Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'greater' occurs 140 times in the standard works.

33 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'greater' in the standard works and contain 23.6% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 12 minutes to read the entire list.

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Abr. 1:2 (3 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 11:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Esth. 9:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 11:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Luke 7:28 (2 in 1 verse)

John 13:16 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 1:4 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 82:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Moses 2:16 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 13:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 12:41-42 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 11:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 8:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 26:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 7:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Abr. 3:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 33 0 33
NT 44 0 44
Matt. 8 0 8
Mark 3 0 3
Luke 7 0 7
John 13 0 13
Acts 1 0 1
1 Cor. 2 0 2
Heb. 4 0 4
James 1 0 1
2 Pet. 1 0 1
1 Jn. 3 0 3
3 Jn. 1 0 1
BM 32 0 32
DC 19 0 19
PGP 12 0 12
TOTAL 140 0 140

1 Cor. 14:5
I would that ye all spake with tongues, but rather that ye prophesied: for greater is he that prophesieth than he that speaketh with tongues, except he interpret, that the church may receive edifying.

1 Cor. 15:6
After that, he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep.