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)

 25:6 And go not after other gods to serve them, and to worship them, and provoke me not to anger with the works of your hands; and I will do you no hurt.

 25:7 Yet ye have not hearkened unto me, saith the Lord; that ye might provoke me to anger with the works of your hands to your own hurt.




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
Ex. 5 0 5
Num. 1 0 1
Deut. 4 0 4
Josh. 1 0 1
Judg. 2 0 2
1 Sam. 2 0 2
1 Kgs. 2 2 4
2 Kgs. 1 0 1
1 Chr. 4 0 4
2 Chr. 3 0 3
Neh. 2 0 2
Job 3 0 3
Ps. 55 0 55
Prov. 5 0 5
Eccl. 7 0 7
Isa. 8 1 9
Jer. 8 0 8
Ezek. 1 0 1
Dan. 2 0 2
Amos 1 0 1
Jonah 1 0 1
Micah 1 0 1
NT 118 0 118
BM 131 0 131
DC 57 0 57
PGP 11 0 11
TOTAL 436 3 439

Jer. 1:16
And I will utter my judgments against them touching all their wickedness, who have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, and worshipped the works of their own hands.

Jer. 7:13
And now, because ye have done all these works, saith the Lord, and I spake unto you, rising up early and speaking, but ye heard not; and I called you, but ye answered not;

Jer. 21:2
Inquire, I pray thee, of the Lord for us; for Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon maketh war against us; if so be that the Lord will deal with us according to all his wondrous works, that he may go up from us.

Jer. 25:6
And go not after other gods to serve them, and to worship them, and provoke me not to anger with the works of your hands; and I will do you no hurt.

Jer. 25:7
Yet ye have not hearkened unto me, saith the Lord; that ye might provoke me to anger with the works of your hands to your own hurt.

Jer. 25:14
For many nations and great kings shall serve themselves of them also: and I will recompense them according to their deeds, and according to the works of their own hands.

Jer. 44:8
In that ye provoke me unto wrath with the works of your hands, burning incense unto other gods in the land of Egypt, whither ye be gone to dwell, that ye might cut yourselves off, and that ye might be a curse and a reproach among all the nations of the earth?

Jer. 48:7
For because thou hast trusted in thy works and in thy treasures, thou shalt also be taken: and Chemosh shall go forth into captivity with his priests and his princes together.