Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'spirit' occurs 988 times in the standard works.

419 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'spirit' in the standard works and contain 42.4% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 169 minutes to read the entire list.

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Rom. 8:1-16 (17 in 16 verses)

Alma 5:46-54 (10 in 9 verses)


1 Cor. 12:7-13 (8 in 7 verses)

 12:7 But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal.

 12:8 For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit;

 12:9 To another faith by the same Spirit; to another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit;

 12:10 To another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; to another divers kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues:

 12:11 But all these worketh that one and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will.

 12:12 For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ.

 12:13 For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit.




1 Jn. 3:24-4:6 (8 in 7 verses)

1 Cor. 2:10-14 (7 in 5 verses)

D&C 84:45-47 (6 in 3 verses)

Alma 18:2-5 (6 in 4 verses)

D&C 50:27-32 (6 in 6 verses)

Alma 19:25-27 (5 in 3 verses)

1 Sam. 16:13-16 (5 in 4 verses)

D&C 93:23-26 (5 in 4 verses)

Mosiah 18:10-14 (5 in 5 verses)

Alma 34:34-38 (5 in 5 verses)

D&C 46:28-32 (5 in 5 verses)

D&C 50:17-21 (5 in 5 verses)

Isa. 11:2 (4 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 21:2 (4 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 1:20-21 (4 in 2 verses)

Hel. 4:23-24 (4 in 2 verses)

Ether 3:16-17 (4 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 14:14-16 (4 in 3 verses)

Gal. 5:16-18 (4 in 3 verses)

1 Kgs. 22:21-24 (4 in 4 verses)

2 Chr. 18:20-23 (4 in 4 verses)

John 3:5-8 (4 in 4 verses)

Moro. 10:8-11 (4 in 4 verses)

Hag. 1:14 (3 in 1 verse)

Alma 9:21 (3 in 1 verse)

Alma 31:15 (3 in 1 verse)

Num. 11:25-26 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 28:7-8 (3 in 2 verses)

Eccl. 7:8-9 (3 in 2 verses)

Isa. 57:15-16 (3 in 2 verses)

Mal. 2:15-16 (3 in 2 verses)

Mark 9:25-26 (3 in 2 verses)

John 4:23-24 (3 in 2 verses)

Rom. 8:26-27 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Cor. 3:17-18 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 22:1-2 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 32:7-8 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 3:26-27 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 11:12-13 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 42:13-14 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 63:64-65 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 93:32-33 (3 in 2 verses)

Moses 6:59-60 (3 in 2 verses)

Moses 6:64-65 (3 in 2 verses)

Abr. 5:7-8 (3 in 2 verses)

Ps. 51:10-12 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 3:12-14 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Cor. 5:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Cor. 3:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

Gal. 5:25-6:1 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Jn. 5:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 4:10-12 (3 in 3 verses)

Jacob 4:13-15 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 17:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 22:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 40:13-15 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 8:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 76:10-12 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 91:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

Num. 5:14 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 16:23 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 5:26 (2 in 1 verse)

Prov. 18:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Eccl. 3:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Eccl. 8:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 4:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 11:24 (2 in 1 verse)

John 6:63 (2 in 1 verse)

Gal. 6:8 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 11:19 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 14:4 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 25:4 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 26:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 8:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 11:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 22:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 30:42 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 45:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 61:15 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 9:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 4:11 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 5:16 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 11:25 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 77:2 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 88:66 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 88:137 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 2:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Prov. 16:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 29:24-30:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 63:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 36:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 4:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 5:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Joel 2:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

John 1:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 2:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 19:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 23:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 12:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Gal. 3:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Eph. 4:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Eph. 6:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Tim. 3:16-4:1 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 1:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 7:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 11:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 11:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 13:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 14:30-15:1 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 2:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 2:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 27:35-28:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 2:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 2:36-37 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 5:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 7:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 7:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 7:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 11:43-44 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 17:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 18:34-35 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 19:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 22:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 6:35-36 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 10:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 3:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 7:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 6:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 29:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 42:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 46:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 52:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 61:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 70:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 76:52-53 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 76:115-116 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 132:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 138:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 138:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 1:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

