Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'concerning' occurs 740 times in the standard works.

229 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'concerning' in the standard works and contain 30.9% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 89 minutes to read the entire list.

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1 Ne. 10:5-12 (8 in 8 verses)

Jer. 27:19-21 (5 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 19:20-22 (5 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 4:1-3 (5 in 3 verses)

Jer. 16:3 (4 in 1 verse)

Jer. 18:7-9 (4 in 3 verses)

W of M 1:2-4 (4 in 3 verses)

Jacob 2:20-23 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 51:1-4 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Ne. 15:19-20 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 25:1-2 (3 in 2 verses)

Jacob 4:2-3 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 21:8-9 (3 in 2 verses)

Hel. 9:12-13 (3 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 10:16-17 (3 in 2 verses)

Morm. 1:3-4 (3 in 2 verses)

Acts 28:21-23 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 6:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 26:12-14 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 26:14-16 (3 in 3 verses)


Jacob 2:5-7 (3 in 3 verses)

 2:5 But behold, hearken ye unto me, and know that by the help of the all-powerful Creator of heaven and earth I can tell you concerning your thoughts, how that ye are beginning to labor in sin, which sin appeareth very abominable unto me, yea, and abominable unto God.

 2:6 Yea, it grieveth my soul and causeth me to shrink with shame before the presence of my Maker, that I must testify unto you concerning the wickedness of your hearts.

 2:7 And also it grieveth me that I must use so much boldness of speech concerning you, before your wives and your children, many of whose feelings are exceedingly tender and chaste and delicate before God, which thing is pleasing unto God;




Alma 35:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 54:5-7 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 56:2-4 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 56:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 57:15-58:1 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 58:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

Num. 30:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Ruth 4:7 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 7:25 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 5:8 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 22:13 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 17:23 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 8:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Neh. 1:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Job 36:33 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 45:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 30:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 33:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 49:28 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 14:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 21:28 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 1:18 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 7:13 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 15:7 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 22:5 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 25:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Jacob 6:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 2:34 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 3:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 13:33 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 18:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 26:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 7:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 11:45 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 12:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 41:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 50:31 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 21:2 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 66:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 4:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 22:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Neh. 11:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 6:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 4:36-37 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 1:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 30:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Jacob 1:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 1:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 1:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 7:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 12:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 17:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 12:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 18:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 18:38-39 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 33:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 47:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 57:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 8:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 8:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 8:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 10:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 11:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 13:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Moro. 8:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 6:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 46:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 84:42-43 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 105:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 105:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 124:73-74 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 125:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 181 0 181
NT 60 0 60
BM 346 0 346
1 Ne. 45 0 45
2 Ne. 37 0 37
Jacob 19 0 19
Enos 2 0 2
Omni 4 0 4
W of M 6 0 6
Mosiah 50 0 50
Alma 100 0 100
Hel. 28 0 28
3 Ne. 26 0 26
Morm. 10 0 10
Ether 9 0 9
Moro. 10 0 10
DC 137 0 137
PGP 16 0 16
TOTAL 740 0 740

Jacob 1:1
For behold, it came to pass that fifty and five years had passed away from the time that Lehi left Jerusalem; wherefore, Nephi gave me, Jacob, a commandment concerning the small plates, upon which these things are engraven.

Jacob 1:2
And he gave me, Jacob, a commandment that I should write upon these plates a few of the things which I considered to be most precious; that I should not touch, save it were lightly, concerning the history of this people which are called the people of Nephi.

Jacob 1:5
For because of faith and great anxiety, it truly had been made manifest unto us concerning our people, what things should happen unto them.

Jacob 2:5
But behold, hearken ye unto me, and know that by the help of the all-powerful Creator of heaven and earth I can tell you concerning your thoughts, how that ye are beginning to labor in sin, which sin appeareth very abominable unto me, yea, and abominable unto God.

Jacob 2:6
Yea, it grieveth my soul and causeth me to shrink with shame before the presence of my Maker, that I must testify unto you concerning the wickedness of your hearts.

Jacob 2:7
And also it grieveth me that I must use so much boldness of speech concerning you, before your wives and your children, many of whose feelings are exceedingly tender and chaste and delicate before God, which thing is pleasing unto God;

Jacob 2:10
But, notwithstanding the greatness of the task, I must do according to the strict commands of God, and tell you concerning your wickedness and abominations, in the presence of the pure in heart, and the broken heart, and under the glance of the piercing eye of the Almighty God.

Jacob 2:20
And now, my brethren, I have spoken unto you concerning pride; and those of you which have afflicted your neighbor, and persecuted him because ye were proud in your hearts, of the things which God hath given you, what say ye of it?

Jacob 2:22
And now I make an end of speaking unto you concerning this pride. And were it not that I must speak unto you concerning a grosser crime, my heart would rejoice exceedingly because of you.

Jacob 2:23
But the word of God burdens me because of your grosser crimes. For behold, thus saith the Lord: This people begin to wax in iniquity; they understand not the scriptures, for they seek to excuse themselves in committing whoredoms, because of the things which were written concerning David, and Solomon his son.

Jacob 4:2
But whatsoever things we write upon anything save it be upon plates must perish and vanish away; but we can write a few words upon plates, which will give our children, and also our beloved brethren, a small degree of knowledge concerning us, or concerning their fathers--

Jacob 4:3
Now in this thing we do rejoice; and we labor diligently to engraven these words upon plates, hoping that our beloved brethren and our children will receive them with thankful hearts, and look upon them that they may learn with joy and not with sorrow, neither with contempt, concerning their first parents.

Jacob 6:1
And now, behold, my brethren, as I said unto you that I would prophesy, behold, this is my prophecy-- that the things which this prophet Zenos spake, concerning the house of Israel, in the which he likened them unto a tame olive tree, must surely come to pass.

Jacob 6:8
Behold, will ye reject these words? Will ye reject the words of the prophets; and will ye reject all the words which have been spoken concerning Christ, after so many have spoken concerning him; and deny the good word of Christ, and the power of God, and the gift of the Holy Ghost, and quench the Holy Spirit, and make a mock of the great plan of redemption, which hath been laid for you?

Jacob 7:5
And he had hope to shake me from the faith, notwithstanding the many revelations and the many things which I had seen concerning these things; for I truly had seen angels, and they had ministered unto me. And also, I had heard the voice of the Lord speaking unto me in very word, from time to time; wherefore, I could not be shaken.

Jacob 7:11
And I said unto him: Then ye do not understand them; for they truly testify of Christ. Behold, I say unto you that none of the prophets have written, nor prophesied, save they have spoken concerning this Christ.