Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'plates' occurs 179 times in the standard works.

114 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'plates' in the standard works and contain 63.7% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 43 minutes to read the entire list.

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1 Ne. 9:1-10:1 (13 in 7 verses)

1 Ne. 19:1-6 (12 in 6 verses)

Jacob 3:13-4:3 (9 in 5 verses)

W of M 1:3-10 (8 in 8 verses)

JS-H 1:62-68 (7 in 7 verses)

Jacob 1:1-4 (5 in 4 verses)

JS-H 1:50-53 (5 in 4 verses)

2 Ne. 5:29-33 (5 in 5 verses)

JS-H 1:42-46 (5 in 5 verses)

Mosiah 1:3-6 (4 in 4 verses)

D&C 10:38-41 (4 in 4 verses)

Mosiah 28:11 (3 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 4:14-15 (3 in 2 verses)

Jacob 7:26-27 (3 in 2 verses)

Jarom 1:14-15 (3 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 5:10-11 (3 in 2 verses)

Morm. 2:17-18 (3 in 2 verses)

4 Ne. 1:19-21 (3 in 3 verses)

Mosiah 1:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Morm. 1:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Morm. 6:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 16:38-39 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 5:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 19:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 37:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

JS-H 1:34-35 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 6 0 6
NT 0 3 3
BM 144 10 154
1 Ne. 44 0 44
2 Ne. 11 0 11
Jacob 17 0 17
Jarom 4 0 4
Omni 8 0 8
W of M 8 0 8
Mosiah 16 1 17
Alma 9 7 16
Hel. 1 1 2
3 Ne. 8 0 8
4 Ne. 3 0 3
Morm. 10 0 10
Ether 5 1 6
DC 9 0 9
PGP 20 0 20
TOTAL 179 13 192

Alma 37:2
And I also command you that ye keep a record of this people, according as I have done, upon the plates of Nephi, and keep all these things sacred which I have kept, even as I have kept them; for it is for a wise purpose that they are kept.

Alma 37:3
And these plates of brass, which contain these engravings, which have the records of the holy scriptures upon them, which have the genealogy of our forefathers, even from the beginning--

Alma 37:5
And now behold, if they are kept they must retain their brightness; yea, and they will retain their brightness; yea, and also shall all the plates which do contain that which is holy writ.

Alma 37:9
Yea, I say unto you, were it not for these things that these records do contain, which are on these plates, Ammon and his brethren could not have convinced so many thousands of the Lamanites of the incorrect tradition of their fathers; yea, these records and their words brought them unto repentance; that is, they brought them to the knowledge of the Lord their God, and to rejoice in Jesus Christ their Redeemer.

Alma 37:21
And now, I will speak unto you concerning those twenty-four plates, that ye keep them, that the mysteries and the works of darkness, and their secret works, or the secret works of those people who have been destroyed, may be made manifest unto this people; yea, all their murders, and robbings, and their plunderings, and all their wickedness and abominations, may be made manifest unto this people; yea, and that ye preserve these interpreters.

Alma 43:38
While on the other hand, there was now and then a man fell among the Nephites, by their swords and the loss of blood, they being shielded from the more vital parts of the body, or the more vital parts of the body being shielded from the strokes of the Lamanites, by their breastplates, and their armshields, and their head-plates; and thus the Nephites did carry on the work of death among the Lamanites.

Alma 43:44
And they were inspired by the Zoramites and the Amalekites, who were their chief captains and leaders, and by Zerahemnah, who was their chief captain, or their chief leader and commander; yea, they did fight like dragons, and many of the Nephites were slain by their hands, yea, for they did smite in two many of their head-plates, and they did pierce many of their breastplates, and they did smite off many of their arms; and thus the Lamanites did smite in their fierce anger.

Alma 44:24
And thus ended the eighteenth year of the reign of the judges over the people of Nephi. And thus ended the record of Alma, which was written upon the plates of Nephi.

Alma 49:24
There were about fifty who were wounded, who had been exposed to the arrows of the Lamanites through the pass, but they were shielded by their shields, and their breastplates, and their head-plates, insomuch that their wounds were upon their legs, many of which were very severe.