Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'write' occurs 245 times in the standard works.

96 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'write' in the standard works and contain 39.2% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 33 minutes to read the entire list.

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1 Ne. 14:21-25 (6 in 5 verses)

Ether 3:22-27 (6 in 6 verses)

2 Ne. 29:11-12 (5 in 2 verses)

Morm. 3:17-20 (5 in 4 verses)

1 Jn. 2:12-13 (4 in 2 verses)

Jacob 4:1-2 (4 in 2 verses)

Jarom 1:1-2 (4 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 26:11-12 (3 in 2 verses)

Ether 12:24-25 (3 in 2 verses)

Moro. 8:30-9:1 (3 in 2 verses)

Rev. 3:12-14 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 3:17-19 (3 in 3 verses)

Morm. 8:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 37:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Acts 25:26 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Jn. 1:12 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Jn. 1:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Jude 1:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Rev. 10:4 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 3:12 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 25:3 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 31:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Omni 1:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Omni 1:9 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 16:4 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 28:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Moro. 1:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Moro. 10:1 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 104:81 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 17:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 16:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Jn. 2:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 27:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 1:40-41 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 6:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 36 7 43
NT 55 0 55
BM 122 1 123
DC 23 0 23
PGP 9 0 9
TOTAL 245 8 253

D&C 9:1
Behold, I say unto you, my son, that because you did not translate according to that which you desired of me, and did commence again to write for my servant, Joseph Smith, Jun., even so I would that ye should continue until you have finished this record, which I have entrusted unto him.

D&C 9:4
Behold, the work which you are called to do is to write for my servant Joseph.

D&C 9:9
But if it be not right you shall have no such feelings, but you shall have a stupor of thought that shall cause you to forget the thing which is wrong; therefore, you cannot write that which is sacred save it be given you from me.

D&C 24:1
Behold, thou wast called and chosen to write the Book of Mormon, and to my ministry; and I have lifted thee up out of thine afflictions, and have counseled thee, that thou hast been delivered from all thine enemies, and thou hast been delivered from the powers of Satan and from darkness!

D&C 24:6
And it shall be given thee in the very moment what thou shalt speak and write, and they shall hear it, or I will send unto them a cursing instead of a blessing.

D&C 28:5
But thou shalt not write by way of commandment, but by wisdom;

D&C 28:8
And now, behold, I say unto you that you shall go unto the Lamanites and preach my gospel unto them; and inasmuch as they receive thy teachings thou shalt cause my church to be established among them; and thou shalt have revelations, but write them not by way of commandment.

D&C 35:20
And a commandment I give unto thee-- that thou shalt write for him; and the scriptures shall be given, even as they are in mine own bosom, to the salvation of mine own elect;

D&C 35:23
And inasmuch as ye do not write, behold, it shall be given unto him to prophesy; and thou shalt preach my gospel and call on the holy prophets to prove his words, as they shall be given him.

D&C 47:1
Behold, it is expedient in me that my servant John should write and keep a regular history, and assist you, my servant Joseph, in transcribing all things which shall be given you, until he is called to further duties.

D&C 47:4
Wherefore, it shall be given him, inasmuch as he is faithful, by the Comforter, to write these things. Even so. Amen.

D&C 58:50
And I give unto my servant Sidney Rigdon a commandment, that he shall write a description of the land of Zion, and a statement of the will of God, as it shall be made known by the Spirit unto him;

D&C 76:28
And while we were yet in the Spirit, the Lord commanded us that we should write the vision; for we beheld Satan, that old serpent, even the devil, who rebelled against God, and sought to take the kingdom of our God and his Christ--

D&C 76:49
And we heard the voice, saying: Write the vision, for lo, this is the end of the vision of the sufferings of the ungodly.

D&C 76:80
And now this is the end of the vision which we saw of the terrestrial, that the Lord commanded us to write while we were yet in the Spirit.

D&C 76:113
This is the end of the vision which we saw, which we were commanded to write while we were yet in the Spirit.

D&C 76:115
Which he commanded us we should not write while we were yet in the Spirit, and are not lawful for man to utter;

D&C 90:32
And behold, verily I say unto you, that ye shall write this commandment, and say unto your brethren in Zion, in love greeting, that I have called you also to preside over Zion in mine own due time.

D&C 104:81
Therefore write speedily to New York and write according to that which shall be dictated by my Spirit; and I will soften the hearts of those to whom you are in debt, that it shall be taken away out of their minds to bring affliction upon you.

D&C 124:12
And again, verily I say unto you, let my servant Robert B. Thompson help you to write this proclamation, for I am well pleased with him, and that he should be with you;

D&C 127:10
I will say to all the saints, that I desired, with exceedingly great desire, to have addressed them from the stand on the subject of baptism for the dead, on the following Sabbath. But inasmuch as it is out of my power to do so, I will write the word of the Lord from time to time, on that subject, and send it to you by mail, as well as many other things.

D&C 128:1
As I stated to you in my letter before I left my place, that I would write to you from time to time and give you information in relation to many subjects, I now resume the subject of the baptism for the dead, as that subject seems to occupy my mind, and press itself upon my feelings the strongest, since I have been pursued by my enemies.