Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'heirs' occurs 24 times in the standard works.

5 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'heirs' in the standard works and contain 20.8% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 2 minutes to read the entire list.

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Rom. 8:17 (3 in 1 verse)

D&C 137:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 1 17 18
NT 11 5 16
Matt. 0 2 2
Rom. 4 0 4
1 Cor. 0 1 1
Gal. 1 0 1
Eph. 0 1 1
2 Tim. 0 1 1
Titus 1 0 1
Heb. 3 0 3
James 1 0 1
1 Pet. 1 0 1
BM 2 2 4
DC 10 3 13
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 24 27 51

Matt. 5:3
Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Matt. 5:10
Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Rom. 4:14
For if they which are of the law be heirs, faith is made void, and the promise made of none effect:

Rom. 8:17
And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together.

1 Cor. 1:2
Unto the church of God which is at Corinth, to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all that in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours:

Gal. 3:29
And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.

Eph. 3:6
That the Gentiles should be fellowheirs, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel:

2 Tim. 3:9
But they shall proceed no further: for their folly shall be manifest unto all men, as theirs also was.

Titus 3:7
That being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.

Heb. 1:14
Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation?

Heb. 6:17
Wherein God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath:

Heb. 11:9
By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise:

James 2:5
Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him?

1 Pet. 3:7
Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.