Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'covenant' occurs 459 times in the standard works.

191 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'covenant' in the standard works and contain 41.6% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 82 minutes to read the entire list.

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Gen. 17:7-14 (8 in 8 verses)

Heb. 8:6-10 (6 in 5 verses)

D&C 132:15-19 (6 in 5 verses)

3 Ne. 6:28-30 (5 in 3 verses)

Lev. 26:42-45 (5 in 4 verses)

Ezek. 16:59-62 (5 in 4 verses)

Mosiah 5:5-8 (5 in 4 verses)

2 Kgs. 23:2-3 (4 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 4:3-5 (4 in 3 verses)

2 Chr. 34:30-32 (4 in 3 verses)

Jer. 31:31-33 (4 in 3 verses)

Alma 46:20-22 (4 in 3 verses)

D&C 132:4-6 (4 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 17:13-16 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 53:15-18 (4 in 4 verses)

Jer. 33:20-21 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 44:14-15 (3 in 2 verses)

Gen. 9:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 9:15-17 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 17:19-21 (3 in 3 verses)

Josh. 3:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Chr. 16:15-17 (3 in 3 verses)

Ps. 105:8-10 (3 in 3 verses)

Dan. 11:28-30 (3 in 3 verses)


Dan. 11:30-32 (3 in 3 verses)

 11:30 For the ships of Chittim shall come against him: therefore he shall be grieved, and return, and have indignation against the holy covenant: so shall he do; he shall even return, and have intelligence with them that forsake the holy covenant.

 11:31 And arms shall stand on his part, and they shall pollute the sanctuary of strength, and shall take away the daily sacrifice, and they shall place the abomination that maketh desolate.

 11:32 And such as do wickedly against the covenant shall he corrupt by flatteries: but the people that do know their God shall be strong, and do exploits.




Alma 56:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 20:25-27 (3 in 3 verses)

Morm. 8:21-23 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 84:39-41 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 88:133-135 (3 in 3 verses)

Deut. 29:1 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 20:34 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 34:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 37:26 (2 in 1 verse)

Heb. 9:4 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 15:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 24:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 46:35 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 6:22 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 5:25 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 101:39 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 6:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 24:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 34:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 25:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 5:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 31:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 11:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 15:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 15:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 11:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 17:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Mal. 2:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Heb. 8:13-9:1 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 29:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 6:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 21:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 44:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 62:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 5:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 16:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 29:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 5:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 98:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 104:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 132:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 132:41-42 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 272 2 274
Gen. 26 0 26
Ex. 13 0 13
Lev. 10 0 10
Num. 5 0 5
Deut. 27 0 27
Josh. 17 0 17
Judg. 3 0 3
1 Sam. 10 0 10
2 Sam. 2 0 2
1 Kgs. 12 0 12
2 Kgs. 12 0 12
1 Chr. 14 0 14
2 Chr. 16 1 17
Ezra 1 0 1
Neh. 5 0 5
Job 2 0 2
Ps. 21 0 21
Prov. 1 0 1
Isa. 13 0 13
Jer. 24 0 24
Ezek. 17 0 17
Dan. 7 0 7
Hosea 5 0 5
Amos 1 0 1
Hag. 0 1 1
Zech. 2 0 2
Mal. 6 0 6
NT 20 6 26
BM 100 53 153
DC 64 30 94
PGP 3 4 7
TOTAL 459 95 554

Dan. 9:4
And I prayed unto the Lord my God, and made my confession, and said, O Lord, the great and dreadful God, keeping the covenant and mercy to them that love him, and to them that keep his commandments;

Dan. 9:27
And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.

Dan. 11:22
And with the arms of a flood shall they be overflown from before him, and shall be broken; yea, also the prince of the covenant.

Dan. 11:28
Then shall he return into his land with great riches; and his heart shall be against the holy covenant; and he shall do exploits, and return to his own land.

Dan. 11:30
For the ships of Chittim shall come against him: therefore he shall be grieved, and return, and have indignation against the holy covenant: so shall he do; he shall even return, and have intelligence with them that forsake the holy covenant.

Dan. 11:32
And such as do wickedly against the covenant shall he corrupt by flatteries: but the people that do know their God shall be strong, and do exploits.