Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'prophets' occurs 408 times in the standard works.

118 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'prophets' in the standard works and contain 28.9% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 52 minutes to read the entire list.

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Jer. 23:13-16 (5 in 4 verses)

3 Ne. 9:7-11 (5 in 5 verses)

1 Sam. 10:10-12 (4 in 3 verses)

Jer. 14:13-15 (4 in 3 verses)

Mosiah 15:11-13 (4 in 3 verses)

Ether 7:23-25 (4 in 3 verses)

1 Kgs. 18:19-22 (4 in 4 verses)

Jer. 23:25-26 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 25:18-19 (3 in 2 verses)

Jer. 27:14-16 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 13:2-4 (3 in 3 verses)


Zech. 1:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

 1:4 Be ye not as your fathers, unto whom the former prophets have cried, saying, Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Turn ye now from your evil ways, and from your evil doings: but they did not hear, nor hearken unto me, saith the Lord.

 1:5 Your fathers, where are they? and the prophets, do they live for ever?

 1:6 But my words and my statutes, which I commanded my servants the prophets, did they not take hold of your fathers? and they returned and said, Like as the Lord of hosts thought to do unto us, according to our ways, and according to our doings, so hath he dealt with us.




Matt. 23:29-31 (3 in 3 verses)

W of M 1:16-18 (3 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 1:16-18 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Kgs. 18:4 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 18:13 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 3:13 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 4:38 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 17:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Hosea 12:10 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Cor. 14:32 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 98:17 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 22:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 22:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 18:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 18:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezra 5:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 23:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 26:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Amos 2:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Micah 3:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 11:49-50 (2 in 2 verses)

John 8:52-53 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 3:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 12:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 19:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Jacob 4:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Jarom 1:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 13:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 5:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 10:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 20:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 9:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 11:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 11:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 88:136-137 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 150 0 150
Num. 1 0 1
1 Sam. 9 0 9
1 Kgs. 21 0 21
2 Kgs. 20 0 20
1 Chr. 1 0 1
2 Chr. 10 0 10
Ezra 3 0 3
Neh. 5 0 5
Ps. 1 0 1
Isa. 2 0 2
Jer. 45 0 45
Lam. 3 0 3
Ezek. 8 0 8
Dan. 2 0 2
Hosea 3 0 3
Amos 3 0 3
Micah 3 0 3
Zeph. 1 0 1
Zech. 9 0 9
NT 89 0 89
BM 122 0 122
DC 43 0 43
PGP 4 0 4
TOTAL 408 0 408

Zech. 1:4
Be ye not as your fathers, unto whom the former prophets have cried, saying, Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Turn ye now from your evil ways, and from your evil doings: but they did not hear, nor hearken unto me, saith the Lord.

Zech. 1:5
Your fathers, where are they? and the prophets, do they live for ever?

Zech. 1:6
But my words and my statutes, which I commanded my servants the prophets, did they not take hold of your fathers? and they returned and said, Like as the Lord of hosts thought to do unto us, according to our ways, and according to our doings, so hath he dealt with us.

Zech. 7:3
And to speak unto the priests which were in the house of the Lord of hosts, and to the prophets, saying, Should I weep in the fifth month, separating myself, as I have done these so many years?

Zech. 7:7
Should ye not hear the words which the Lord hath cried by the former prophets, when Jerusalem was inhabited and in prosperity, and the cities thereof round about her, when men inhabited the south and the plain?

Zech. 7:12
Yea, they made their hearts as an adamant stone, lest they should hear the law, and the words which the Lord of hosts hath sent in his spirit by the former prophets: therefore came a great wrath from the Lord of hosts.

Zech. 8:9
Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Let your hands be strong, ye that hear in these days these words by the mouth of the prophets, which were in the day that the foundation of the house of the Lord of hosts was laid, that the temple might be built.

Zech. 13:2
And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord of hosts, that I will cut off the names of the idols out of the land, and they shall no more be remembered: and also I will cause the prophets and the unclean spirit to pass out of the land.

Zech. 13:4
And it shall come to pass in that day, that the prophets shall be ashamed every one of his vision, when he hath prophesied; neither shall they wear a rough garment to deceive: