Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'waters' occurs 411 times in the standard works.

186 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'waters' in the standard works and contain 45.3% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 76 minutes to read the entire list.

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Ezek. 47:1-12 (14 in 12 verses)

Abr. 4:2-10 (9 in 9 verses)

Gen. 1:6-10 (7 in 5 verses)


Moses 2:6-10 (7 in 5 verses)

 2:6 And again, I, God, said: Let there be a firmament in the midst of the water, and it was so, even as I spake; and I said: Let it divide the waters from the waters; and it was done;

 2:7 And I, God, made the firmament and divided the waters, yea, the great waters under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament, and it was so even as I spake.

 2:8 And I, God, called the firmament Heaven; and the evening and the morning were the second day.

 2:9 And I, God, said: Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and it was so; and I, God, said: Let there be dry land; and it was so.

 2:10 And I, God, called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters, called I the Sea; and I, God, saw that all things which I had made were good.




Abr. 4:20-22 (5 in 3 verses)

Gen. 7:17-20 (5 in 4 verses)

Lev. 11:9-12 (5 in 4 verses)

D&C 61:3-6 (5 in 4 verses)

D&C 61:14-18 (5 in 5 verses)

Gen. 7:24-8:3 (4 in 4 verses)

Ex. 7:17-20 (4 in 4 verses)

Josh. 3:13-16 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Ne. 13:10-13 (4 in 4 verses)

Ether 6:5-8 (4 in 4 verses)

Mosiah 18:30 (3 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 2:21-22 (3 in 2 verses)

Prov. 5:15-16 (3 in 2 verses)

Rev. 8:10-11 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 19:20-21 (3 in 2 verses)

Gen. 1:20-22 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 8:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

Ex. 15:23-25 (3 in 3 verses)

Ex. 15:25-27 (3 in 3 verses)

Moses 2:20-22 (3 in 3 verses)

Josh. 4:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 7:24 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 2:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 29:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 77:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 48:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 54:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 2:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 19:10 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 4:2 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 11:25 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 20:1 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 20:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 43:40 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 8:11 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 22:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 15:8 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 61:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 7:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 14:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 14:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 24:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Job 24:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 18:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 69:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 124:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 8:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 17:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 46:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 31:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 31:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 32:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 12:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Rev. 16:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 14:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 18:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 61:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 271 3 274
NT 16 0 16
BM 77 0 77
DC 22 0 22
PGP 25 0 25
Moses 11 0 11
Abr. 14 0 14
TOTAL 411 3 414

Moses 1:25
And calling upon the name of God, he beheld his glory again, for it was upon him; and he heard a voice, saying: Blessed art thou, Moses, for I, the Almighty, have chosen thee, and thou shalt be made stronger than many waters; for they shall obey thy command as if thou wert God.

Moses 2:6
And again, I, God, said: Let there be a firmament in the midst of the water, and it was so, even as I spake; and I said: Let it divide the waters from the waters; and it was done;

Moses 2:7
And I, God, made the firmament and divided the waters, yea, the great waters under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament, and it was so even as I spake.

Moses 2:9
And I, God, said: Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and it was so; and I, God, said: Let there be dry land; and it was so.

Moses 2:10
And I, God, called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters, called I the Sea; and I, God, saw that all things which I had made were good.

Moses 2:20
And I, God, said: Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl which may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.

Moses 2:21
And I, God, created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind; and I, God, saw that all things which I had created were good.

Moses 2:22
And I, God, blessed them, saying: Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the sea; and let fowl multiply in the earth;