Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'believed' occurs 176 times in the standard works.

47 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'believed' in the standard works and contain 26.7% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 18 minutes to read the entire list.

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Moses 5:13-15 (3 in 3 verses)

Matt. 21:32 (2 in 1 verse)

John 5:46 (2 in 1 verse)

John 20:29 (2 in 1 verse)

Acts 18:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Acts 28:24 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 3:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 23:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 9:39 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 1:16 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 20:26 (2 in 1 verse)

Moses 7:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Mark 16:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

John 2:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

John 8:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

John 12:37-38 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 8:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)


Acts 17:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

 17:4 And some of them believed, and consorted with Paul and Silas; and of the devout Greeks a great multitude, and of the chief women not a few.

 17:5 But the Jews which believed not, moved with envy, took unto them certain lewd fellows of the baser sort, and gathered a company, and set all the city on an uproar, and assaulted the house of Jason, and sought to bring them out to the people.




Rom. 4:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Rom. 11:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 18:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 14:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 9:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 22 0 22
NT 94 0 94
Matt. 3 0 3
Mark 3 0 3
Luke 5 0 5
John 27 0 27
Acts 30 0 30
Rom. 8 0 8
1 Cor. 3 0 3
2 Cor. 1 0 1
Gal. 2 0 2
Eph. 1 0 1
2 Thes. 2 0 2
1 Tim. 1 0 1
2 Tim. 1 0 1
Titus 1 0 1
Heb. 3 0 3
James 1 0 1
1 Jn. 1 0 1
Jude 1 0 1
BM 45 0 45
DC 9 0 9
PGP 6 0 6
TOTAL 176 0 176

Acts 2:44
And all that believed were together, and had all things common;

Acts 4:4
Howbeit many of them which heard the word believed; and the number of the men was about five thousand.

Acts 4:32
And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul: neither said any of them that ought of the things which he possessed was his own; but they had all things common.

Acts 8:12
But when they believed Philip preaching the things concerning the kingdom of God, and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.

Acts 8:13
Then Simon himself believed also: and when he was baptized, he continued with Philip, and wondered, beholding the miracles and signs which were done.

Acts 9:26
And when Saul was come to Jerusalem, he assayed to join himself to the disciples: but they were all afraid of him, and believed not that he was a disciple.

Acts 9:42
And it was known throughout all Joppa; and many believed in the Lord.

Acts 10:45
And they of the circumcision which believed were astonished, as many as came with Peter, because that on the Gentiles also was poured out the gift of the Holy Ghost.

Acts 11:17
Forasmuch then as God gave them the like gift as he did unto us, who believed on the Lord Jesus Christ; what was I, that I could withstand God?

Acts 11:21
And the hand of the Lord was with them: and a great number believed, and turned unto the Lord.

Acts 13:12
Then the deputy, when he saw what was done, believed, being astonished at the doctrine of the Lord.

Acts 13:48
And when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of the Lord: and as many as were ordained to eternal life believed.

Acts 14:1
And it came to pass in Iconium, that they went both together into the synagogue of the Jews, and so spake, that a great multitude both of the Jews and also of the Greeks believed.

Acts 14:23
And when they had ordained them elders in every church, and had prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord, on whom they believed.

Acts 15:5
But there rose up certain of the sect of the Pharisees which believed, saying, That it was needful to circumcise them, and to command them to keep the law of Moses.

Acts 16:1
Then came he to Derbe and Lystra: and, behold, a certain disciple was there, named Timotheus, the son of a certain woman, which was a Jewess, and believed; but his father was a Greek:

Acts 17:4
And some of them believed, and consorted with Paul and Silas; and of the devout Greeks a great multitude, and of the chief women not a few.

Acts 17:5
But the Jews which believed not, moved with envy, took unto them certain lewd fellows of the baser sort, and gathered a company, and set all the city on an uproar, and assaulted the house of Jason, and sought to bring them out to the people.

Acts 17:12
Therefore many of them believed; also of honourable women which were Greeks, and of men, not a few.

Acts 17:34
Howbeit certain men clave unto him, and believed: among the which was Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman named Damaris, and others with them.

Acts 18:8
And Crispus, the chief ruler of the synagogue, believed on the Lord with all his house; and many of the Corinthians hearing believed, and were baptized.

Acts 18:27
And when he was disposed to pass into Achaia, the brethren wrote, exhorting the disciples to receive him: who, when he was come, helped them much which had believed through grace:

Acts 19:2
He said unto them, Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed? And they said unto him, We have not so much as heard whether there be any Holy Ghost.

Acts 19:9
But when divers were hardened, and believed not, but spake evil of that way before the multitude, he departed from them, and separated the disciples, disputing daily in the school of one Tyrannus.

Acts 19:18
And many that believed came, and confessed, and shewed their deeds.

Acts 22:19
And I said, Lord, they know that I imprisoned and beat in every synagogue them that believed on thee:

Acts 27:11
Nevertheless the centurion believed the master and the owner of the ship, more than those things which were spoken by Paul.

Acts 28:24
And some believed the things which were spoken, and some believed not.