Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'plain' occurs 101 times in the standard works.

26 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'plain' in the standard works and contain 25.7% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 12 minutes to read the entire list.

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1 Ne. 13:28-35 (8 in 8 verses)

Gen. 13:10-12 (3 in 3 verses)

Josh. 12:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

Deut. 3:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 4:49 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 25:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 19:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 13:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 3:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 73 46 119
NT 2 8 10
BM 23 55 78
1 Ne. 13 8 21
2 Ne. 7 12 19
Jacob 0 6 6
Enos 0 1 1
Mosiah 0 7 7
Alma 1 15 16
Hel. 0 1 1
3 Ne. 0 1 1
Ether 1 4 5
Moro. 1 0 1
DC 2 10 12
PGP 1 3 4
TOTAL 101 122 223

Mosiah 2:40
O, all ye old men, and also ye young men, and you little children who can understand my words, for I have spoken plainly unto you that ye might understand, I pray that ye should awake to a remembrance of the awful situation of those that have fallen into transgression.

Mosiah 8:3
And he also rehearsed unto them the last words which king Benjamin had taught them, and explained them to the people of king Limhi, so that they might understand all the words which he spake.

Mosiah 21:6
And it came to pass that the people began to murmur with the king because of their afflictions; and they began to be desirous to go against them to battle. And they did afflict the king sorely with their complaints; therefore he granted unto them that they should do according to their desires.

Mosiah 27:1
And now it came to pass that the persecutions which were inflicted on the church by the unbelievers became so great that the church began to murmur, and complain to their leaders concerning the matter; and they did complain to Alma. And Alma laid the case before their king, Mosiah. And Mosiah consulted with his priests.

Mosiah 27:35
And they traveled throughout all the land of Zarahemla, and among all the people who were under the reign of king Mosiah, zealously striving to repair all the injuries which they had done to the church, confessing all their sins, and publishing all the things which they had seen, and explaining the prophecies and the scriptures to all who desired to hear them.

Mosiah 29:33
And many more things did king Mosiah write unto them, unfolding unto them all the trials and troubles of a righteous king, yea, all the travails of soul for their people, and also all the murmurings of the people to their king; and he explained it all unto them.