Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'generation' occurs 259 times in the standard works.

138 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'generation' in the standard works and contain 53.3% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 46 minutes to read the entire list.

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D&C 124:69-82 (18 in 14 verses)

3 Ne. 27:30-32 (5 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 25:21-22 (4 in 2 verses)

W of M 1:10-11 (4 in 2 verses)

Prov. 30:11-14 (4 in 4 verses)

Luke 11:29-32 (4 in 4 verses)

D&C 124:56-59 (4 in 4 verses)

2 Ne. 25:9 (3 in 1 verse)

D&C 124:117 (3 in 1 verse)

Ps. 78:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 98:28-30 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 121:21-23 (3 in 3 verses)

Ex. 17:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 2:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Eccl. 1:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 13:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 34:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 34:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 51:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 50:39 (2 in 1 verse)

Lam. 5:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Dan. 4:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Dan. 4:34 (2 in 1 verse)

Joel 3:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Mark 8:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Luke 1:50 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 8:8 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 9:2 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 23:20 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 25:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Jacob 1:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 12:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 28:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 6:30 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 13:10 (2 in 1 verse)

4 Ne. 1:48 (2 in 1 verse)

Moro. 10:28 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 10:33 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 56:20 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 69:8 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 109:71 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 117:12 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 124:96 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 127:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Moses 7:24 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 23:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 12:41-42 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 11:50-51 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 6:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 11:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 45:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 84:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 70 112 182
NT 37 8 45
BM 62 19 81
1 Ne. 2 4 6
2 Ne. 17 8 25
Jacob 2 0 2
Omni 0 1 1
W of M 4 0 4
Mosiah 8 1 9
Alma 9 4 13
Hel. 6 0 6
3 Ne. 7 1 8
4 Ne. 5 0 5
Moro. 2 0 2
DC 84 12 96
PGP 6 6 12
TOTAL 259 157 416

2 Ne. 1:12
Yea, as one generation passeth to another there shall be bloodsheds, and great visitations among them; wherefore, my sons, I would that ye would remember; yea, I would that ye would hearken unto my words.

2 Ne. 8:8
For the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm shall eat them like wool. But my righteousness shall be forever, and my salvation from generation to generation.

2 Ne. 9:2
That he has spoken unto the Jews, by the mouth of his holy prophets, even from the beginning down, from generation to generation, until the time comes that they shall be restored to the true church and fold of God; when they shall be gathered home to the lands of their inheritance, and shall be established in all their lands of promise.

2 Ne. 23:20
It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall the shepherds make their fold there.

2 Ne. 25:9
And as one generation hath been destroyed among the Jews because of iniquity, even so have they been destroyed from generation to generation according to their iniquities; and never hath any of them been destroyed save it were foretold them by the prophets of the Lord.

2 Ne. 25:16
And after they have been scattered, and the Lord God hath scourged them by other nations for the space of many generations, yea, even down from generation to generation until they shall be persuaded to believe in Christ, the Son of God, and the atonement, which is infinite for all mankind-- and when that day shall come that they shall believe in Christ, and worship the Father in his name, with pure hearts and clean hands, and look not forward any more for another Messiah, then, at that time, the day will come that it must needs be expedient that they should believe these things.

2 Ne. 25:21
Wherefore, for this cause hath the Lord God promised unto me that these things which I write shall be kept and preserved, and handed down unto my seed, from generation to generation, that the promise may be fulfilled unto Joseph, that his seed should never perish as long as the earth should stand.

2 Ne. 25:22
Wherefore, these things shall go from generation to generation as long as the earth shall stand; and they shall go according to the will and pleasure of God; and the nations who shall possess them shall be judged of them according to the words which are written.

2 Ne. 26:9
But the Son of Righteousness shall appear unto them; and he shall heal them, and they shall have peace with him, until three generations shall have passed away, and many of the fourth generation shall have passed away in righteousness.