Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'say' occurs 2061 times in the standard works.

811 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'say' in the standard works and contain 39.3% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 359 minutes to read the entire list.

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Alma 5:46-60 (16 in 15 verses)

Deut. 27:14-26 (13 in 13 verses)

Alma 30:16-26 (11 in 11 verses)

D&C 5:24-30 (8 in 7 verses)

Jer. 23:31-38 (8 in 8 verses)

Hel. 9:23-30 (8 in 8 verses)

Mosiah 15:10-13 (7 in 4 verses)

Ex. 3:13-18 (7 in 6 verses)

2 Ne. 27:15-20 (7 in 6 verses)

2 Ne. 28:3-8 (7 in 6 verses)

Alma 5:25-30 (7 in 6 verses)

Mosiah 13:26-32 (7 in 7 verses)

Alma 5:3-9 (7 in 7 verses)

Hel. 12:16-22 (7 in 7 verses)

D&C 82:5-11 (7 in 7 verses)

Hel. 13:25-27 (6 in 3 verses)

Alma 40:18-21 (6 in 4 verses)

Alma 5:16-21 (6 in 6 verses)

Mosiah 4:23-25 (5 in 3 verses)

D&C 112:14-16 (5 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 27:24-27 (5 in 4 verses)

Alma 32:28-31 (5 in 4 verses)

Matt. 5:18-22 (5 in 5 verses)

3 Ne. 12:18-22 (5 in 5 verses)

3 Ne. 12:22-26 (5 in 5 verses)

2 Ne. 2:13 (4 in 1 verse)

Mal. 1:5-7 (4 in 3 verses)

Luke 9:18-20 (4 in 3 verses)

Alma 5:38-40 (4 in 3 verses)

1 Kgs. 2:14-17 (4 in 4 verses)

Ezek. 33:11-14 (4 in 4 verses)

Amos 6:10-13 (4 in 4 verses)

Luke 13:24-27 (4 in 4 verses)

2 Ne. 26:25-28 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 7:14-17 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 10:19-22 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 26:33-36 (4 in 4 verses)

3 Ne. 15:18-21 (4 in 4 verses)

3 Ne. 20:46-21:3 (4 in 4 verses)

D&C 103:19-22 (4 in 4 verses)

Mark 7:11 (3 in 1 verse)

Alma 26:16 (3 in 1 verse)

D&C 61:36 (3 in 1 verse)

Josh. 22:27-28 (3 in 2 verses)

Isa. 29:15-16 (3 in 2 verses)

Matt. 21:25-26 (3 in 2 verses)

Matt. 25:40-41 (3 in 2 verses)

Mark 11:23-24 (3 in 2 verses)

Mark 11:31-32 (3 in 2 verses)

Luke 5:23-24 (3 in 2 verses)

Luke 20:5-6 (3 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 2:20-21 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 12:5-6 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 40:1-2 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 28:8-9 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 45:22-23 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 92:1-2 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 119:5-6 (3 in 2 verses)

Deut. 25:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

Ps. 35:25-27 (3 in 3 verses)

Ps. 118:2-4 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 21:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

Joel 2:17-19 (3 in 3 verses)

Matt. 8:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)

Matt. 16:13-15 (3 in 3 verses)

Matt. 23:39-24:2 (3 in 3 verses)

Mark 2:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)

Mark 8:27-29 (3 in 3 verses)

Luke 7:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

Luke 11:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

Luke 17:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

Rev. 6:5-7 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 32:5-7 (3 in 3 verses)

Mosiah 5:12-14 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 32:35-37 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 38:14-39:1 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 39:15-17 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 60:12-14 (3 in 3 verses)

Hel. 10:8-10 (3 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 11:37-39 (3 in 3 verses)

Morm. 9:17-19 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 10:36-38 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 10:54-56 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 38:27-29 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 42:2-4 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 90:32-34 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 93:47-49 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 93:49-51 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 97:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 124:130-132 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 132:46-48 (3 in 3 verses)

Abr. 2:23-25 (3 in 3 verses)

JS-M 1:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 24:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 28:67 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 4:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 7:4 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 2:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 8:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 4:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 23:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 27:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 51:35 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 21:28 (2 in 1 verse)

Hosea 2:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Zech. 13:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Mal. 2:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 3:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 9:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 15:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 17:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 21:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 21:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 21:31 (2 in 1 verse)

Mark 11:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Mark 13:37 (2 in 1 verse)

Luke 3:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Luke 7:40 (2 in 1 verse)

Luke 13:35 (2 in 1 verse)

John 4:35 (2 in 1 verse)

