contain 50% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 1 minutes to read the entire list.

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2 Ne. 1:26 (3 in 1 verse)

 1:26 And ye have murmured because he hath been plain unto you. Ye say that he hath used sharpness; ye say that he hath been angry with you; but behold, his sharpness was the sharpness of the power of the word of God, which was in him; and that which ye call anger was the truth, according to that which is in God, which he could not restrain, manifesting boldly concerning your iniquities.





Moro. 9:4 (2 in 1 verse)

 9:4 Behold, I am laboring with them continually; and when I speak the word of God with sharpness they tremble and anger against me; and when I use no sharpness they harden their hearts against it; wherefore, I fear lest the Spirit of the Lord hath ceased striving with them.




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Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 0 0 0
NT 1 0 1
BM 6 0 6
DC 3 0 3
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 10 0 10

2 Cor. 13:10
Therefore I write these things being absent, lest being present I should use sharpness, according to the power which the Lord hath given me to edification, and not to destruction.

2 Ne. 1:26
And ye have murmured because he hath been plain unto you. Ye say that he hath used sharpness; ye say that he hath been angry with you; but behold, his sharpness was the sharpness of the power of the word of God, which was in him; and that which ye call anger was the truth, according to that which is in God, which he could not restrain, manifesting boldly concerning your iniquities.

W of M 1:17
For behold, king Benjamin was a holy man, and he did reign over his people in righteousness; and there were many holy men in the land, and they did speak the word of God with power and with authority; and they did use much sharpness because of the stiffneckedness of the people--

Moro. 9:4
Behold, I am laboring with them continually; and when I speak the word of God with sharpness they tremble and anger against me; and when I use no sharpness they harden their hearts against it; wherefore, I fear lest the Spirit of the Lord hath ceased striving with them.

D&C 15:2
For behold, I speak unto you with sharpness and with power, for mine arm is over all the earth.

D&C 16:2
For behold, I speak unto you with sharpness and with power, for mine arm is over all the earth.

D&C 121:43
Reproving betimes with sharpness, when moved upon by the Holy Ghost; and then showing forth afterwards an increase of love toward him whom thou hast reproved, lest he esteem thee to be his enemy;