Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'law' occurs 842 times in the standard works.

451 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'law' in the standard works and contain 53.6% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 185 minutes to read the entire list.

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Rom. 2:12-27 (21 in 16 verses)

Rom. 7:1-16 (16 in 16 verses)

2 Ne. 25:24-26:1 (14 in 8 verses)

Mosiah 13:27-32 (12 in 6 verses)

Rom. 7:21-8:7 (12 in 12 verses)

Alma 42:17-23 (10 in 7 verses)

D&C 88:34-42 (10 in 9 verses)

D&C 132:58-66 (10 in 9 verses)

2 Ne. 2:5-13 (9 in 9 verses)

1 Cor. 9:20-21 (8 in 2 verses)

Gal. 3:17-24 (8 in 8 verses)

D&C 88:21-25 (7 in 5 verses)

Ruth 2:18-3:1 (7 in 7 verses)

3 Ne. 15:4-10 (7 in 7 verses)

Alma 25:15-16 (6 in 2 verses)

Rom. 3:19-21 (6 in 3 verses)

D&C 74:2-5 (6 in 4 verses)

Mosiah 12:28-32 (6 in 5 verses)

Gal. 2:16-21 (6 in 6 verses)

Alma 30:7-12 (6 in 6 verses)

Rom. 4:13-16 (5 in 4 verses)

Gal. 3:10-13 (5 in 4 verses)

Alma 51:2-5 (5 in 4 verses)

D&C 98:5-8 (5 in 4 verses)

Rom. 3:27-31 (5 in 5 verses)

James 2:8-12 (5 in 5 verses)

Alma 1:14-18 (5 in 5 verses)

Luke 12:53 (4 in 1 verse)

James 4:11 (4 in 1 verse)

Alma 62:9-10 (4 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 9:25-27 (4 in 3 verses)

Alma 10:26-28 (4 in 3 verses)

Alma 11:1-3 (4 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 12:17-19 (4 in 3 verses)

D&C 119:4-6 (4 in 3 verses)

Ex. 18:5-8 (4 in 4 verses)


Ex. 18:12-15 (4 in 4 verses)

 18:12 And Jethro, Moses' father in law, took a burnt offering and sacrifices for God: and Aaron came, and all the elders of Israel, to eat bread with Moses' father in law before God.

 18:13 And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses sat to judge the people: and the people stood by Moses from the morning unto the evening.

 18:14 And when Moses' father in law saw all that he did to the people, he said, What is this thing that thou doest to the people? why sittest thou thyself alone, and all the people stand by thee from morning unto even?

 18:15 And Moses said unto his father in law, Because the people come unto me to inquire of God:




Josh. 8:31-34 (4 in 4 verses)

Mal. 2:6-9 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 34:11-14 (4 in 4 verses)

D&C 42:84-87 (4 in 4 verses)

D&C 132:31-34 (4 in 4 verses)

Ruth 1:14-15 (3 in 2 verses)

Rom. 9:31-32 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 4:15-16 (3 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 3:14-15 (3 in 2 verses)

Gen. 19:12-14 (3 in 3 verses)

Ruth 1:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Sam. 4:19-21 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Sam. 18:21-23 (3 in 3 verses)

Neh. 8:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

Neh. 8:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

Dan. 9:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

Luke 2:22-24 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Tim. 1:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 1:32-2:1 (3 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 6:25-27 (3 in 3 verses)

Moro. 8:22-24 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 41:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 132:5-7 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 132:17-19 (3 in 3 verses)

Num. 6:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezra 7:26 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 1:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Prov. 28:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 43:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Micah 7:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 10:35 (2 in 1 verse)

John 7:19 (2 in 1 verse)

