Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'little' occurs 359 times in the standard works.

107 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'little' in the standard works and contain 29.8% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 43 minutes to read the entire list.

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Moro. 8:5-14 (10 in 10 verses)

Moro. 8:8-17 (10 in 10 verses)

John 16:16-19 (7 in 4 verses)

Matt. 18:2-6 (5 in 5 verses)

Isa. 28:10-13 (4 in 4 verses)

Ezek. 40:10-13 (4 in 4 verses)

Prov. 6:10 (3 in 1 verse)

Prov. 24:33 (3 in 1 verse)

Rev. 10:8-10 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 19:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 43:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 23:30 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 7:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezra 9:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 40:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Luke 7:47 (2 in 1 verse)

John 13:33 (2 in 1 verse)

James 3:5 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 28:8 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 28:30 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 18:27 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 3:1 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 128:21 (2 in 1 verse)

JS-H 1:31 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 32:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 17:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 19:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 10:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 18:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Jn. 2:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Jacob 5:50-51 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 11:37-38 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 17:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 17:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Moro. 8:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 29:46-47 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 50:40-41 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 74:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 159 0 159
NT 83 0 83
BM 74 0 74
1 Ne. 1 0 1
2 Ne. 9 0 9
Jacob 5 0 5
Jarom 1 0 1
Mosiah 10 0 10
Alma 12 0 12
Hel. 4 0 4
3 Ne. 14 0 14
Ether 3 0 3
Moro. 15 0 15
DC 38 1 39
PGP 5 0 5
TOTAL 359 1 360

3 Ne. 9:22
Therefore, whoso repenteth and cometh unto me as a little child, him will I receive, for of such is the kingdom of God. Behold, for such I have laid down my life, and have taken it up again; therefore repent, and come unto me ye ends of the earth, and be saved.

3 Ne. 11:37
And again I say unto you, ye must repent, and become as a little child, and be baptized in my name, or ye can in nowise receive these things.

3 Ne. 11:38
And again I say unto you, ye must repent, and be baptized in my name, and become as a little child, or ye can in nowise inherit the kingdom of God.

3 Ne. 13:30
Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is cast into the oven, even so will he clothe you, if ye are not of little faith.

3 Ne. 17:5
And it came to pass that when Jesus had thus spoken, he cast his eyes round about again on the multitude, and beheld they were in tears, and did look steadfastly upon him as if they would ask him to tarry a little longer with them.

3 Ne. 17:11
And it came to pass that he commanded that their little children should be brought.

3 Ne. 17:12
So they brought their little children and set them down upon the ground round about him, and Jesus stood in the midst; and the multitude gave way till they had all been brought unto him.

3 Ne. 17:21
And when he had said these words, he wept, and the multitude bare record of it, and he took their little children, one by one, and blessed them, and prayed unto the Father for them.

3 Ne. 17:23
And he spake unto the multitude, and said unto them: Behold your little ones.

3 Ne. 17:24
And as they looked to behold they cast their eyes towards heaven, and they saw the heavens open, and they saw angels descending out of heaven as it were in the midst of fire; and they came down and encircled those little ones about, and they were encircled about with fire; and the angels did minister unto them.

3 Ne. 19:19
And it came to pass that Jesus departed out of the midst of them, and went a little way off from them and bowed himself to the earth, and he said:

3 Ne. 19:27
And he turned from them again, and went a little way off and bowed himself to the earth; and he prayed again unto the Father, saying:

3 Ne. 19:31
And it came to pass that he went again a little way off and prayed unto the Father;

3 Ne. 22:8
In a little wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment, but with everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee, saith the Lord thy Redeemer.