Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'plates' occurs 179 times in the standard works.

114 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'plates' in the standard works and contain 63.7% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 43 minutes to read the entire list.

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1 Ne. 9:1-10:1 (13 in 7 verses)

1 Ne. 19:1-6 (12 in 6 verses)

Jacob 3:13-4:3 (9 in 5 verses)

W of M 1:3-10 (8 in 8 verses)

JS-H 1:62-68 (7 in 7 verses)

Jacob 1:1-4 (5 in 4 verses)

JS-H 1:50-53 (5 in 4 verses)

2 Ne. 5:29-33 (5 in 5 verses)

JS-H 1:42-46 (5 in 5 verses)

Mosiah 1:3-6 (4 in 4 verses)

D&C 10:38-41 (4 in 4 verses)

Mosiah 28:11 (3 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 4:14-15 (3 in 2 verses)


Jacob 7:26-27 (3 in 2 verses)

 7:26 And it came to pass that I, Jacob, began to be old; and the record of this people being kept on the other plates of Nephi, wherefore, I conclude this record, declaring that I have written according to the best of my knowledge, by saying that the time passed away with us, and also our lives passed away like as it were unto us a dream, we being a lonesome and a solemn people, wanderers, cast out from Jerusalem, born in tribulation, in a wilderness, and hated of our brethren, which caused wars and contentions; wherefore, we did mourn out our days.

 7:27 And I, Jacob, saw that I must soon go down to my grave; wherefore, I said unto my son Enos: Take these plates. And I told him the things which my brother Nephi had commanded me, and he promised obedience unto the commands. And I make an end of my writing upon these plates, which writing has been small; and to the reader I bid farewell, hoping that many of my brethren may read my words. Brethren, adieu.




Jarom 1:14-15 (3 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 5:10-11 (3 in 2 verses)

Morm. 2:17-18 (3 in 2 verses)

4 Ne. 1:19-21 (3 in 3 verses)

Mosiah 1:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Morm. 1:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Morm. 6:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 16:38-39 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 5:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 19:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 37:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

JS-H 1:34-35 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 6 0 6
NT 0 3 3
BM 144 10 154
1 Ne. 44 0 44
2 Ne. 11 0 11
Jacob 17 0 17
Jarom 4 0 4
Omni 8 0 8
W of M 8 0 8
Mosiah 16 1 17
Alma 9 7 16
Hel. 1 1 2
3 Ne. 8 0 8
4 Ne. 3 0 3
Morm. 10 0 10
Ether 5 1 6
DC 9 0 9
PGP 20 0 20
TOTAL 179 13 192

Jacob 1:1
For behold, it came to pass that fifty and five years had passed away from the time that Lehi left Jerusalem; wherefore, Nephi gave me, Jacob, a commandment concerning the small plates, upon which these things are engraven.

Jacob 1:2
And he gave me, Jacob, a commandment that I should write upon these plates a few of the things which I considered to be most precious; that I should not touch, save it were lightly, concerning the history of this people which are called the people of Nephi.

Jacob 1:3
For he said that the history of his people should be engraven upon his other plates, and that I should preserve these plates and hand them down unto my seed, from generation to generation.

Jacob 1:4
And if there were preaching which was sacred, or revelation which was great, or prophesying, that I should engraven the heads of them upon these plates, and touch upon them as much as it were possible, for Christ's sake, and for the sake of our people.

Jacob 3:13
And a hundredth part of the proceedings of this people, which now began to be numerous, cannot be written upon these plates; but many of their proceedings are written upon the larger plates, and their wars, and their contentions, and the reigns of their kings.

Jacob 3:14
These plates are called the plates of Jacob, and they were made by the hand of Nephi. And I make an end of speaking these words.

Jacob 4:1
Now behold, it came to pass that I, Jacob, having ministered much unto my people in word, (and I cannot write but a little of my words, because of the difficulty of engraving our words upon plates) and we know that the things which we write upon plates must remain;

Jacob 4:2
But whatsoever things we write upon anything save it be upon plates must perish and vanish away; but we can write a few words upon plates, which will give our children, and also our beloved brethren, a small degree of knowledge concerning us, or concerning their fathers--

Jacob 4:3
Now in this thing we do rejoice; and we labor diligently to engraven these words upon plates, hoping that our beloved brethren and our children will receive them with thankful hearts, and look upon them that they may learn with joy and not with sorrow, neither with contempt, concerning their first parents.

Jacob 7:26
And it came to pass that I, Jacob, began to be old; and the record of this people being kept on the other plates of Nephi, wherefore, I conclude this record, declaring that I have written according to the best of my knowledge, by saying that the time passed away with us, and also our lives passed away like as it were unto us a dream, we being a lonesome and a solemn people, wanderers, cast out from Jerusalem, born in tribulation, in a wilderness, and hated of our brethren, which caused wars and contentions; wherefore, we did mourn out our days.

Jacob 7:27
And I, Jacob, saw that I must soon go down to my grave; wherefore, I said unto my son Enos: Take these plates. And I told him the things which my brother Nephi had commanded me, and he promised obedience unto the commands. And I make an end of my writing upon these plates, which writing has been small; and to the reader I bid farewell, hoping that many of my brethren may read my words. Brethren, adieu.