Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'rest' occurs 354 times in the standard works.

60 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'rest' in the standard works and contain 16.9% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 24 minutes to read the entire list.

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Heb. 4:1-5 (5 in 5 verses)

Ezra 4:7-10 (4 in 4 verses)

Heb. 4:8-11 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 12:34-37 (4 in 4 verses)

Ex. 23:11-12 (3 in 2 verses)

Lev. 26:34-35 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 14:6-7 (3 in 2 verses)

Ex. 34:21 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 22:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezra 4:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 28:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 34:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Enos 1:27 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 40:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Moro. 7:3 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 84:24 (2 in 1 verse)

Moses 7:48 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 25:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 12:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Job 3:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 11:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 7:27-8:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 13:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Abr. 5:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 231 208 439
NT 44 42 86
Matt. 5 9 14
Mark 2 8 10
Luke 4 3 7
John 1 5 6
Acts 6 3 9
Rom. 1 5 6
1 Cor. 2 2 4
2 Cor. 3 0 3
Gal. 0 2 2
Eph. 0 1 1
2 Thes. 1 0 1
Heb. 11 1 12
1 Pet. 1 1 2
2 Pet. 0 1 1
Rev. 7 1 8
BM 47 108 155
DC 22 48 70
PGP 10 6 16
TOTAL 354 412 766

Matt. 5:23
Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee;

Matt. 7:3
And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?

Matt. 12:13
Then saith he to the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched it forth; and it was restored whole, like as the other.

Matt. 16:23
But he turned, and said unto Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan: thou art an offence unto me: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but those that be of men.

Matt. 17:11
And Jesus answered and said unto them, Elias truly shall first come, and restore all things.

Matt. 21:16
And said unto him, Hearest thou what these say? And Jesus saith unto them, Yea; have ye never read, Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings thou hast perfected praise?

Matt. 22:16
And they sent out unto him their disciples with the Herodians, saying, Master, we know that thou art true, and teachest the way of God in truth, neither carest thou for any man: for thou regardest not the person of men.

Matt. 26:62
And the high priest arose, and said unto him, Answerest thou nothing? what is it which these witness against thee?

Matt. 27:13
Then said Pilate unto him, Hearest thou not how many things they witness against thee?

Mark 3:5
And when he had looked round about on them with anger, being grieved for the hardness of their hearts, he saith unto the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched it out: and his hand was restored whole as the other.

Mark 4:38
And he was in the hinder part of the ship, asleep on a pillow: and they awake him, and say unto him, Master, carest thou not that we perish?

Mark 8:25
After that he put his hands again upon his eyes, and made him look up: and he was restored, and saw every man clearly.

Mark 8:33
But when he had turned about and looked on his disciples, he rebuked Peter, saying, Get thee behind me, Satan: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but the things that be of men.

Mark 9:12
And he answered and told them, Elias verily cometh first, and restoreth all things; and how it is written of the Son of man, that he must suffer many things, and be set at nought.

Mark 12:14
And when they were come, they say unto him, Master, we know that thou art true, and carest for no man: for thou regardest not the person of men, but teachest the way of God in truth: Is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar, or not?

Mark 14:60
And the high priest stood up in the midst, and asked Jesus, saying, Answerest thou nothing? what is it which these witness against thee?

Mark 15:4
And Pilate asked him again, saying, Answerest thou nothing? behold how many things they witness against thee.

Luke 6:10
And looking round about upon them all, he said unto the man, Stretch forth thy hand. And he did so: and his hand was restored whole as the other.

Luke 19:8
And Zacchaeus stood, and said unto the Lord; Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have taken any thing from any man by false accusation, I restore him fourfold.

Luke 23:56
And they returned, and prepared spices and ointments; and rested the sabbath day according to the commandment.

John 3:8
The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.

John 3:26
And they came unto John, and said unto him, Rabbi, he that was with thee beyond Jordan, to whom thou barest witness, behold, the same baptizeth, and all men come to him.

John 8:13
The Pharisees therefore said unto him, Thou bearest record of thyself; thy record is not true.

John 11:42
And I knew that thou hearest me always: but because of the people which stand by I said it, that they may believe that thou hast sent me.

John 18:22
And when he had thus spoken, one of the officers which stood by struck Jesus with the palm of his hand, saying, Answerest thou the high priest so?

Acts 1:6
When they therefore were come together, they asked of him, saying, Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel?

Acts 3:21
Whom the heaven must receive until the times of restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began.

Acts 14:18
And with these sayings scarce restrained they the people, that they had not done sacrifice unto them.

Rom. 2:5
But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;

Rom. 2:17
Behold, thou art called a Jew, and restest in the law, and makest thy boast of God,

Rom. 2:22
Thou that sayest a man should not commit adultery, dost thou commit adultery? thou that abhorrest idols, dost thou commit sacrilege?

Rom. 2:23
Thou that makest thy boast of the law, through breaking the law dishonourest thou God?

Rom. 11:18
Boast not against the branches. But if thou boast, thou bearest not the root, but the root thee.

1 Cor. 15:40
There are also celestial bodies, and bodies terrestrial: but the glory of the celestial is one, and the glory of the terrestrial is another.

Gal. 4:27
For it is written, Rejoice, thou barren that bearest not; break forth and cry, thou that travailest not: for the desolate hath many more children than she which hath an husband.

Gal. 6:1
Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted.

Eph. 6:12
For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.

Heb. 13:19
But I beseech you the rather to do this, that I may be restored to you the sooner.

1 Pet. 4:14
If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified.

2 Pet. 3:16
As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.

Rev. 2:20
Notwithstanding I have a few things against thee, because thou sufferest that woman Jezebel, which calleth herself a prophetess, to teach and to seduce my servants to commit fornication, and to eat things sacrificed unto idols.