Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'show' occurs 150 times in the standard works.

54 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'show' in the standard works and contain 36% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 22 minutes to read the entire list.

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Ether 3:26-4:1 (6 in 4 verses)

D&C 10:34-36 (5 in 3 verses)

Alma 30:43-45 (4 in 3 verses)


1 Ne. 19:20-21 (3 in 2 verses)

 19:20 For behold, I have workings in the spirit, which doth weary me even that all my joints are weak, for those who are at Jerusalem; for had not the Lord been merciful, to show unto me concerning them, even as he had prophets of old, I should have perished also.

 19:21 And he surely did show unto the prophets of old all things concerning them; and also he did show unto many concerning us; wherefore, it must needs be that we know concerning them for they are written upon the plates of brass.




Ether 12:27-28 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 115:14-16 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 30:51 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 124:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Moses 1:7 (2 in 1 verse)

JS-H 1:42 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 27:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Jacob 7:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 23:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 37:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 16:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 19:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 45:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 45:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 66:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 97:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 124:95-96 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 0 12 12
NT 0 1 1
BM 95 66 161
1 Ne. 11 13 24
2 Ne. 11 10 21
Jacob 3 1 4
Mosiah 3 3 6
Alma 21 2 23
Hel. 4 9 13
3 Ne. 18 7 25
Morm. 2 2 4
Ether 19 17 36
Moro. 3 2 5
DC 40 21 61
PGP 15 5 20
TOTAL 150 105 255

1 Ne. 1:15
And after this manner was the language of my father in the praising of his God; for his soul did rejoice, and his whole heart was filled, because of the things which he had seen, yea, which the Lord had shown unto him.

1 Ne. 1:18
Therefore, I would that ye should know, that after the Lord had shown so many marvelous things unto my father, Lehi, yea, concerning the destruction of Jerusalem, behold he went forth among the people, and began to prophesy and to declare unto them concerning the things which he had both seen and heard.

1 Ne. 1:20
And when the Jews heard these things they were angry with him; yea, even as with the prophets of old, whom they had cast out, and stoned, and slain; and they also sought his life, that they might take it away. But behold, I, Nephi, will show unto you that the tender mercies of the Lord are over all those whom he hath chosen, because of their faith, to make them mighty even unto the power of deliverance.

1 Ne. 11:9
And it came to pass after I had seen the tree, I said unto the Spirit: I behold thou hast shown unto me the tree which is precious above all.

1 Ne. 11:31
And he spake unto me again, saying: Look! And I looked, and I beheld the Lamb of God going forth among the children of men. And I beheld multitudes of people who were sick, and who were afflicted with all manner of diseases, and with devils and unclean spirits; and the angel spake and showed all these things unto me. And they were healed by the power of the Lamb of God; and the devils and the unclean spirits were cast out.

1 Ne. 12:6
And I saw the heavens open, and the Lamb of God descending out of heaven; and he came down and showed himself unto them.

1 Ne. 14:26
And also others who have been, to them hath he shown all things, and they have written them; and they are sealed up to come forth in their purity, according to the truth which is in the Lamb, in the own due time of the Lord, unto the house of Israel.

1 Ne. 15:17
And this is what our father meaneth; and he meaneth that it will not come to pass until after they are scattered by the Gentiles; and he meaneth that it shall come by way of the Gentiles, that the Lord may show his power unto the Gentiles, for the very cause that he shall be rejected of the Jews, or of the house of Israel.

1 Ne. 17:8
And it came to pass that the Lord spake unto me, saying: Thou shalt construct a ship, after the manner which I shall show thee, that I may carry thy people across these waters.

1 Ne. 17:9
And I said: Lord, whither shall I go that I may find ore to molten, that I may make tools to construct the ship after the manner which thou hast shown unto me?

1 Ne. 18:1
And it came to pass that they did worship the Lord, and did go forth with me; and we did work timbers of curious workmanship. And the Lord did show me from time to time after what manner I should work the timbers of the ship.

1 Ne. 18:2
Now I, Nephi, did not work the timbers after the manner which was learned by men, neither did I build the ship after the manner of men; but I did build it after the manner which the Lord had shown unto me; wherefore, it was not after the manner of men.

1 Ne. 18:3
And I, Nephi, did go into the mount oft, and I did pray oft unto the Lord; wherefore the Lord showed unto me great things.

1 Ne. 18:11
And it came to pass that Laman and Lemuel did take me and bind me with cords, and they did treat me with much harshness; nevertheless, the Lord did suffer it that he might show forth his power, unto the fulfilling of his word which he had spoken concerning the wicked.

1 Ne. 19:20
For behold, I have workings in the spirit, which doth weary me even that all my joints are weak, for those who are at Jerusalem; for had not the Lord been merciful, to show unto me concerning them, even as he had prophets of old, I should have perished also.

1 Ne. 19:21
And he surely did show unto the prophets of old all things concerning them; and also he did show unto many concerning us; wherefore, it must needs be that we know concerning them for they are written upon the plates of brass.

1 Ne. 20:3
Behold, I have declared the former things from the beginning; and they went forth out of my mouth, and I showed them. I did show them suddenly.

1 Ne. 20:5
And I have even from the beginning declared to thee; before it came to pass I showed them thee; and I showed them for fear lest thou shouldst say-- Mine idol hath done them, and my graven image, and my molten image hath commanded them.

1 Ne. 20:6
Thou hast seen and heard all this; and will ye not declare them? And that I have showed thee new things from this time, even hidden things, and thou didst not know them.

1 Ne. 21:9
That thou mayest say to the prisoners: Go forth; to them that sit in darkness: Show yourselves. They shall feed in the ways, and their pastures shall be in all high places.

1 Ne. 21:14
But, behold, Zion hath said: The Lord hath forsaken me, and my Lord hath forgotten me-- but he will show that he hath not.