Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'angel' occurs 329 times in the standard works.

143 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'angel' in the standard works and contain 43.5% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 65 minutes to read the entire list.

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Judg. 13:13-21 (10 in 9 verses)

D&C 88:103-110 (8 in 8 verses)

D&C 88:105-112 (8 in 8 verses)

Alma 10:7-10 (6 in 4 verses)

Num. 22:22-27 (6 in 6 verses)

1 Chr. 21:15-20 (6 in 6 verses)

Judg. 6:20-22 (5 in 3 verses)

Acts 12:7-11 (5 in 5 verses)

2 Sam. 24:16-17 (4 in 2 verses)

Zech. 1:11-14 (4 in 4 verses)

Rev. 10:7-10 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Ne. 11:34-12:1 (4 in 4 verses)

Gen. 16:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)

Rev. 8:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

Rev. 8:12-9:1 (3 in 3 verses)

Rev. 14:17-19 (3 in 3 verses)

Rev. 16:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 3:29-31 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 11:30-32 (3 in 3 verses)

Zech. 2:3 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 12:11 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 12:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 38:7 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 77:9 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 128:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 22:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 22:34-35 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 6:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 35:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Zech. 3:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Zech. 4:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Zech. 6:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 1:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 1:34-35 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 2:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 23:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Rev. 8:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Rev. 9:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Rev. 14:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 13:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 9:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 27:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 36:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 88:98-99 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 5:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 104 14 118
NT 99 86 185
BM 90 55 145
1 Ne. 44 3 47
2 Ne. 7 8 15
Jacob 0 3 3
Omni 0 1 1
Mosiah 9 1 10
Alma 25 15 40
Hel. 4 7 11
3 Ne. 1 10 11
Moro. 0 7 7
DC 30 57 87
PGP 6 10 16
TOTAL 329 222 551

Alma 8:14
And it came to pass that while he was journeying thither, being weighed down with sorrow, wading through much tribulation and anguish of soul, because of the wickedness of the people who were in the city of Ammonihah, it came to pass while Alma was thus weighed down with sorrow, behold an angel of the Lord appeared unto him, saying:

Alma 8:18
Now it came to pass that after Alma had received his message from the angel of the Lord he returned speedily to the land of Ammonihah. And he entered the city by another way, yea, by the way which is on the south of the city of Ammonihah.

Alma 8:20
And the man said unto him: I am a Nephite, and I know that thou art a holy prophet of God, for thou art the man whom an angel said in a vision: Thou shalt receive. Therefore, go with me into my house and I will impart unto thee of my food; and I know that thou wilt be a blessing unto me and my house.

Alma 9:25
And now for this cause, that ye may not be destroyed, the Lord has sent his angel to visit many of his people, declaring unto them that they must go forth and cry mightily unto this people, saying: Repent ye, for the kingdom of heaven is nigh at hand;

Alma 9:29
Now behold, this is the voice of the angel, crying unto the people.

Alma 10:7
As I was journeying to see a very near kindred, behold an angel of the Lord appeared unto me and said: Amulek, return to thine own house, for thou shalt feed a prophet of the Lord; yea, a holy man, who is a chosen man of God; for he has fasted many days because of the sins of this people, and he is an hungered, and thou shalt receive him into thy house and feed him, and he shall bless thee and thy house; and the blessing of the Lord shall rest upon thee and thy house.

Alma 10:8
And it came to pass that I obeyed the voice of the angel, and returned towards my house. And as I was going thither I found the man whom the angel said unto me: Thou shalt receive into thy house-- and behold it was this same man who has been speaking unto you concerning the things of God.

Alma 10:9
And the angel said unto me he is a holy man; wherefore I know he is a holy man because it was said by an angel of God.

Alma 10:10
And again, I know that the things whereof he hath testified are true; for behold I say unto you, that as the Lord liveth, even so has he sent his angel to make these things manifest unto me; and this he has done while this Alma hath dwelt at my house.

Alma 11:31
And he said: An angel hath made them known unto me.

Alma 17:2
Now these sons of Mosiah were with Alma at the time the angel first appeared unto him; therefore Alma did rejoice exceedingly to see his brethren; and what added more to his joy, they were still his brethren in the Lord; yea, and they had waxed strong in the knowledge of the truth; for they were men of a sound understanding and they had searched the scriptures diligently, that they might know the word of God.

Alma 21:5
Therefore, as Aaron entered into one of their synagogues to preach unto the people, and as he was speaking unto them, behold there arose an Amalekite and began to contend with him, saying: What is that thou hast testified? Hast thou seen an angel? Why do not angels appear unto us? Behold are not this people as good as thy people?

Alma 29:1
O that I were an angel, and could have the wish of mine heart, that I might go forth and speak with the trump of God, with a voice to shake the earth, and cry repentance unto every people!

Alma 29:7
Why should I desire that I were an angel, that I could speak unto all the ends of the earth?

Alma 30:53
But behold, the devil hath deceived me; for he appeared unto me in the form of an angel, and said unto me: Go and reclaim this people, for they have all gone astray after an unknown God. And he said unto me: There is no God; yea, and he taught me that which I should say. And I have taught his words; and I taught them because they were pleasing unto the carnal mind; and I taught them, even until I had much success, insomuch that I verily believed that they were true; and for this cause I withstood the truth, even until I have brought this great curse upon me.

Alma 36:5
Now, behold, I say unto you, if I had not been born of God I should not have known these things; but God has, by the mouth of his holy angel, made these things known unto me, not of any worthiness of myself;

Alma 36:6
For I went about with the sons of Mosiah, seeking to destroy the church of God; but behold, God sent his holy angel to stop us by the way.

Alma 36:8
But behold, the voice said unto me: Arise. And I arose and stood up, and beheld the angel.

Alma 36:11
And the angel spake more things unto me, which were heard by my brethren, but I did not hear them; for when I heard the words-- If thou wilt be destroyed of thyself, seek no more to destroy the church of God-- I was struck with such great fear and amazement lest perhaps I should be destroyed, that I fell to the earth and I did hear no more.

Alma 38:7
But behold, the Lord in his great mercy sent his angel to declare unto me that I must stop the work of destruction among his people; yea, and I have seen an angel face to face, and he spake with me, and his voice was as thunder, and it shook the whole earth.

Alma 39:19
Is it not as easy at this time for the Lord to send his angel to declare these glad tidings unto us as unto our children, or as after the time of his coming?

Alma 40:11
Now, concerning the state of the soul between death and the resurrection-- Behold, it has been made known unto me by an angel, that the spirits of all men, as soon as they are departed from this mortal body, yea, the spirits of all men, whether they be good or evil, are taken home to that God who gave them life.