JS-H 1:73-74 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 244 15 259
NT 261 62 323
Matt. 10 3 13
Mark 17 4 21
Luke 21 6 27
John 18 0 18
Acts 24 4 28
Rom. 29 4 33
1 Cor. 35 19 54
2 Cor. 15 0 15
Gal. 18 1 19
Eph. 15 3 18
Philip. 4 0 4
Col. 2 2 4
1 Thes. 3 0 3
2 Thes. 3 0 3
1 Tim. 3 1 4
2 Tim. 2 0 2
Philem. 1 0 1
Heb. 3 4 7
James 2 0 2
1 Pet. 7 3 10
1 Jn. 12 1 13
Jude 1 0 1
Rev. 16 7 23
BM 276 45 321
DC 186 56 242
PGP 21 11 32
TOTAL 988 189 1177

1 Cor. 2:4
And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man's wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power:

1 Cor. 2:10
But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.

1 Cor. 2:11
For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God.

1 Cor. 2:12
Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God.

1 Cor. 2:13
Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.

1 Cor. 2:14
But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

1 Cor. 2:15
But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man.

1 Cor. 3:1
And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ.

1 Cor. 3:16
Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?

1 Cor. 4:21
What will ye? shall I come unto you with a rod, or in love, and in the spirit of meekness?

1 Cor. 5:3
For I verily, as absent in body, but present in spirit, have judged already, as though I were present, concerning him that hath so done this deed,

1 Cor. 5:4
In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when ye are gathered together, and my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ,

1 Cor. 5:5
To deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.

1 Cor. 6:11
And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.

1 Cor. 6:17
But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit.

1 Cor. 6:20
For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.

1 Cor. 7:34
There is difference also between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman careth for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit: but she that is married careth for the things of the world, how she may please her husband.

1 Cor. 7:40
But she is happier if she so abide, after my judgment: and I think also that I have the Spirit of God.

1 Cor. 9:11
If we have sown unto you spiritual things, is it a great thing if we shall reap your carnal things?

1 Cor. 10:3
And did all eat the same spiritual meat;

1 Cor. 10:4
And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ.

1 Cor. 12:1
Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I would not have you ignorant.

1 Cor. 12:3
Wherefore I give you to understand, that no man speaking by the Spirit of God calleth Jesus accursed: and that no man can say that Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost.

1 Cor. 12:4
Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit.

1 Cor. 12:7
But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal.

1 Cor. 12:8
For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit;

1 Cor. 12:9
To another faith by the same Spirit; to another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit;

1 Cor. 12:10
To another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; to another divers kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues:

1 Cor. 12:11
But all these worketh that one and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will.

1 Cor. 12:13
For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit.

1 Cor. 14:1
Follow after charity, and desire spiritual gifts, but rather that ye may prophesy.

1 Cor. 14:2
For he that speaketh in an unknown tongue speaketh not unto men, but unto God: for no man understandeth him; howbeit in the spirit he speaketh mysteries.

1 Cor. 14:12
Even so ye, forasmuch as ye are zealous of spiritual gifts, seek that ye may excel to the edifying of the church.

1 Cor. 14:14
For if I pray in an unknown tongue, my spirit prayeth, but my understanding is unfruitful.

1 Cor. 14:15
What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the understanding also: I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with the understanding also.

1 Cor. 14:16
Else when thou shalt bless with the spirit, how shall he that occupieth the room of the unlearned say Amen at thy giving of thanks, seeing he understandeth not what thou sayest?

1 Cor. 14:32
And the spirits of the prophets are subject to the prophets.

1 Cor. 14:37
If any man think himself to be a prophet, or spiritual, let him acknowledge that the things that I write unto you are the commandments of the Lord.

1 Cor. 15:44
It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body.

1 Cor. 15:45
And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit.

1 Cor. 15:46
Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual.

1 Cor. 16:18
For they have refreshed my spirit and yours: therefore acknowledge ye them that are such.