Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'adam' occurs 154 times in the standard works.

98 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'adam' in the standard works and contain 63.6% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 43 minutes to read the entire list.

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D&C 107:41-56 (16 in 16 verses)

Moses 5:1-6 (7 in 6 verses)

Gen. 2:19-23 (6 in 5 verses)

Moses 3:19-23 (6 in 5 verses)

Moses 6:8-12 (6 in 5 verses)

Gen. 5:1-5 (5 in 5 verses)

Abr. 5:17-21 (5 in 5 verses)

Moses 5:59-6:2 (4 in 3 verses)

D&C 29:34-36 (3 in 3 verses)

Moses 6:51-53 (3 in 3 verses)

Moses 6:53-55 (3 in 3 verses)

Rom. 5:14 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Cor. 15:45 (2 in 1 verse)

Morm. 9:12 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 116:1 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 117:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Moses 5:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Moses 6:64 (2 in 1 verse)

Moses 7:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 3:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 3:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Tim. 2:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)


Alma 12:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

 12:22 Now Alma said unto him: This is the thing which I was about to explain. Now we see that Adam did fall by the partaking of the forbidden fruit, according to the word of God; and thus we see, that by his fall, all mankind became a lost and fallen people.

 12:23 And now behold, I say unto you that if it had been possible for Adam to have partaken of the fruit of the tree of life at that time, there would have been no death, and the word would have been void, making God a liar, for he said: If thou eat thou shalt surely die.




Alma 22:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 1:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 4:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 4:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 5:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 22 4 26
NT 9 0 9
BM 26 0 26
1 Ne. 1 0 1
2 Ne. 4 0 4
Mosiah 6 0 6
Alma 7 0 7
Hel. 1 0 1
Morm. 3 0 3
Ether 2 0 2
Moro. 2 0 2
DC 35 0 35
PGP 62 0 62
TOTAL 154 4 158

Alma 12:22
Now Alma said unto him: This is the thing which I was about to explain. Now we see that Adam did fall by the partaking of the forbidden fruit, according to the word of God; and thus we see, that by his fall, all mankind became a lost and fallen people.

Alma 12:23
And now behold, I say unto you that if it had been possible for Adam to have partaken of the fruit of the tree of life at that time, there would have been no death, and the word would have been void, making God a liar, for he said: If thou eat thou shalt surely die.

Alma 18:36
Now when Ammon had said these words, he began at the creation of the world, and also the creation of Adam, and told him all the things concerning the fall of man, and rehearsed and laid before him the records and the holy scriptures of the people, which had been spoken by the prophets, even down to the time that their father, Lehi, left Jerusalem.

Alma 22:12
And it came to pass that when Aaron saw that the king would believe his words, he began from the creation of Adam, reading the scriptures unto the king-- how God created man after his own image, and that God gave him commandments, and that because of transgression, man had fallen.

Alma 22:13
And Aaron did expound unto him the scriptures from the creation of Adam, laying the fall of man before him, and their carnal state and also the plan of redemption, which was prepared from the foundation of the world, through Christ, for all whosoever would believe on his name.

Alma 40:18
Behold, I say unto you, Nay; but it meaneth the reuniting of the soul with the body, of those from the days of Adam down to the resurrection of Christ.

Alma 42:5
For behold, if Adam had put forth his hand immediately, and partaken of the tree of life, he would have lived forever, according to the word of God, having no space for repentance; yea, and also the word of God would have been void, and the great plan of salvation would have been frustrated.