Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'promise' occurs 137 times in the standard works.

40 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'promise' in the standard works and contain 29.2% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 17 minutes to read the entire list.

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Gal. 3:17-19 (4 in 3 verses)

Neh. 5:12-13 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 3:14-16 (3 in 3 verses)

Ether 2:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 132:31-33 (3 in 3 verses)

Heb. 11:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 12:17 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 62:6 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 88:75 (2 in 1 verse)

Acts 26:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Rom. 4:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Rom. 9:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 1:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 12:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 88:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 96:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 132:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 8 37 45
NT 45 27 72
Matt. 0 1 1
Mark 0 1 1
Luke 1 2 3
Acts 9 1 10
Rom. 6 4 10
2 Cor. 0 2 2
Gal. 9 2 11
Eph. 4 0 4
1 Tim. 1 0 1
2 Tim. 1 0 1
Titus 0 1 1
Heb. 9 9 18
James 0 2 2
2 Pet. 4 1 5
1 Jn. 1 1 2
BM 41 52 93
DC 41 23 64
PGP 2 2 4
TOTAL 137 141 278

Matt. 14:7
Whereupon he promised with an oath to give her whatsoever she would ask.

Mark 14:11
And when they heard it, they were glad, and promised to give him money. And he sought how he might conveniently betray him.

Luke 1:72
To perform the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant;

Luke 22:6
And he promised, and sought opportunity to betray him unto them in the absence of the multitude.

Acts 7:5
And he gave him none inheritance in it, no, not so much as to set his foot on: yet he promised that he would give it to him for a possession, and to his seed after him, when as yet he had no child.

Rom. 1:2
(Which he had promised afore by his prophets in the holy scriptures,)

Rom. 4:21
And being fully persuaded that, what he had promised, he was able also to perform.

Rom. 9:4
Who are Israelites; to whom pertaineth the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service of God, and the promises;

Rom. 15:8
Now I say that Jesus Christ was a minister of the circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the promises made unto the fathers:

2 Cor. 1:20
For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us.

2 Cor. 7:1
Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

Gal. 3:16
Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ.

Gal. 3:21
Is the law then against the promises of God? God forbid: for if there had been a law given which could have given life, verily righteousness should have been by the law.

Titus 1:2
In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;

Heb. 6:12
That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.

Heb. 7:6
But he whose descent is not counted from them received tithes of Abraham, and blessed him that had the promises.

Heb. 8:6
But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises.

Heb. 10:23
Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised;)

Heb. 11:11
Through faith also Sara herself received strength to conceive seed, and was delivered of a child when she was past age, because she judged him faithful who had promised.

Heb. 11:13
These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.

Heb. 11:17
By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten son,

Heb. 11:33
Who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions,

Heb. 12:26
Whose voice then shook the earth: but now he hath promised, saying, Yet once more I shake not the earth only, but also heaven.

James 1:12
Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.

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?

2 Pet. 1:4
Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.

1 Jn. 2:25
And this is the promise that he hath promised us, even eternal life.