Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'spoken' occurs 609 times in the standard works.

151 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'spoken' in the standard works and contain 24.8% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 62 minutes to read the entire list.

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Alma 10:25-28 (6 in 4 verses)

Mosiah 5:1-6 (6 in 6 verses)

Alma 5:43-47 (5 in 5 verses)

Alma 12:24-27 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 33:1 (3 in 1 verse)

Hel. 8:13 (3 in 1 verse)

Deut. 18:21-22 (3 in 2 verses)

Job 42:7-8 (3 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 13:7-8 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 20:15-16 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 25:18-20 (3 in 3 verses)

Mosiah 2:34-36 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 34:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 40:15-17 (3 in 3 verses)

Num. 12:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 5:28 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 18:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Luke 12:3 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 15:35 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 17:45 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 9:40 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 25:28 (2 in 1 verse)

Jacob 6:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 4:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 20:27 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 10:12 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 13:25 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 19:8 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 1:38 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 57:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Moses 1:42 (2 in 1 verse)

Moses 5:53 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 21:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 16:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 48:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 36:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 2:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

John 12:48-49 (2 in 2 verses)

John 18:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 13:45-46 (2 in 2 verses)

Heb. 2:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 4:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 14:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 3:25-4:1 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 6:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)


2 Ne. 9:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

 9:11 And because of the way of deliverance of our God, the Holy One of Israel, this death, of which I have spoken, which is the temporal, shall deliver up its dead; which death is the grave.

 9:12 And this death of which I have spoken, which is the spiritual death, shall deliver up its dead; which spiritual death is hell; wherefore, death and hell must deliver up their dead, and hell must deliver up its captive spirits, and the grave must deliver up its captive bodies, and the bodies and the spirits of men will be restored one to the other; and it is by the power of the resurrection of the Holy One of Israel.




2 Ne. 25:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 2:40-41 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 3:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 11:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 13:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 17:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 6:8-7:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 7:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 12:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 14:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 33:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 9:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 9:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 5:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 11:41-12:1 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 29:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 77:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 102:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 196 0 196
NT 91 0 91
BM 250 0 250
1 Ne. 35 0 35
2 Ne. 34 0 34
Jacob 6 0 6
Mosiah 37 0 37
Alma 71 0 71
Hel. 19 0 19
3 Ne. 33 0 33
Morm. 2 0 2
Ether 9 0 9
Moro. 4 0 4
DC 59 0 59
PGP 13 0 13
TOTAL 609 0 609

2 Ne. 2:30
I have spoken these few words unto you all, my sons, in the last days of my probation; and I have chosen the good part, according to the words of the prophet. And I have none other object save it be the everlasting welfare of your souls. Amen.

2 Ne. 3:25
And now, blessed art thou, Joseph. Behold, thou art little; wherefore hearken unto the words of thy brother, Nephi, and it shall be done unto thee even according to the words which I have spoken. Remember the words of thy dying father. Amen.

2 Ne. 4:1
And now, I, Nephi, speak concerning the prophecies of which my father hath spoken, concerning Joseph, who was carried into Egypt.

2 Ne. 4:12
And it came to pass after my father, Lehi, had spoken unto all his household, according to the feelings of his heart and the Spirit of the Lord which was in him, he waxed old. And it came to pass that he died, and was buried.

2 Ne. 4:14
For I, Nephi, was constrained to speak unto them, according to his word; for I had spoken many things unto them, and also my father, before his death; many of which sayings are written upon mine other plates; for a more history part are written upon mine other plates.

2 Ne. 6:2
Behold, my beloved brethren, I, Jacob, having been called of God, and ordained after the manner of his holy order, and having been consecrated by my brother Nephi, unto whom ye look as a king or a protector, and on whom ye depend for safety, behold ye know that I have spoken unto you exceedingly many things.

2 Ne. 6:3
Nevertheless, I speak unto you again; for I am desirous for the welfare of your souls. Yea, mine anxiety is great for you; and ye yourselves know that it ever has been. For I have exhorted you with all diligence; and I have taught you the words of my father; and I have spoken unto you concerning all things which are written, from the creation of the world.

2 Ne. 6:5
And now, the words which I shall read are they which Isaiah spake concerning all the house of Israel; wherefore, they may be likened unto you, for ye are of the house of Israel. And there are many things which have been spoken by Isaiah which may be likened unto you, because ye are of the house of Israel.

2 Ne. 9:2
That he has spoken unto the Jews, by the mouth of his holy prophets, even from the beginning down, from generation to generation, until the time comes that they shall be restored to the true church and fold of God; when they shall be gathered home to the lands of their inheritance, and shall be established in all their lands of promise.

2 Ne. 9:11
And because of the way of deliverance of our God, the Holy One of Israel, this death, of which I have spoken, which is the temporal, shall deliver up its dead; which death is the grave.

2 Ne. 9:12
And this death of which I have spoken, which is the spiritual death, shall deliver up its dead; which spiritual death is hell; wherefore, death and hell must deliver up their dead, and hell must deliver up its captive spirits, and the grave must deliver up its captive bodies, and the bodies and the spirits of men will be restored one to the other; and it is by the power of the resurrection of the Holy One of Israel.

2 Ne. 9:16
And assuredly, as the Lord liveth, for the Lord God hath spoken it, and it is his eternal word, which cannot pass away, that they who are righteous shall be righteous still, and they who are filthy shall be filthy still; wherefore, they who are filthy are the devil and his angels; and they shall go away into everlasting fire, prepared for them; and their torment is as a lake of fire and brimstone, whose flame ascendeth up forever and ever and has no end.