John 19:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Acts 23:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Rom. 5:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Gal. 4:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Heb. 7:28 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Jn. 3:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Jacob 7:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 30:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 9:5 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 24:17 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 42:59 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 58:36 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 38:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 18:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 5:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 17:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 31:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 1:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 19:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Ruth 3:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 18:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 23:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 31:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 34:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Neh. 8:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Neh. 10:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 5:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 16:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Rom. 6:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Rom. 10:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 6:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 9:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Gal. 4:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Gal. 5:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Philip. 3:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Heb. 7:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 10:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 8:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 1:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 6:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 43:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 98:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 105:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 130:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 132:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 132:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 132:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 134:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 300 36 336
Gen. 10 2 12
Ex. 19 3 22
Lev. 18 1 19
Num. 11 1 12
Deut. 24 2 26
Josh. 9 0 9
Judg. 7 0 7
Ruth 19 0 19
1 Sam. 10 0 10
1 Kgs. 1 0 1
2 Kgs. 11 0 11
1 Chr. 4 0 4
2 Chr. 17 0 17
Ezra 9 2 11
Neh. 21 2 23
Esth. 5 3 8
Job 1 0 1
Ps. 38 3 41
Prov. 14 0 14
Isa. 11 3 14
Jer. 12 0 12
Lam. 1 0 1
Ezek. 5 10 15
Dan. 7 3 10
Hosea 3 0 3
Amos 1 0 1
Micah 3 0 3
Hab. 1 0 1
Zeph. 1 0 1
Hag. 1 0 1
Zech. 1 1 2
Mal. 5 0 5
NT 223 46 269
BM 185 49 234
DC 132 68 200
PGP 2 2 4
TOTAL 842 201 1043

Ex. 3:1
Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father in law, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the backside of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, even to Horeb.

Ex. 4:18
And Moses went and returned to Jethro his father in law, and said unto him, Let me go, I pray thee, and return unto my brethren which are in Egypt, and see whether they be yet alive. And Jethro said to Moses, Go in peace.

Ex. 12:49
One law shall be to him that is homeborn, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among you.

Ex. 13:9
And it shall be for a sign unto thee upon thine hand, and for a memorial between thine eyes, that the Lord's law may be in thy mouth: for with a strong hand hath the Lord brought thee out of Egypt.

Ex. 16:4
Then said the Lord unto Moses, Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you; and the people shall go out and gather a certain rate every day, that I may prove them, whether they will walk in my law, or no.

Ex. 16:28
And the Lord said unto Moses, How long refuse ye to keep my commandments and my laws?

Ex. 18:1
When Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses' father in law, heard of all that God had done for Moses, and for Israel his people, and that the Lord had brought Israel out of Egypt;

Ex. 18:2
Then Jethro, Moses' father in law, took Zipporah, Moses' wife, after he had sent her back,

Ex. 18:5
And Jethro, Moses' father in law, came with his sons and his wife unto Moses into the wilderness, where he encamped at the mount of God:

Ex. 18:6
And he said unto Moses, I thy father in law Jethro am come unto thee, and thy wife, and her two sons with her.

Ex. 18:7
And Moses went out to meet his father in law, and did obeisance, and kissed him; and they asked each other of their welfare; and they came into the tent.

Ex. 18:8
And Moses told his father in law all that the Lord had done unto Pharaoh and to the Egyptians for Israel's sake, and all the travail that had come upon them by the way, and how the Lord delivered them.

Ex. 18:12
And Jethro, Moses' father in law, took a burnt offering and sacrifices for God: and Aaron came, and all the elders of Israel, to eat bread with Moses' father in law before God.

Ex. 18:14
And when Moses' father in law saw all that he did to the people, he said, What is this thing that thou doest to the people? why sittest thou thyself alone, and all the people stand by thee from morning unto even?

Ex. 18:15
And Moses said unto his father in law, Because the people come unto me to inquire of God:

Ex. 18:16
When they have a matter, they come unto me; and I judge between one and another, and I do make them know the statutes of God, and his laws.

Ex. 18:17
And Moses' father in law said unto him, The thing that thou doest is not good.

Ex. 18:20
And thou shalt teach them ordinances and laws, and shalt shew them the way wherein they must walk, and the work that they must do.

Ex. 18:24
So Moses hearkened to the voice of his father in law, and did all that he had said.

Ex. 18:27
And Moses let his father in law depart; and he went his way into his own land.

Ex. 24:12
And the Lord said unto Moses, Come up to me into the mount, and be there: and I will give thee tables of stone, and a law, and commandments which I have written; that thou mayest teach them.