Emphasis Scriptures

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

74 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'delivered' in the standard works and contain 18.1% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 33 minutes to read the entire list.

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Ex. 18:8-10 (4 in 3 verses)

D&C 42:84-87 (4 in 4 verses)

Judg. 12:2-3 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 3:17-18 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 18:33-35 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Kgs. 19:10-12 (3 in 3 verses)

Isa. 36:18-20 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 36:27-29 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Chr. 28:5 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 27:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 57:35 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 62:50 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 24:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 24:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 3:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 7:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 16:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 22:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 81:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Prov. 11:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 37:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 49:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

John 18:35-36 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 4:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)


1 Ne. 21:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

 21:24 For shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captives delivered?

 21:25 But thus saith the Lord, even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered; for I will contend with him that contendeth with thee, and I will save thy children.




2 Ne. 6:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 9:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 27:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 21:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 44:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 10:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

JS-H 1:59-60 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 217 1 218
NT 73 2 75
BM 90 0 90
1 Ne. 8 0 8
2 Ne. 9 0 9
Jacob 1 0 1
Omni 1 0 1
W of M 2 0 2
Mosiah 19 0 19
Alma 40 0 40
Hel. 3 0 3
3 Ne. 5 0 5
Morm. 2 0 2
DC 24 2 26
PGP 4 0 4
TOTAL 408 5 413

1 Ne. 3:20
And also that we may preserve unto them the words which have been spoken by the mouth of all the holy prophets, which have been delivered unto them by the Spirit and power of God, since the world began, even down unto this present time.

1 Ne. 4:11
And the Spirit said unto me again: Behold the Lord hath delivered him into thy hands. Yea, and I also knew that he had sought to take away mine own life; yea, and he would not hearken unto the commandments of the Lord; and he also had taken away our property.

1 Ne. 4:12
And it came to pass that the Spirit said unto me again: Slay him, for the Lord hath delivered him into thy hands;

1 Ne. 4:17
And again, I knew that the Lord had delivered Laban into my hands for this cause-- that I might obtain the records according to his commandments.

1 Ne. 5:8
And she spake, saying: Now I know of a surety that the Lord hath commanded my husband to flee into the wilderness; yea, and I also know of a surety that the Lord hath protected my sons, and delivered them out of the hands of Laban, and given them power whereby they could accomplish the thing which the Lord hath commanded them. And after this manner of language did she speak.

1 Ne. 13:19
And I, Nephi, beheld that the Gentiles that had gone out of captivity were delivered by the power of God out of the hands of all other nations.

1 Ne. 21:24
For shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captives delivered?

1 Ne. 21:25
But thus saith the Lord, even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered; for I will contend with him that contendeth with thee, and I will save thy children.