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)

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)

 3:6 Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.

 3:7 But if the ministration of death, written and engraven in stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not steadfastly behold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance; which glory was to be done away:

 3:8 How shall not the ministration of the spirit be rather glorious?




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

2 Cor. 1:22
Who hath also sealed us, and given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts.

2 Cor. 2:13
I had no rest in my spirit, because I found not Titus my brother: but taking my leave of them, I went from thence into Macedonia.

2 Cor. 3:3
Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart.

2 Cor. 3:6
Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.

2 Cor. 3:8
How shall not the ministration of the spirit be rather glorious?

2 Cor. 3:17
Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.

2 Cor. 3:18
But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.

2 Cor. 4:13
We having the same spirit of faith, according as it is written, I believed, and therefore have I spoken; we also believe, and therefore speak;

2 Cor. 5:5
Now he that hath wrought us for the selfsame thing is God, who also hath given unto us the earnest of the Spirit.

2 Cor. 7:1
Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

2 Cor. 7:13
Therefore we were comforted in your comfort: yea, and exceedingly the more joyed we for the joy of Titus, because his spirit was refreshed by you all.

2 Cor. 11:4
For if he that cometh preacheth another Jesus, whom we have not preached, or if ye receive another spirit, which ye have not received, or another gospel, which ye have not accepted, ye might well bear with him.

2 Cor. 12:18
I desired Titus, and with him I sent a brother. Did Titus make a gain of you? walked we not in the same spirit? walked we not in the same steps?