Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'oath' occurs 95 times in the standard works.

32 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'oath' in the standard works and contain 33.7% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 13 minutes to read the entire list.

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Alma 53:11-14 (4 in 4 verses)

Heb. 7:20-21 (3 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 20:14-15 (3 in 2 verses)

Num. 5:19-21 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Sam. 14:26-28 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 24:41 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 8:31 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 6:22 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 3:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 17:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)


Heb. 6:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

 6:16 For men verily swear by the greater: and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife.

 6:17 Wherein God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath:




Mosiah 19:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 84:39-40 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 47 10 57
NT 14 3 17
Matt. 3 3 6
Mark 1 0 1
Luke 1 0 1
Acts 2 0 2
Heb. 6 0 6
James 1 0 1
BM 28 16 44
DC 3 1 4
PGP 3 1 4
TOTAL 95 31 126

Heb. 6:16
For men verily swear by the greater: and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife.

Heb. 6:17
Wherein God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath:

Heb. 7:20
And inasmuch as not without an oath he was made priest:

Heb. 7:21
(For those priests were made without an oath; but this with an oath by him that said unto him, The Lord sware and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec:)

Heb. 7:28
For the law maketh men high priests which have infirmity; but the word of the oath, which was since the law, maketh the Son, who is consecrated for evermore.