Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'spirits' occurs 97 times in the standard works.

30 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'spirits' in the standard works and contain 30.9% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 12 minutes to read the entire list.

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Alma 40:11-13 (4 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 9:12-13 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 50:1-2 (3 in 2 verses)

Abr. 3:18-19 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 138:28-30 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 11:31 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 138:36 (2 in 1 verse)

Acts 19:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Rev. 16:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 9:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 56:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 138:56-57 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 14 0 14
NT 32 0 32
BM 17 0 17
DC 28 0 28
PGP 6 0 6
Moses 2 0 2
Abr. 4 0 4
TOTAL 97 0 97

Moses 6:36
And he beheld the spirits that God had created; and he beheld also things which were not visible to the natural eye; and from thenceforth came the saying abroad in the land: A seer hath the Lord raised up unto his people.

Moses 7:57
And as many of the spirits as were in prison came forth, and stood on the right hand of God; and the remainder were reserved in chains of darkness until the judgment of the great day.

Abr. 3:18
Howbeit that he made the greater star; as, also, if there be two spirits, and one shall be more intelligent than the other, yet these two spirits, notwithstanding one is more intelligent than the other, have no beginning; they existed before, they shall have no end, they shall exist after, for they are gnolaum, or eternal.

Abr. 3:19
And the Lord said unto me: These two facts do exist, that there are two spirits, one being more intelligent than the other; there shall be another more intelligent than they; I am the Lord thy God, I am more intelligent than they all.

Abr. 3:23
And God saw these souls that they were good, and he stood in the midst of them, and he said: These I will make my rulers; for he stood among those that were spirits, and he saw that they were good; and he said unto me: Abraham, thou art one of them; thou wast chosen before thou wast born.