Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'waters' occurs 411 times in the standard works.

186 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'waters' in the standard works and contain 45.3% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 76 minutes to read the entire list.

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Ezek. 47:1-12 (14 in 12 verses)

Abr. 4:2-10 (9 in 9 verses)

Gen. 1:6-10 (7 in 5 verses)

Moses 2:6-10 (7 in 5 verses)

Abr. 4:20-22 (5 in 3 verses)

Gen. 7:17-20 (5 in 4 verses)

Lev. 11:9-12 (5 in 4 verses)

D&C 61:3-6 (5 in 4 verses)

D&C 61:14-18 (5 in 5 verses)

Gen. 7:24-8:3 (4 in 4 verses)

Ex. 7:17-20 (4 in 4 verses)

Josh. 3:13-16 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Ne. 13:10-13 (4 in 4 verses)

Ether 6:5-8 (4 in 4 verses)

Mosiah 18:30 (3 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 2:21-22 (3 in 2 verses)

Prov. 5:15-16 (3 in 2 verses)

Rev. 8:10-11 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 19:20-21 (3 in 2 verses)

Gen. 1:20-22 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 8:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

Ex. 15:23-25 (3 in 3 verses)

Ex. 15:25-27 (3 in 3 verses)

Moses 2:20-22 (3 in 3 verses)

Josh. 4:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 7:24 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 2:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 29:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 77:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 48:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 54:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 2:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 19:10 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 4:2 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 11:25 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 20:1 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 20:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 43:40 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 8:11 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 22:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 15:8 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 61:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 7:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 14:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 14:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 24:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Job 24:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 18:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 69:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 124:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 8:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 17:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 46:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 31:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 31:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 32:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 12:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Rev. 16:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 14:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 18:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 61:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 271 3 274
NT 16 0 16
BM 77 0 77
1 Ne. 23 0 23
2 Ne. 9 0 9
Omni 1 0 1
Mosiah 9 0 9
Alma 16 0 16
Hel. 3 0 3
3 Ne. 3 0 3
4 Ne. 1 0 1
Morm. 2 0 2
Ether 10 0 10
DC 22 0 22
PGP 25 0 25
TOTAL 411 3 414

Alma 2:34
And thus he cleared the ground, or rather the bank, which was on the west of the river Sidon, throwing the bodies of the Lamanites who had been slain into the waters of Sidon, that thereby his people might have room to cross and contend with the Lamanites and the Amlicites on the west side of the river Sidon.

Alma 3:3
And now as many of the Lamanites and the Amlicites who had been slain upon the bank of the river Sidon were cast into the waters of Sidon; and behold their bones are in the depths of the sea, and they are many.

Alma 4:4
And they began to establish the church more fully; yea, and many were baptized in the waters of Sidon and were joined to the church of God; yea, they were baptized by the hand of Alma, who had been consecrated the high priest over the people of the church, by the hand of his father Alma.

Alma 5:3
I, Alma, having been consecrated by my father, Alma, to be a high priest over the church of God, he having power and authority from God to do these things, behold, I say unto you that he began to establish a church in the land which was in the borders of Nephi; yea, the land which was called the land of Mormon; yea, and he did baptize his brethren in the waters of Mormon.

Alma 5:34
Yea, he saith: Come unto me and ye shall partake of the fruit of the tree of life; yea, ye shall eat and drink of the bread and the waters of life freely;

Alma 7:15
Yea, I say unto you come and fear not, and lay aside every sin, which easily doth beset you, which doth bind you down to destruction, yea, come and go forth, and show unto your God that ye are willing to repent of your sins and enter into a covenant with him to keep his commandments, and witness it unto him this day by going into the waters of baptism.

Alma 17:34
Therefore, they did as Ammon commanded them, and he went forth and stood to contend with those who stood by the waters of Sebus; and they were in number not a few.

Alma 18:7
Now it was the practice of these Lamanites to stand by the waters of Sebus to scatter the flocks of the people, that thereby they might drive away many that were scattered unto their own land, it being a practice of plunder among them.

Alma 19:20
But others rebuked them, saying: The king hath brought this evil upon his house, because he slew his servants who had had their flocks scattered at the waters of Sebus.

Alma 19:21
And they were also rebuked by those men who had stood at the waters of Sebus and scattered the flocks which belonged to the king, for they were angry with Ammon because of the number which he had slain of their brethren at the waters of Sebus, while defending the flocks of the king.

Alma 42:27
Therefore, O my son, whosoever will come may come and partake of the waters of life freely; and whosoever will not come the same is not compelled to come; but in the last day it shall be restored unto him according to his deeds.

Alma 43:40
And they were pursued by Lehi and his men; and they were driven by Lehi into the waters of Sidon, and they crossed the waters of Sidon. And Lehi retained his armies upon the bank of the river Sidon that they should not cross.

Alma 43:50
And they began to stand against the Lamanites with power; and in that selfsame hour that they cried unto the Lord for their freedom, the Lamanites began to flee before them; and they fled even to the waters of Sidon.

Alma 44:22
And it came to pass that they did cast their dead into the waters of Sidon, and they have gone forth and are buried in the depths of the sea.