Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'witnesses' occurs 83 times in the standard works.

23 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'witnesses' in the standard works and contain 27.7% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 9 minutes to read the entire list.

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Deut. 17:6-7 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 42:80-81 (3 in 2 verses)

Ruth 4:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)

Deut. 19:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 24:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 26:60 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 43:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 44:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 107:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 128:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 24 0 24
NT 25 2 27
BM 20 0 20
2 Ne. 6 0 6
Jacob 2 0 2
Mosiah 5 0 5
Alma 4 0 4
3 Ne. 1 0 1
Ether 1 0 1
Moro. 1 0 1
DC 14 0 14
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 83 2 85

Mosiah 2:14
And even I, myself, have labored with mine own hands that I might serve you, and that ye should not be laden with taxes, and that there should nothing come upon you which was grievous to be borne-- and of all these things which I have spoken, ye yourselves are witnesses this day.

Mosiah 7:21
And ye all are witnesses this day, that Zeniff, who was made king over this people, he being over-zealous to inherit the land of his fathers, therefore being deceived by the cunning and craftiness of king Laman, who having entered into a treaty with king Zeniff, and having yielded up into his hands the possessions of a part of the land, or even the city of Lehi-Nephi, and the city of Shilom; and the land round about--

Mosiah 18:9
Yea, and are willing to mourn with those that mourn; yea, and comfort those that stand in need of comfort, and to stand as witnesses of God at all times and in all things, and in all places that ye may be in, even until death, that ye may be redeemed of God, and be numbered with those of the first resurrection, that ye may have eternal life--

Mosiah 24:14
And I will also ease the burdens which are put upon your shoulders, that even you cannot feel them upon your backs, even while you are in bondage; and this will I do that ye may stand as witnesses for me hereafter, and that ye may know of a surety that I, the Lord God, do visit my people in their afflictions.

Mosiah 26:9
And it came to pass that Alma did not know concerning them; but there were many witnesses against them; yea, the people stood and testified of their iniquity in abundance.