Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'receive' occurs 514 times in the standard works.

135 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'receive' in the standard works and contain 26.3% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 53 minutes to read the entire list.

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D&C 124:61-70 (11 in 10 verses)

D&C 88:28-33 (7 in 6 verses)

D&C 124:95-97 (5 in 3 verses)

D&C 132:22-25 (5 in 4 verses)

Alma 22:15-16 (4 in 2 verses)

D&C 93:18-20 (4 in 3 verses)


John 5:41-44 (4 in 4 verses)

 5:41 I receive not honour from men.

 5:42 But I know you, that ye have not the love of God in you.

 5:43 I am come in my Father's name, and ye receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive.

 5:44 How can ye believe, which receive honour one of another, and seek not the honour that cometh from God only?




Matt. 19:11-12 (3 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 26:21-22 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 132:64-65 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 5:26 (2 in 1 verse)

Job 2:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 10:41 (2 in 1 verse)

Mark 9:37 (2 in 1 verse)

Luke 6:34 (2 in 1 verse)

Luke 9:48 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Cor. 4:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Enos 1:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 26:28 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 58:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 15:14 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 8:1 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 20:14 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 62:7 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 67:3 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 84:35 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 84:40 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 104:68 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 12:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 18:41-42 (2 in 2 verses)

Col. 3:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 10:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 16:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 30:34-35 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 58:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 6:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Moro. 10:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 20:63-64 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 25:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 42:72-73 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 42:76-77 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 43:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 50:34-35 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 56:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 59:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 63:48-49 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 63:66-64:1 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 72:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 75:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 76:76-77 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 84:103-104 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 93:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 94:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 48 39 87
NT 128 160 288
Matt. 14 27 41
Mark 12 6 18
Luke 18 14 32
John 14 22 36
Acts 16 26 42
Rom. 5 7 12
1 Cor. 5 7 12
2 Cor. 8 4 12
Gal. 2 4 6
Eph. 1 0 1
Philip. 1 2 3
Col. 3 3 6
1 Thes. 0 4 4
2 Thes. 0 2 2
1 Tim. 1 3 4
Philem. 3 0 3
Heb. 5 15 20
James 6 1 7
1 Pet. 1 2 3
2 Pet. 1 1 2
1 Jn. 2 1 3
2 Jn. 2 1 3
3 Jn. 2 1 3
Rev. 6 7 13
BM 104 110 214
DC 226 167 393
PGP 8 9 17
TOTAL 514 485 999

John 1:11
He came unto his own, and his own received him not.

John 1:12
But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:

John 1:16
And of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace.

John 3:11
Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness.

John 3:27
John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven.

John 3:32
And what he hath seen and heard, that he testifieth; and no man receiveth his testimony.

John 3:33
He that hath received his testimony hath set to his seal that God is true.

John 4:36
And he that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life eternal: that both he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together.

John 4:45
Then when he was come into Galilee, the Galilaeans received him, having seen all the things that he did at Jerusalem at the feast: for they also went unto the feast.

John 5:34
But I receive not testimony from man: but these things I say, that ye might be saved.

John 5:41
I receive not honour from men.

John 5:43
I am come in my Father's name, and ye receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive.

John 5:44
How can ye believe, which receive honour one of another, and seek not the honour that cometh from God only?

John 6:21
Then they willingly received him into the ship: and immediately the ship was at the land whither they went.

John 7:23
If a man on the sabbath day receive circumcision, that the law of Moses should not be broken; are ye angry at me, because I have made a man every whit whole on the sabbath day?

John 7:39
(But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive: for the Holy Ghost was not yet given; because that Jesus was not yet glorified.)

John 9:11
He answered and said, A man that is called Jesus made clay, and anointed mine eyes, and said unto me, Go to the pool of Siloam, and wash: and I went and washed, and I received sight.

John 9:15
Then again the Pharisees also asked him how he had received his sight. He said unto them, He put clay upon mine eyes, and I washed, and do see.

John 9:18
But the Jews did not believe concerning him, that he had been blind, and received his sight, until they called the parents of him that had received his sight.

John 10:18
No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father.

John 12:48
He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day.

John 13:20
Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that receiveth whomsoever I send receiveth me; and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me.

John 13:30
He then having received the sop went immediately out: and it was night.

John 14:3
And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.

John 14:17
Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.

John 16:14
He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall shew it unto you.

John 16:24
Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.

John 17:8
For I have given unto them the words which thou gavest me; and they have received them, and have known surely that I came out from thee, and they have believed that thou didst send me.

John 18:3
Judas then, having received a band of men and officers from the chief priests and Pharisees, cometh thither with lanterns and torches and weapons.

John 19:30
When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.

John 20:22
And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost: