Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'say' occurs 2061 times in the standard works.

811 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'say' in the standard works and contain 39.3% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 359 minutes to read the entire list.

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Alma 5:46-60 (16 in 15 verses)

Deut. 27:14-26 (13 in 13 verses)

Alma 30:16-26 (11 in 11 verses)

D&C 5:24-30 (8 in 7 verses)

Jer. 23:31-38 (8 in 8 verses)

Hel. 9:23-30 (8 in 8 verses)

Mosiah 15:10-13 (7 in 4 verses)

Ex. 3:13-18 (7 in 6 verses)

2 Ne. 27:15-20 (7 in 6 verses)

2 Ne. 28:3-8 (7 in 6 verses)

Alma 5:25-30 (7 in 6 verses)

Mosiah 13:26-32 (7 in 7 verses)

Alma 5:3-9 (7 in 7 verses)

Hel. 12:16-22 (7 in 7 verses)

D&C 82:5-11 (7 in 7 verses)

Hel. 13:25-27 (6 in 3 verses)

Alma 40:18-21 (6 in 4 verses)

Alma 5:16-21 (6 in 6 verses)

Mosiah 4:23-25 (5 in 3 verses)

D&C 112:14-16 (5 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 27:24-27 (5 in 4 verses)

Alma 32:28-31 (5 in 4 verses)

Matt. 5:18-22 (5 in 5 verses)

3 Ne. 12:18-22 (5 in 5 verses)

3 Ne. 12:22-26 (5 in 5 verses)

2 Ne. 2:13 (4 in 1 verse)

Mal. 1:5-7 (4 in 3 verses)

Luke 9:18-20 (4 in 3 verses)

Alma 5:38-40 (4 in 3 verses)

1 Kgs. 2:14-17 (4 in 4 verses)

Ezek. 33:11-14 (4 in 4 verses)

Amos 6:10-13 (4 in 4 verses)

Luke 13:24-27 (4 in 4 verses)

2 Ne. 26:25-28 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 7:14-17 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 10:19-22 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 26:33-36 (4 in 4 verses)

3 Ne. 15:18-21 (4 in 4 verses)

3 Ne. 20:46-21:3 (4 in 4 verses)

D&C 103:19-22 (4 in 4 verses)

Mark 7:11 (3 in 1 verse)

Alma 26:16 (3 in 1 verse)

D&C 61:36 (3 in 1 verse)

Josh. 22:27-28 (3 in 2 verses)

Isa. 29:15-16 (3 in 2 verses)

Matt. 21:25-26 (3 in 2 verses)

Matt. 25:40-41 (3 in 2 verses)

Mark 11:23-24 (3 in 2 verses)

Mark 11:31-32 (3 in 2 verses)

Luke 5:23-24 (3 in 2 verses)

Luke 20:5-6 (3 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 2:20-21 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 12:5-6 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 40:1-2 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 28:8-9 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 45:22-23 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 92:1-2 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 119:5-6 (3 in 2 verses)

Deut. 25:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

Ps. 35:25-27 (3 in 3 verses)

Ps. 118:2-4 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 21:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

Joel 2:17-19 (3 in 3 verses)

Matt. 8:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)

Matt. 16:13-15 (3 in 3 verses)

Matt. 23:39-24:2 (3 in 3 verses)

Mark 2:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)

Mark 8:27-29 (3 in 3 verses)

Luke 7:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

Luke 11:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

Luke 17:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

Rev. 6:5-7 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 32:5-7 (3 in 3 verses)

Mosiah 5:12-14 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 32:35-37 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 38:14-39:1 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 39:15-17 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 60:12-14 (3 in 3 verses)

Hel. 10:8-10 (3 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 11:37-39 (3 in 3 verses)

Morm. 9:17-19 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 10:36-38 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 10:54-56 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 38:27-29 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 42:2-4 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 90:32-34 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 93:47-49 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 93:49-51 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 97:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 124:130-132 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 132:46-48 (3 in 3 verses)

