Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'promise' occurs 137 times in the standard works.

40 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'promise' in the standard works and contain 29.2% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 17 minutes to read the entire list.

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Gal. 3:17-19 (4 in 3 verses)

Neh. 5:12-13 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 3:14-16 (3 in 3 verses)

Ether 2:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 132:31-33 (3 in 3 verses)

Heb. 11:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 12:17 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 62:6 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 88:75 (2 in 1 verse)

Acts 26:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Rom. 4:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Rom. 9:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 1:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 12:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 88:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 96:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 132:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 8 37 45
Ex. 0 1 1
Num. 1 1 2
Deut. 0 10 10
Josh. 0 5 5
2 Sam. 0 1 1
1 Kgs. 1 8 9
2 Kgs. 0 1 1
1 Chr. 0 1 1
2 Chr. 1 4 5
Neh. 3 2 5
Esth. 0 1 1
Ps. 2 0 2
Jer. 0 2 2
NT 45 27 72
BM 41 52 93
DC 41 23 64
PGP 2 2 4
TOTAL 137 141 278

Deut. 1:11
(The Lord God of your fathers make you a thousand times so many more as ye are, and bless you, as he hath promised you!)

Deut. 6:3
Hear therefore, O Israel, and observe to do it; that it may be well with thee, and that ye may increase mightily, as the Lord God of thy fathers hath promised thee, in the land that floweth with milk and honey.

Deut. 9:28
Lest the land whence thou broughtest us out say, Because the Lord was not able to bring them into the land which he promised them, and because he hated them, he hath brought them out to slay them in the wilderness.

Deut. 10:9
Wherefore Levi hath no part nor inheritance with his brethren; the Lord is his inheritance, according as the Lord thy God promised him.

Deut. 12:20
When the Lord thy God shall enlarge thy border, as he hath promised thee, and thou shalt say, I will eat flesh, because thy soul longeth to eat flesh; thou mayest eat flesh, whatsoever thy soul lusteth after.

Deut. 15:6
For the Lord thy God blesseth thee, as he promised thee: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, but thou shalt not borrow; and thou shalt reign over many nations, but they shall not reign over thee.

Deut. 19:8
And if the Lord thy God enlarge thy coast, as he hath sworn unto thy fathers, and give thee all the land which he promised to give unto thy fathers;

Deut. 23:23
That which is gone out of thy lips thou shalt keep and perform; even a freewill offering, according as thou hast vowed unto the Lord thy God, which thou hast promised with thy mouth.

Deut. 26:18
And the Lord hath avouched thee this day to be his peculiar people, as he hath promised thee, and that thou shouldest keep all his commandments;

Deut. 27:3
And thou shalt write upon them all the words of this law, when thou art passed over, that thou mayest go in unto the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee, a land that floweth with milk and honey; as the Lord God of thy fathers hath promised thee.