Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'witness' occurs 194 times in the standard works.

64 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'witness' in the standard works and contain 33% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 26 minutes to read the entire list.

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John 5:31-37 (8 in 7 verses)

1 Jn. 5:6-10 (6 in 5 verses)

Mark 14:55-60 (6 in 6 verses)

1 Sam. 12:3-5 (4 in 3 verses)

D&C 6:22-24 (4 in 3 verses)

Deut. 19:15-18 (4 in 4 verses)

John 1:7-8 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 10:12-13 (3 in 2 verses)

Gen. 31:50-52 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 14:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)

Josh. 24:27 (2 in 1 verse)

Job 16:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Prov. 14:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Prov. 14:25 (2 in 1 verse)

John 8:18 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 7:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 17:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 22:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 18:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 5:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 63 25 88
Gen. 6 0 6
Ex. 3 0 3
Lev. 1 0 1
Num. 5 1 6
Deut. 10 5 15
Josh. 5 2 7
Judg. 1 0 1
Ruth 0 3 3
1 Sam. 4 0 4
1 Kgs. 1 1 2
2 Chr. 1 0 1
Job 4 1 5
Ps. 1 2 3
Prov. 12 0 12
Isa. 3 6 9
Jer. 2 4 6
Lam. 1 0 1
Micah 1 0 1
Mal. 2 0 2
NT 72 33 105
BM 39 31 70
DC 19 14 33
PGP 1 0 1
TOTAL 194 103 297

Isa. 3:9
The shew of their countenance doth witness against them; and they declare their sin as Sodom, they hide it not. Woe unto their soul! for they have rewarded evil unto themselves.

Isa. 8:2
And I took unto me faithful witnesses to record, Uriah the priest, and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah.

Isa. 19:20
And it shall be for a sign and for a witness unto the Lord of hosts in the land of Egypt: for they shall cry unto the Lord because of the oppressors, and he shall send them a saviour, and a great one, and he shall deliver them.

Isa. 43:9
Let all the nations be gathered together, and let the people be assembled: who among them can declare this, and shew us former things? let them bring forth their witnesses, that they may be justified: or let them hear, and say, It is truth.

Isa. 43:10
Ye are my witnesses, saith the Lord, and my servant whom I have chosen: that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me.

Isa. 43:12
I have declared, and have saved, and I have shewed, when there was no strange god among you: therefore ye are my witnesses, saith the Lord, that I am God.

Isa. 44:8
Fear ye not, neither be afraid: have not I told thee from that time, and have declared it? ye are even my witnesses. Is there a God beside me? yea, there is no God; I know not any.

Isa. 44:9
They that make a graven image are all of them vanity; and their delectable things shall not profit; and they are their own witnesses; they see not, nor know; that they may be ashamed.

Isa. 55:4
Behold, I have given him for a witness to the people, a leader and commander to the people.