Abr. 2:23-25 (3 in 3 verses)

JS-M 1:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 24:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 28:67 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 4:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 7:4 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 2:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 8:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 4:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 23:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 27:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 51:35 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 21:28 (2 in 1 verse)

Hosea 2:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Zech. 13:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Mal. 2:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 3:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 9:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 15:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 17:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 21:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 21:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 21:31 (2 in 1 verse)

Mark 11:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Mark 13:37 (2 in 1 verse)

Luke 3:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Luke 7:40 (2 in 1 verse)

Luke 13:35 (2 in 1 verse)

John 4:35 (2 in 1 verse)

James 2:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Rev. 22:17 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 17:50 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 1:26 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 18:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 2:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 12:37 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 27:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 9:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 19:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 26:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 34:28 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 34:34 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 36:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 45:12 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 50:25 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 61:18 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 117:12 (2 in 1 verse)

JS-M 1:46 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 12:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 24:43-44 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 34:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 46:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 4:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 5:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 12:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 5:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 22:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 28:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 29:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 30:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 14:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 20:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 20:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 11:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 40:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 42:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 70:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 36:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 41:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 44:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 49:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 13:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 13:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 16:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 25:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 33:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 38:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 45:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 11:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 12:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 12:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 37:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 38:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 44:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Hosea 14:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Zech. 13:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 11:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 18:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 19:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 19:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 24:47-48 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 26:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 6:37-38 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 10:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 14:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 4:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 7:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 10:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 12:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 12:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 12:44-45 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 12:54-55 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 14:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 23:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

John 5:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

John 8:54-55 (2 in 2 verses)

John 9:41-10:1 (2 in 2 verses)

John 13:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

John 20:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Rom. 9:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Rom. 10:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 10:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 10:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 12:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 17:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 21:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 28:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 1:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 2:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 2:36-37 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 3:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 4:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 4:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 4:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 15:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 26:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 26:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 7:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 9:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 10:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 14:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 30:39-40 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 30:48-49 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 31:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 32:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 41:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 41:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 56:44-45 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 60:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 11:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 12:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 13:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 11:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 12:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 13:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 16:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 16:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 20:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 20:39-40 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 24:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 27:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 27:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 29:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 29:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Morm. 8:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

Morm. 9:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 5:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 6:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 7:8-8:1 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 10:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 10:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 11:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 11:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 16:6-17:1 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 25:16-26:1 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 28:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 29:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 29:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 29:41-42 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 33:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 33:18-34:1 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 37:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 39:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 42:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 45:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 45:51-52 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 45:62-63 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 46:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 46:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 47:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 49:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 63:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 64:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 66:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 75:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 82:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 84:59-60 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 84:63-64 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 84:76-77 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 93:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 93:44-45 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 93:53-94:1 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 96:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 98:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 100:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 101:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 105:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 112:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 124:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 124:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 124:39-40 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 124:55-56 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 124:102-103 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 124:110-111 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 124:141-142 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 132:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 132:56-57 (2 in 2 verses)

JS-M 1:50-51 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 628 1029 1657
NT 428 506 934
BM 515 272 787
1 Ne. 22 50 72
2 Ne. 66 25 91
Jacob 7 6 13
Enos 2 2 4
Jarom 1 1 2
Omni 0 1 1
Mosiah 78 33 111
Alma 193 78 271
Hel. 43 19 62
3 Ne. 78 42 120
Morm. 16 3 19
Ether 2 7 9
Moro. 7 5 12
DC 466 66 532
PGP 24 68 92
TOTAL 2061 1941 4002

Morm. 3:2
And it came to pass that the Lord did say unto me: Cry unto this people-- Repent ye, and come unto me, and be ye baptized, and build up again my church, and ye shall be spared.

