Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'first' occurs 698 times in the standard works.

201 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'first' in the standard works and contain 28.8% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 76 minutes to read the entire list.

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D&C 88:52-59 (8 in 8 verses)

Mosiah 15:21-26 (6 in 6 verses)

Abr. 3:26-28 (5 in 3 verses)

Jacob 5:60-63 (5 in 4 verses)

D&C 29:30-32 (4 in 3 verses)

Ex. 12:15-18 (4 in 4 verses)

Deut. 10:1-4 (4 in 4 verses)

Abr. 1:23-26 (4 in 4 verses)

Gen. 8:13 (3 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 29:17 (3 in 1 verse)

Ezra 7:9 (3 in 1 verse)

Alma 12:36 (3 in 1 verse)

D&C 88:98 (3 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 27:2-3 (3 in 2 verses)

Ezra 10:16-17 (3 in 2 verses)

Num. 6:12-14 (3 in 3 verses)

Mark 12:28-30 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Cor. 15:45-47 (3 in 3 verses)

Heb. 8:13-9:2 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 13:40-42 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 40:15-17 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 93:12-14 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 107:33-35 (3 in 3 verses)

Ex. 28:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 34:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 39:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 40:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 40:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 33:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 20:18 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 11:6 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 29:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 29:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 44:30 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 45:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 19:30 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 20:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Mark 10:31 (2 in 1 verse)

Mark 16:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Luke 13:30 (2 in 1 verse)

Rev. 13:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Rev. 21:1 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 19:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 12:31 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 52:1 (2 in 1 verse)

4 Ne. 1:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Morm. 7:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 13:12 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 77:7 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 88:108 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 128:14 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 132:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Moses 3:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Abr. 1:3 (2 in 1 verse)

JS-H 1:36 (2 in 1 verse)

A of F 1:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 23:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 23:39-40 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 7:87-88 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 10:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 15:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 28:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 29:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 8:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 23:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 9:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 17:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 9:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Rom. 2:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Rev. 2:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Rev. 20:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 1:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 1:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 54:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 60:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 21:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 68:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 88:129-130 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 102:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 102:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

JS-H 1:71-72 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 268 160 428
NT 162 16 178
Matt. 26 1 27
Mark 17 0 17
Luke 21 1 22
John 12 0 12
Acts 13 0 13
Rom. 7 4 11
1 Cor. 8 3 11
2 Cor. 2 0 2
Gal. 1 0 1
Eph. 3 0 3
Philip. 1 0 1
Col. 0 2 2
1 Thes. 1 0 1
2 Thes. 1 0 1
1 Tim. 6 0 6
2 Tim. 3 0 3
Titus 1 0 1
Heb. 14 3 17
James 1 1 2
1 Pet. 1 0 1
2 Pet. 2 0 2
1 Jn. 1 0 1
Jude 1 0 1
Rev. 19 1 20
BM 140 8 148
DC 95 14 109
PGP 33 3 36
TOTAL 698 201 899

Matt. 1:25
And knew her not till she had brought forth her firstborn son: and he called his name Jesus.

Luke 2:7
And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn.

Rom. 8:23
And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.

Rom. 8:29
For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.

Rom. 11:16
For if the firstfruit be holy, the lump is also holy: and if the root be holy, so are the branches.

Rom. 16:5
Likewise greet the church that is in their house. Salute my wellbeloved Epaenetus, who is the firstfruits of Achaia unto Christ.

1 Cor. 15:20
But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept.

1 Cor. 15:23
But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ's at his coming.

1 Cor. 16:15
I beseech you, brethren, (ye know the house of Stephanas, that it is the firstfruits of Achaia, and that they have addicted themselves to the ministry of the saints,)

Col. 1:15
Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:

Col. 1:18
And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.

Heb. 1:6
And again, when he bringeth in the firstbegotten into the world, he saith, And let all the angels of God worship him.

Heb. 11:28
Through faith he kept the passover, and the sprinkling of blood, lest he that destroyed the firstborn should touch them.

Heb. 12:23
To the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect,

James 1:18
Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.

Rev. 14:4
These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were redeemed from among men, being the firstfruits unto God and to the Lamb.