Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'light' occurs 507 times in the standard works.

254 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'light' in the standard works and contain 50.1% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 88 minutes to read the entire list.

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D&C 88:6-13 (10 in 8 verses)

Luke 11:33-36 (7 in 4 verses)

Moses 2:15-18 (7 in 4 verses)

Alma 19:6 (6 in 1 verse)

Moses 2:3-5 (6 in 3 verses)

Abr. 4:15-17 (6 in 3 verses)

John 1:4-9 (6 in 6 verses)

D&C 88:40-45 (6 in 6 verses)

John 12:35-36 (5 in 2 verses)

Gen. 1:3-5 (5 in 3 verses)

John 3:19-21 (5 in 3 verses)

Abr. 4:3-5 (5 in 3 verses)

Gen. 1:15-18 (5 in 4 verses)

D&C 50:24-27 (5 in 4 verses)

Isa. 30:26 (4 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 7:4-5 (4 in 2 verses)

Isa. 60:19-20 (4 in 2 verses)

Moro. 7:18-19 (4 in 2 verses)

JS-H 1:24-25 (4 in 2 verses)

Matt. 5:14-16 (4 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 8:21-23 (4 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 12:14-16 (4 in 3 verses)

Morm. 8:14-16 (4 in 3 verses)

Abr. 3:5-7 (4 in 3 verses)

Ether 2:22-25 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 32:35 (3 in 1 verse)

Matt. 6:22-23 (3 in 2 verses)

Eph. 5:13-14 (3 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 13:22-23 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 10:61-62 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 84:45-46 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Cor. 4:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Jn. 1:5-7 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Jn. 2:8-10 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 37:23-25 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 45:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

JS-H 1:16-18 (3 in 3 verses)

Ex. 25:37 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 35:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 36:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 5:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 9:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 13:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 49:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 31:35 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 4:16 (2 in 1 verse)

John 5:35 (2 in 1 verse)

John 8:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Eph. 5:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Rev. 22:5 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 21:6 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 15:20 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 19:2 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 23:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 16:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 14:20 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 18:24 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 34:2 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 39:2 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 88:67 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 88:121 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 93:9 (2 in 1 verse)

JS-H 1:43 (2 in 1 verse)

Job 18:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Job 24:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 139:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 50:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Micah 7:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Zeph. 3:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Zech. 14:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

John 11:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Rev. 21:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 7:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 6:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 6:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 45:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 88:49-50 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 93:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 93:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 93:36-37 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 93:39-40 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 102:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 177 167 344
NT 95 30 125
BM 99 72 171
1 Ne. 4 3 7
2 Ne. 21 21 42
Jacob 1 3 4
W of M 0 1 1
Mosiah 6 4 10
Alma 25 12 37
Hel. 3 7 10
3 Ne. 20 9 29
4 Ne. 0 1 1
Morm. 4 6 10
Ether 11 1 12
Moro. 4 4 8
DC 91 32 123
PGP 45 13 58
TOTAL 507 314 821

2 Ne. 3:5
Wherefore, Joseph truly saw our day. And he obtained a promise of the Lord, that out of the fruit of his loins the Lord God would raise up a righteous branch unto the house of Israel; not the Messiah, but a branch which was to be broken off, nevertheless, to be remembered in the covenants of the Lord that the Messiah should be made manifest unto them in the latter days, in the spirit of power, unto the bringing of them out of darkness unto light-- yea, out of hidden darkness and out of captivity unto freedom.

2 Ne. 7:10
Who is among you that feareth the Lord, that obeyeth the voice of his servant, that walketh in darkness and hath no light?

2 Ne. 7:11
Behold all ye that kindle fire, that compass yourselves about with sparks, walk in the light of your fire and in the sparks which ye have kindled. This shall ye have of mine hand-- ye shall lie down in sorrow.

2 Ne. 8:4
Hearken unto me, my people; and give ear unto me, O my nation; for a law shall proceed from me, and I will make my judgment to rest for a light for the people.

2 Ne. 9:9
And our spirits must have become like unto him, and we become devils, angels to a devil, to be shut out from the presence of our God, and to remain with the father of lies, in misery, like unto himself; yea, to that being who beguiled our first parents, who transformeth himself nigh unto an angel of light, and stirreth up the children of men unto secret combinations of murder and all manner of secret works of darkness.

2 Ne. 10:14
For he that raiseth up a king against me shall perish, for I, the Lord, the king of heaven, will be their king, and I will be a light unto them forever, that hear my words.

2 Ne. 12:5
O house of Jacob, come ye and let us walk in the light of the Lord; yea, come, for ye have all gone astray, every one to his wicked ways.

2 Ne. 15:20
Wo unto them that call evil good, and good evil, that put darkness for light, and light for darkness, that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!

2 Ne. 15:30
And in that day they shall roar against them like the roaring of the sea; and if they look unto the land, behold, darkness and sorrow, and the light is darkened in the heavens thereof.

2 Ne. 18:20
To the law and to the testimony; and if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.

2 Ne. 19:2
The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light; they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined.

2 Ne. 20:17
And the light of Israel shall be for a fire, and his Holy One for a flame, and shall burn and shall devour his thorns and his briers in one day;

2 Ne. 23:10
For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light; the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine.

2 Ne. 26:10
And when these things have passed away a speedy destruction cometh unto my people; for, notwithstanding the pains of my soul, I have seen it; wherefore, I know that it shall come to pass; and they sell themselves for naught; for, for the reward of their pride and their foolishness they shall reap destruction; for because they yield unto the devil and choose works of darkness rather than light, therefore they must go down to hell.

2 Ne. 26:29
He commandeth that there shall be no priestcrafts; for, behold, priestcrafts are that men preach and set themselves up for a light unto the world, that they may get gain and praise of the world; but they seek not the welfare of Zion.

2 Ne. 30:17
There is nothing which is secret save it shall be revealed; there is no work of darkness save it shall be made manifest in the light; and there is nothing which is sealed upon the earth save it shall be loosed.

2 Ne. 31:3
For my soul delighteth in plainness; for after this manner doth the Lord God work among the children of men. For the Lord God giveth light unto the understanding; for he speaketh unto men according to their language, unto their understanding.

2 Ne. 32:4
Wherefore, now after I have spoken these words, if ye cannot understand them it will be because ye ask not, neither do ye knock; wherefore, ye are not brought into the light, but must perish in the dark.