Morm. 3:14
And when they had sworn by all that had been forbidden them by our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, that they would go up unto their enemies to battle, and avenge themselves of the blood of their brethren, behold the voice of the Lord came unto me, saying:

Morm. 8:9
And now, behold, I say no more concerning them, for there are none save it be the Lamanites and robbers that do exist upon the face of the land.

Morm. 8:20
Behold what the scripture says-- man shall not smite, neither shall he judge; for judgment is mine, saith the Lord, and vengeance is mine also, and I will repay.

Morm. 8:21
And he that shall breathe out wrath and strifes against the work of the Lord, and against the covenant people of the Lord who are the house of Israel, and shall say: We will destroy the work of the Lord, and the Lord will not remember his covenant which he hath made unto the house of Israel-- the same is in danger to be hewn down and cast into the fire;

Morm. 8:23
Search the prophecies of Isaiah. Behold, I cannot write them. Yea, behold I say unto you, that those saints who have gone before me, who have possessed this land, shall cry, yea, even from the dust will they cry unto the Lord; and as the Lord liveth he will remember the covenant which he hath made with them.

Morm. 8:26
And no one need say they shall not come, for they surely shall, for the Lord hath spoken it; for out of the earth shall they come, by the hand of the Lord, and none can stay it; and it shall come in a day when it shall be said that miracles are done away; and it shall come even as if one should speak from the dead.

Morm. 8:31
Yea, it shall come in a day when there shall be great pollutions upon the face of the earth; there shall be murders, and robbing, and lying, and deceivings, and whoredoms, and all manner of abominations; when there shall be many who will say, Do this, or do that, and it mattereth not, for the Lord will uphold such at the last day. But wo unto such, for they are in the gall of bitterness and in the bonds of iniquity.

Morm. 8:32
Yea, it shall come in a day when there shall be churches built up that shall say: Come unto me, and for your money you shall be forgiven of your sins.

Morm. 9:2
Behold, will ye believe in the day of your visitation-- behold, when the Lord shall come, yea, even that great day when the earth shall be rolled together as a scroll, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, yea, in that great day when ye shall be brought to stand before the Lamb of God-- then will ye say that there is no God?

Morm. 9:4
Behold, I say unto you that ye would be more miserable to dwell with a holy and just God, under a consciousness of your filthiness before him, than ye would to dwell with the damned souls in hell.

Morm. 9:7
And again I speak unto you who deny the revelations of God, and say that they are done away, that there are no revelations, nor prophecies, nor gifts, nor healing, nor speaking with tongues, and the interpretation of tongues;

Morm. 9:8
Behold I say unto you, he that denieth these things knoweth not the gospel of Christ; yea, he has not read the scriptures; if so, he does not understand them.

Morm. 9:15
And now, O all ye that have imagined up unto yourselves a god who can do no miracles, I would ask of you, have all these things passed, of which I have spoken? Has the end come yet? Behold I say unto you, Nay; and God has not ceased to be a God of miracles.

Morm. 9:17
Who shall say that it was not a miracle that by his word the heaven and the earth should be; and by the power of his word man was created of the dust of the earth; and by the power of his word have miracles been wrought?

Morm. 9:18
And who shall say that Jesus Christ did not do many mighty miracles? And there were many mighty miracles wrought by the hands of the apostles.

Morm. 9:19
And if there were miracles wrought then, why has God ceased to be a God of miracles and yet be an unchangeable Being? And behold, I say unto you he changeth not; if so he would cease to be God; and he ceaseth not to be God, and is a God of miracles.

Morm. 9:21
Behold, I say unto you that whoso believeth in Christ, doubting nothing, whatsoever he shall ask the Father in the name of Christ it shall be granted him; and this promise is unto all, even unto the ends of the earth.

Morm. 9:26
And now, behold, who can stand against the works of the Lord? Who can deny his sayings? Who will rise up against the almighty power of the Lord? Who will despise the works of the Lord? Who will despise the children of Christ? Behold, all ye who are despisers of the works of the Lord, for ye shall wonder and perish.