2 Ne. 9:24
And if they will not repent and believe in his name, and be baptized in his name, and endure to the end, they must be damned; for the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel, has spoken it.

2 Ne. 9:40
O, my beloved brethren, give ear to my words. Remember the greatness of the Holy One of Israel. Do not say that I have spoken hard things against you; for if ye do, ye will revile against the truth; for I have spoken the words of your Maker. I know that the words of truth are hard against all uncleanness; but the righteous fear them not, for they love the truth and are not shaken.

2 Ne. 9:51
Wherefore, do not spend money for that which is of no worth, nor your labor for that which cannot satisfy. Hearken diligently unto me, and remember the words which I have spoken; and come unto the Holy One of Israel, and feast upon that which perisheth not, neither can be corrupted, and let your soul delight in fatness.

2 Ne. 10:1
And now I, Jacob, speak unto you again, my beloved brethren, concerning this righteous branch of which I have spoken.

2 Ne. 10:9
Yea, the kings of the Gentiles shall be nursing fathers unto them, and their queens shall become nursing mothers; wherefore, the promises of the Lord are great unto the Gentiles, for he hath spoken it, and who can dispute?

2 Ne. 25:1
Now I, Nephi, do speak somewhat concerning the words which I have written, which have been spoken by the mouth of Isaiah. For behold, Isaiah spake many things which were hard for many of my people to understand; for they know not concerning the manner of prophesying among the Jews.

2 Ne. 25:3
Wherefore, I write unto my people, unto all those that shall receive hereafter these things which I write, that they may know the judgments of God, that they come upon all nations, according to the word which he hath spoken.

2 Ne. 25:5
Yea, and my soul delighteth in the words of Isaiah, for I came out from Jerusalem, and mine eyes hath beheld the things of the Jews, and I know that the Jews do understand the things of the prophets, and there is none other people that understand the things which were spoken unto the Jews like unto them, save it be that they are taught after the manner of the things of the Jews.

2 Ne. 25:6
But behold, I, Nephi, have not taught my children after the manner of the Jews; but behold, I, of myself, have dwelt at Jerusalem, wherefore I know concerning the regions round about; and I have made mention unto my children concerning the judgments of God, which hath come to pass among the Jews, unto my children, according to all that which Isaiah hath spoken, and I do not write them.

2 Ne. 25:18
Wherefore, he shall bring forth his words unto them, which words shall judge them at the last day, for they shall be given them for the purpose of convincing them of the true Messiah, who was rejected by them; and unto the convincing of them that they need not look forward any more for a Messiah to come, for there should not any come, save it should be a false Messiah which should deceive the people; for there is save one Messiah spoken of by the prophets, and that Messiah is he who should be rejected of the Jews.

2 Ne. 25:20
And now, my brethren, I have spoken plainly that ye cannot err. And as the Lord God liveth that brought Israel up out of the land of Egypt, and gave unto Moses power that he should heal the nations after they had been bitten by the poisonous serpents, if they would cast their eyes unto the serpent which he did raise up before them, and also gave him power that he should smite the rock and the water should come forth; yea, behold I say unto you, that as these things are true, and as the Lord God liveth, there is none other name given under heaven save it be this Jesus Christ, of which I have spoken, whereby man can be saved.

2 Ne. 25:28
And now behold, my people, ye are a stiffnecked people; wherefore, I have spoken plainly unto you, that ye cannot misunderstand. And the words which I have spoken shall stand as a testimony against you; for they are sufficient to teach any man the right way; for the right way is to believe in Christ and deny him not; for by denying him ye also deny the prophets and the law.

2 Ne. 27:12
Wherefore, at that day when the book shall be delivered unto the man of whom I have spoken, the book shall be hid from the eyes of the world, that the eyes of none shall behold it save it be that three witnesses shall behold it, by the power of God, besides him to whom the book shall be delivered; and they shall testify to the truth of the book and the things therein.

2 Ne. 28:1
And now, behold, my brethren, I have spoken unto you, according as the Spirit hath constrained me; wherefore, I know that they must surely come to pass.

2 Ne. 29:9
And I do this that I may prove unto many that I am the same yesterday, today, and forever; and that I speak forth my words according to mine own pleasure. And because that I have spoken one word ye need not suppose that I cannot speak another; for my work is not yet finished; neither shall it be until the end of man, neither from that time henceforth and forever.

2 Ne. 30:1
And now behold, my beloved brethren, I would speak unto you; for I, Nephi, would not suffer that ye should suppose that ye are more righteous than the Gentiles shall be. For behold, except ye shall keep the commandments of God ye shall all likewise perish; and because of the words which have been spoken ye need not suppose that the Gentiles are utterly destroyed.

2 Ne. 30:3
And now, I would prophesy somewhat more concerning the Jews and the Gentiles. For after the book of which I have spoken shall come forth, and be written unto the Gentiles, and sealed up again unto the Lord, there shall be many which shall believe the words which are written; and they shall carry them forth unto the remnant of our seed.

2 Ne. 31:4
Wherefore, I would that ye should remember that I have spoken unto you concerning that prophet which the Lord showed unto me, that should baptize the Lamb of God, which should take away the sins of the world.

2 Ne. 32:4
Wherefore, now after I have spoken these words, if ye cannot understand them it will be because ye ask not, neither do ye knock; wherefore, ye are not brought into the light, but must perish in the dark.