Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'witness' occurs 194 times in the standard works.

64 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'witness' in the standard works and contain 33% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 26 minutes to read the entire list.

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John 5:31-37 (8 in 7 verses)


1 Jn. 5:6-10 (6 in 5 verses)

 5:6 This is he that came by water and blood, even Jesus Christ; not by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is truth.

 5:7 For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.

 5:8 And there are three that bear witness in earth, the Spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one.

 5:9 If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater: for this is the witness of God which he hath testified of his Son.

 5:10 He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he believeth not the record that God gave of his Son.




Mark 14:55-60 (6 in 6 verses)

1 Sam. 12:3-5 (4 in 3 verses)

D&C 6:22-24 (4 in 3 verses)

Deut. 19:15-18 (4 in 4 verses)

John 1:7-8 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 10:12-13 (3 in 2 verses)

Gen. 31:50-52 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 14:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)

Josh. 24:27 (2 in 1 verse)

Job 16:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Prov. 14:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Prov. 14:25 (2 in 1 verse)

John 8:18 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 7:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 17:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 22:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 18:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 5:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 63 25 88
NT 72 33 105
Matt. 6 5 11
Mark 8 1 9
Luke 4 2 6
John 21 1 22
Acts 10 11 21
Rom. 5 1 6
1 Cor. 0 1 1
2 Cor. 0 1 1
1 Thes. 1 1 2
1 Tim. 0 3 3
2 Tim. 0 1 1
Titus 1 0 1
Heb. 3 3 6
James 1 0 1
1 Pet. 1 0 1
2 Pet. 0 1 1
1 Jn. 7 0 7
3 Jn. 1 0 1
Rev. 3 1 4
BM 39 31 70
DC 19 14 33
PGP 1 0 1
TOTAL 194 103 297

1 Jn. 1:2
(For the life was manifested, and we have seen it, and bear witness, and shew unto you that eternal life, which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us;)

1 Jn. 5:6
This is he that came by water and blood, even Jesus Christ; not by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is truth.

1 Jn. 5:8
And there are three that bear witness in earth, the Spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one.

1 Jn. 5:9
If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater: for this is the witness of God which he hath testified of his Son.

1 Jn. 5:10
He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he believeth not the record that God gave of his Son.