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)

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)

 8:1 And all the people gathered themselves together as one man into the street that was before the water gate; and they spake unto Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, which the Lord had commanded to Israel.

 8:2 And Ezra the priest brought the law before the congregation both of men and women, and all that could hear with understanding, upon the first day of the seventh month.

 8:3 And he read therein before the street that was before the water gate from the morning until midday, before the men and the women, and those that could understand; and the ears of all the people were attentive unto the book of the law.




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

Neh. 6:18
For there were many in Judah sworn unto him, because he was the son in law of Shechaniah the son of Arah; and his son Johanan had taken the daughter of Meshullam the son of Berechiah.

Neh. 8:1
And all the people gathered themselves together as one man into the street that was before the water gate; and they spake unto Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, which the Lord had commanded to Israel.

Neh. 8:2
And Ezra the priest brought the law before the congregation both of men and women, and all that could hear with understanding, upon the first day of the seventh month.

Neh. 8:3
And he read therein before the street that was before the water gate from the morning until midday, before the men and the women, and those that could understand; and the ears of all the people were attentive unto the book of the law.

Neh. 8:7
Also Jeshua, and Bani, and Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodijah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Levites, caused the people to understand the law: and the people stood in their place.

Neh. 8:8
So they read in the book in the law of God distinctly, and gave the sense, and caused them to understand the reading.

Neh. 8:9
And Nehemiah, which is the Tirshatha, and Ezra the priest the scribe, and the Levites that taught the people, said unto all the people, This day is holy unto the Lord your God; mourn not, nor weep. For all the people wept, when they heard the words of the law.

Neh. 8:13
And on the second day were gathered together the chief of the fathers of all the people, the priests, and the Levites, unto Ezra the scribe, even to understand the words of the law.

Neh. 8:14
And they found written in the law which the Lord had commanded by Moses, that the children of Israel should dwell in booths in the feast of the seventh month:

Neh. 8:18
Also day by day, from the first day unto the last day, he read in the book of the law of God. And they kept the feast seven days; and on the eighth day was a solemn assembly, according unto the manner.

Neh. 9:3
And they stood up in their place, and read in the book of the law of the Lord their God one fourth part of the day; and another fourth part they confessed, and worshipped the Lord their God.

Neh. 9:13
Thou camest down also upon mount Sinai, and spakest with them from heaven, and gavest them right judgments, and true laws, good statutes and commandments:

Neh. 9:14
And madest known unto them thy holy sabbath, and commandedst them precepts, statutes, and laws, by the hand of Moses thy servant:

Neh. 9:26
Nevertheless they were disobedient, and rebelled against thee, and cast thy law behind their backs, and slew thy prophets which testified against them to turn them to thee, and they wrought great provocations.

Neh. 9:29
And testifiedst against them, that thou mightest bring them again unto thy law: yet they dealt proudly, and hearkened not unto thy commandments, but sinned against thy judgments, (which if a man do, he shall live in them;) and withdrew the shoulder, and hardened their neck, and would not hear.

Neh. 9:34
Neither have our kings, our princes, our priests, nor our fathers, kept thy law, nor hearkened unto thy commandments and thy testimonies, wherewith thou didst testify against them.

Neh. 10:28
And the rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the porters, the singers, the Nethinims, and all they that had separated themselves from the people of the lands unto the law of God, their wives, their sons, and their daughters, every one having knowledge, and having understanding;

Neh. 10:29
They clave to their brethren, their nobles, and entered into a curse, and into an oath, to walk in God's law, which was given by Moses the servant of God, and to observe and do all the commandments of the Lord our Lord, and his judgments and his statutes;

Neh. 10:34
And we cast the lots among the priests, the Levites, and the people, for the wood offering, to bring it into the house of our God, after the houses of our fathers, at times appointed year by year, to burn upon the altar of the Lord our God, as it is written in the law:

Neh. 10:36
Also the firstborn of our sons, and of our cattle, as it is written in the law, and the firstlings of our herds and of our flocks, to bring to the house of our God, unto the priests that minister in the house of our God:

Neh. 12:44
And at that time were some appointed over the chambers for the treasures, for the offerings, for the firstfruits, and for the tithes, to gather into them out of the fields of the cities the portions of the law for the priests and Levites: for Judah rejoiced for the priests and for the Levites that waited.

Neh. 13:3
Now it came to pass, when they had heard the law, that they separated from Israel all the mixed multitude.

Neh. 13:28
And one of the sons of Joiada, the son of Eliashib the high priest, was son in law to Sanballat the Horonite: therefore I chased him from me.