Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'works' occurs 436 times in the standard works.

136 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'works' in the standard works and contain 31.2% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 51 minutes to read the entire list.

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James 2:17-26 (11 in 10 verses)

3 Ne. 27:10-15 (8 in 6 verses)

Alma 37:21-25 (7 in 5 verses)

1 Ne. 15:32-33 (4 in 2 verses)

Alma 5:16-17 (4 in 2 verses)

John 14:10-12 (4 in 3 verses)

D&C 128:6-8 (4 in 3 verses)

Isa. 59:6 (3 in 1 verse)

Gal. 2:16 (3 in 1 verse)

Morm. 9:26 (3 in 1 verse)

Alma 5:41-42 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 41:3-4 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 50:2-4 (3 in 3 verses)

Ps. 86:8 (2 in 1 verse)

John 5:36 (2 in 1 verse)

John 10:32 (2 in 1 verse)

Rom. 11:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Rev. 2:19 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 25:2 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 27:27 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 37:41 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 5:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 12:24 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 21:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Moro. 7:5 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 19:3 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 76:111 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 127:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 92:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 107:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 111:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 145:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 145:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 25:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 11:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

John 9:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

John 10:37-38 (2 in 2 verses)

Eph. 2:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Heb. 4:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Rev. 3:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Rev. 20:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 5:35-36 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 12:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 42:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 27:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 22:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 88:108-109 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 121:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 132:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 1:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 5:51-52 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 119 3 122
NT 118 0 118
BM 131 0 131
1 Ne. 6 0 6
2 Ne. 14 0 14
Jacob 2 0 2
Mosiah 4 0 4
Alma 53 0 53
Hel. 13 0 13
3 Ne. 23 0 23
4 Ne. 1 0 1
Morm. 10 0 10
Ether 2 0 2
Moro. 3 0 3
DC 57 0 57
PGP 11 0 11
TOTAL 436 3 439

Hel. 5:6
Behold, my sons, I desire that ye should remember to keep the commandments of God; and I would that ye should declare unto the people these words. Behold, I have given unto you the names of our first parents who came out of the land of Jerusalem; and this I have done that when you remember your names ye may remember them; and when ye remember them ye may remember their works; and when ye remember their works ye may know how that it is said, and also written, that they were good.

Hel. 6:28
And also it is that same being who put it into the hearts of the people to build a tower sufficiently high that they might get to heaven. And it was that same being who led on the people who came from that tower into this land; who spread the works of darkness and abominations over all the face of the land, until he dragged the people down to an entire destruction, and to an everlasting hell.

Hel. 6:30
And behold, it is he who is the author of all sin. And behold, he doth carry on his works of darkness and secret murder, and doth hand down their plots, and their oaths, and their covenants, and their plans of awful wickedness, from generation to generation according as he can get hold upon the hearts of the children of men.

Hel. 6:38
And it came to pass on the other hand, that the Nephites did build them up and support them, beginning at the more wicked part of them, until they had overspread all the land of the Nephites, and had seduced the more part of the righteous until they had come down to believe in their works and partake of their spoils, and to join with them in their secret murders and combinations.

Hel. 8:4
And those judges were angry with him because he spake plainly unto them concerning their secret works of darkness; nevertheless, they durst not lay their own hands upon him, for they feared the people lest they should cry out against them.

Hel. 10:3
And it came to pass as he was thus pondering-- being much cast down because of the wickedness of the people of the Nephites, their secret works of darkness, and their murderings, and their plunderings, and all manner of iniquities-- and it came to pass as he was thus pondering in his heart, behold, a voice came unto him saying:

Hel. 10:5
And now, because thou hast done this with such unwearyingness, behold, I will bless thee forever; and I will make thee mighty in word and in deed, in faith and in works; yea, even that all things shall be done unto thee according to thy word, for thou shalt not ask that which is contrary to my will.

Hel. 12:24
And may God grant, in his great fulness, that men might be brought unto repentance and good works, that they might be restored unto grace for grace, according to their works.

Hel. 15:15
For behold, had the mighty works been shown unto them which have been shown unto you, yea, unto them who have dwindled in unbelief because of the traditions of their fathers, ye can see of yourselves that they never would again have dwindled in unbelief.

Hel. 15:17
And now behold, saith the Lord, concerning the people of the Nephites: If they will not repent, and observe to do my will, I will utterly destroy them, saith the Lord, because of their unbelief notwithstanding the many mighty works which I have done among them; and as surely as the Lord liveth shall these things be, saith the Lord.

Hel. 16:16
Some things they may have guessed right, among so many; but behold, we know that all these great and marvelous works cannot come to pass, of which has been spoken.