Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'rest' occurs 354 times in the standard works.

60 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'rest' in the standard works and contain 16.9% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 24 minutes to read the entire list.

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Heb. 4:1-5 (5 in 5 verses)

Ezra 4:7-10 (4 in 4 verses)

Heb. 4:8-11 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 12:34-37 (4 in 4 verses)

Ex. 23:11-12 (3 in 2 verses)

Lev. 26:34-35 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 14:6-7 (3 in 2 verses)

Ex. 34:21 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 22:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezra 4:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 28:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 34:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Enos 1:27 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 40:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Moro. 7:3 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 84:24 (2 in 1 verse)

Moses 7:48 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 25:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 12:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Job 3:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)


Matt. 11:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

 11:28 Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

 11:29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.




Alma 7:27-8:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 13:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Abr. 5:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 231 208 439
NT 44 42 86
Matt. 5 9 14
Mark 2 8 10
Luke 4 3 7
John 1 5 6
Acts 6 3 9
Rom. 1 5 6
1 Cor. 2 2 4
2 Cor. 3 0 3
Gal. 0 2 2
Eph. 0 1 1
2 Thes. 1 0 1
Heb. 11 1 12
1 Pet. 1 1 2
2 Pet. 0 1 1
Rev. 7 1 8
BM 47 108 155
DC 22 48 70
PGP 10 6 16
TOTAL 354 412 766

Matt. 5:23
Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee;

Matt. 7:3
And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?

Matt. 11:28
Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

Matt. 11:29
Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.

Matt. 12:13
Then saith he to the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched it forth; and it was restored whole, like as the other.

Matt. 12:43
When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none.

Matt. 16:23
But he turned, and said unto Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan: thou art an offence unto me: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but those that be of men.

Matt. 17:11
And Jesus answered and said unto them, Elias truly shall first come, and restore all things.

Matt. 21:16
And said unto him, Hearest thou what these say? And Jesus saith unto them, Yea; have ye never read, Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings thou hast perfected praise?

Matt. 22:16
And they sent out unto him their disciples with the Herodians, saying, Master, we know that thou art true, and teachest the way of God in truth, neither carest thou for any man: for thou regardest not the person of men.

Matt. 26:45
Then cometh he to his disciples, and saith unto them, Sleep on now, and take your rest: behold, the hour is at hand, and the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.

Matt. 26:62
And the high priest arose, and said unto him, Answerest thou nothing? what is it which these witness against thee?

Matt. 27:13
Then said Pilate unto him, Hearest thou not how many things they witness against thee?

Matt. 27:49
The rest said, Let be, let us see whether Elias will come to save him.