James 2:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Rev. 22:17 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 17:50 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 1:26 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 18:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 2:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 12:37 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 27:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 9:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 19:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 26:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 34:28 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 34:34 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 36:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 45:12 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 50:25 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 61:18 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 117:12 (2 in 1 verse)

JS-M 1:46 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 12:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 24:43-44 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 34:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 46:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 4:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 5:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 12:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 5:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 22:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 28:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 29:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 30:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 14:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 20:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 20:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 11:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 40:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 42:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 70:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 36:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 41:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 44:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 49:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 13:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 13:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 16:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 25:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 33:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 38:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 45:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 11:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 12:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 12:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 37:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 38:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 44:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Hosea 14:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Zech. 13:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 11:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 18:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 19:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 19:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 24:47-48 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 26:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 6:37-38 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 10:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 14:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 4:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 7:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 10:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 12:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 12:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 12:44-45 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 12:54-55 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 14:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 23:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

John 5:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

John 8:54-55 (2 in 2 verses)

John 9:41-10:1 (2 in 2 verses)

John 13:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

John 20:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Rom. 9:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Rom. 10:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 10:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 10:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 12:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 17:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 21:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 28:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 1:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 2:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 2:36-37 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 3:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 4:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 4:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 4:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 15:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 26:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 26:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 7:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 9:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 10:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 14:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 30:39-40 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 30:48-49 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 31:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 32:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 41:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 41:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 56:44-45 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 60:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 11:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 12:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 13:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 11:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 12:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 13:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 16:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 16:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 20:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 20:39-40 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 24:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 27:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 27:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 29:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 29:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Morm. 8:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

Morm. 9:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 5:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 6:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 7:8-8:1 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 10:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 10:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 11:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 11:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 16:6-17:1 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 25:16-26:1 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 28:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 29:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 29:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 29:41-42 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 33:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 33:18-34:1 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 37:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 39:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 42:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 45:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 45:51-52 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 45:62-63 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 46:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 46:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 47:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 49:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 63:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 64:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 66:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 75:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 82:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 84:59-60 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 84:63-64 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 84:76-77 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 93:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 93:44-45 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 93:53-94:1 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 96:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 98:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 100:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 101:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 105:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 112:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 124:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 124:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 124:39-40 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 124:55-56 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 124:102-103 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 124:110-111 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 124:141-142 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 132:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 132:56-57 (2 in 2 verses)

JS-M 1:50-51 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 628 1029 1657
NT 428 506 934
BM 515 272 787
1 Ne. 22 50 72
2 Ne. 66 25 91
Jacob 7 6 13
Enos 2 2 4
Jarom 1 1 2
Omni 0 1 1
Mosiah 78 33 111
Alma 193 78 271
Hel. 43 19 62
3 Ne. 78 42 120
Morm. 16 3 19
Ether 2 7 9
Moro. 7 5 12
DC 466 66 532
PGP 24 68 92
TOTAL 2061 1941 4002

Ether 1:38
And it came to pass that Jared spake again unto his brother, saying: Go and inquire of the Lord whether he will drive us out of the land, and if he will drive us out of the land, cry unto him whither we shall go. And who knoweth but the Lord will carry us forth into a land which is choice above all the earth? And if it so be, let us be faithful unto the Lord, that we may receive it for our inheritance.

Ether 2:18
And it came to pass that the brother of Jared cried unto the Lord, saying: O Lord, I have performed the work which thou hast commanded me, and I have made the barges according as thou hast directed me.

Ether 2:22
And he cried again unto the Lord saying: O Lord, behold I have done even as thou hast commanded me; and I have prepared the vessels for my people, and behold there is no light in them. Behold, O Lord, wilt thou suffer that we shall cross this great water in darkness?

Ether 3:1
And it came to pass that the brother of Jared, (now the number of the vessels which had been prepared was eight) went forth unto the mount, which they called the mount Shelem, because of its exceeding height, and did molten out of a rock sixteen small stones; and they were white and clear, even as transparent glass; and he did carry them in his hands upon the top of the mount, and cried again unto the Lord, saying:

Ether 7:5
And when he had gathered together an army he came up unto the land of Moron where the king dwelt, and took him captive, which brought to pass the saying of the brother of Jared that they would be brought into captivity.

Ether 12:3
For he did cry from the morning, even until the going down of the sun, exhorting the people to believe in God unto repentance lest they should be destroyed, saying unto them that by faith all things are fulfilled--

Ether 12:26
And when I had said this, the Lord spake unto me, saying: Fools mock, but they shall mourn; and my grace is sufficient for the meek, that they shall take no advantage of your weakness;