Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'atonement' occurs 113 times in the standard works.

53 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'atonement' in the standard works and contain 46.9% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 21 minutes to read the entire list.

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Lev. 16:30-34 (6 in 5 verses)

Lev. 16:16-18 (4 in 3 verses)

Lev. 14:18-21 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 34:9-12 (4 in 4 verses)

Ex. 29:36-37 (3 in 2 verses)

Ex. 30:15-16 (3 in 2 verses)

Lev. 23:27-28 (3 in 2 verses)

Ex. 30:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 9:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 17:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 5:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 15:28 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 9:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 42:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 12:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 16:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 16:46-47 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 9:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)


Jacob 4:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

 4:11 Wherefore, beloved brethren, be reconciled unto him through the atonement of Christ, his Only Begotten Son, and ye may obtain a resurrection, according to the power of the resurrection which is in Christ, and be presented as the first-fruits of Christ unto God, having faith, and obtained a good hope of glory in him before he manifesteth himself in the flesh.

 4:12 And now, beloved, marvel not that I tell you these things; for why not speak of the atonement of Christ, and attain to a perfect knowledge of him, as to attain to the knowledge of a resurrection and the world to come?




Mosiah 4:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 80 1 81
NT 1 0 1
BM 28 0 28
2 Ne. 7 0 7
Jacob 3 0 3
Mosiah 5 0 5
Alma 11 0 11
Moro. 2 0 2
DC 3 0 3
PGP 1 0 1
TOTAL 113 1 114

Jacob 4:11
Wherefore, beloved brethren, be reconciled unto him through the atonement of Christ, his Only Begotten Son, and ye may obtain a resurrection, according to the power of the resurrection which is in Christ, and be presented as the first-fruits of Christ unto God, having faith, and obtained a good hope of glory in him before he manifesteth himself in the flesh.

Jacob 4:12
And now, beloved, marvel not that I tell you these things; for why not speak of the atonement of Christ, and attain to a perfect knowledge of him, as to attain to the knowledge of a resurrection and the world to come?

Jacob 7:12
And this is not all-- it has been made manifest unto me, for I have heard and seen; and it also has been made manifest unto me by the power of the Holy Ghost; wherefore, I know if there should be no atonement made all mankind must be lost.