Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'work' occurs 685 times in the standard works.

245 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'work' in the standard works and contain 35.8% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 96 minutes to read the entire list.

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Ex. 35:29-36:8 (18 in 15 verses)

Ether 10:23-27 (7 in 5 verses)

D&C 124:49-53 (6 in 5 verses)

2 Ne. 3:7-8 (4 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 15:3-5 (4 in 3 verses)

1 Cor. 3:13-15 (4 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 21:7-9 (4 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 21:26-28 (4 in 3 verses)

1 Kgs. 7:14-17 (4 in 4 verses)

Eccl. 8:14-17 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Ne. 14:4-7 (4 in 4 verses)

Acts 13:41 (3 in 1 verse)

Gen. 2:2-3 (3 in 2 verses)

Ex. 28:14-15 (3 in 2 verses)

Ex. 31:14-15 (3 in 2 verses)

Ps. 90:16-17 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 18:1-2 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 27:26-27 (3 in 2 verses)

Moses 3:2-3 (3 in 2 verses)

Ex. 39:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Kgs. 7:31-33 (3 in 3 verses)

Neh. 4:15-17 (3 in 3 verses)

Isa. 29:14-16 (3 in 3 verses)


John 6:28-30 (3 in 3 verses)

 6:28 Then said they unto him, What shall we do, that we might work the works of God?

 6:29 Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent.

 6:30 They said therefore unto him, What sign shewest thou then, that we may see, and believe thee? what dost thou work?




Mosiah 11:8-10 (3 in 3 verses)

Ether 2:16-18 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 94:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

Ex. 35:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 38:24 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 39:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 23:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 8:4 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 5:16 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 7:22 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 9:23 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 22:5 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 25:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Neh. 5:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Neh. 6:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 28:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 10:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 1:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Hab. 1:5 (2 in 1 verse)

John 9:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Rom. 9:28 (2 in 1 verse)

Rom. 11:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 10:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 27:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 37:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 42:13 (2 in 1 verse)

4 Ne. 1:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Morm. 8:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 8:23 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 3:3 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 18:44 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 29:32 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 77:12 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 101:95 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 115:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Abr. 5:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 20:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 31:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 39:42-43 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 23:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 23:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 23:35-36 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 28:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 5:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 7:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 29:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 24:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 34:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Neh. 7:70-71 (2 in 2 verses)

Eccl. 4:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 19:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 27:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 28:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 13:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 37:39-40 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 43:37-38 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 11:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 3:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 7:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 10:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 10:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 10:45-46 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 11:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 12:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 20:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 55:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 101:64-65 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 112:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 124:78-79 (2 in 2 verses)

JS-H 1:55-56 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 350 202 552
NT 70 171 241
Matt. 3 13 16
Mark 3 3 6
Luke 1 3 4
John 10 20 30
Acts 8 7 15
Rom. 8 18 26
1 Cor. 7 7 14
2 Cor. 1 7 8
Gal. 1 9 10
Eph. 2 11 13
Philip. 3 3 6
Col. 1 4 5
1 Thes. 3 1 4
2 Thes. 5 2 7
1 Tim. 2 4 6
2 Tim. 3 4 7
Titus 2 6 8
Heb. 2 10 12
James 3 15 18
1 Pet. 1 1 2
2 Pet. 0 1 1
1 Jn. 0 2 2
Rev. 1 20 21
BM 133 174 307
DC 118 66 184
PGP 14 16 30
TOTAL 685 629 1314

John 4:34
Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.

John 5:17
But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work.

John 5:20
For the Father loveth the Son, and sheweth him all things that himself doeth: and he will shew him greater works than these, that ye may marvel.

John 5:36
But I have greater witness than that of John: for the works which the Father hath given me to finish, the same works that I do, bear witness of me, that the Father hath sent me.

John 6:28
Then said they unto him, What shall we do, that we might work the works of God?

John 6:29
Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent.

John 6:30
They said therefore unto him, What sign shewest thou then, that we may see, and believe thee? what dost thou work?

John 7:3
His brethren therefore said unto him, Depart hence, and go into Judaea, that thy disciples also may see the works that thou doest.

John 7:7
The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil.

John 7:21
Jesus answered and said unto them, I have done one work, and ye all marvel.

John 8:39
They answered and said unto him, Abraham is our father. Jesus saith unto them, If ye were Abraham's children, ye would do the works of Abraham.

John 9:3
Jesus answered, Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents: but that the works of God should be made manifest in him.

John 9:4
I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.

John 10:25
Jesus answered them, I told you, and ye believed not: the works that I do in my Father's name, they bear witness of me.

John 10:32
Jesus answered them, Many good works have I shewed you from my Father; for which of those works do ye stone me?

John 10:33
The Jews answered him, saying, For a good work we stone thee not; but for blasphemy; and because that thou, being a man, makest thyself God.

John 10:37
If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not.

John 10:38
But if I do, though ye believe not me, believe the works: that ye may know, and believe, that the Father is in me, and I in him.

John 14:10
Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works.

John 14:11
Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me: or else believe me for the very works' sake.

John 14:12
Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father.

John 15:24
If I had not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father.

John 17:4
I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do.