{"id":1608,"date":"2005-01-18T06:16:37","date_gmt":"2005-01-18T11:16:37","guid":{"rendered":"\/?p=1608"},"modified":"2005-01-18T08:37:17","modified_gmt":"2005-01-18T13:37:17","slug":"scriptures-most-cited-in-general-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/2005\/01\/scriptures-most-cited-in-general-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"Most Prominent Scriptures in Mormondom"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thanks to a cool feature on the scriptures.byu.edu<\/a> website, it’s easy to rank the scriptures by the frequency they’ve been cited in General Conferences since 1942. I guessed number one, but was surprised by several of the top ten. Before checking the answers, make a few guesses: What are the most prominent scriptures in Mormondom?<\/p>\n

The Passages of Scripture Most Cited in General Conference, 1942 – 2004:<\/p>\n

1\tMoses 1:39
\n2\tJS-H 1:15-20
\n3\tMatt. 22:37-40
\n4\tJohn 17:3
\n5\tMatt. 6:33
\n6\tMoroni 10:4-5
\n7\tD&C 68:25-28
\n8\t2 Nephi 2:25
\n9\tA of F 13
\n10\tMatt. 25:40
\n11\tD&C 84:33-38
\n12\tD&C 89:18-21
\n13\tAbr 3:25-26
\n14\tJohn 7:17
\n15\tJames 1:5
\n16\tMatt. 28:19-20
\n17\tJohn 14:6
\n18\tMatt 5:48
\n19\tJohn 3:16
\n20\tExodus 20:8-15
\n21\tMatt. 16:16
\n22\tActs 4:12
\n23\tRom. 1:16
\n24\tDan. 2:44
\n25\tJohn 14:27
\n26\tActs 3:21
\n27\tRev. 14:6-7
\n28\tMatt. 11:28-30
\n29\tD&C 59:23
\n30\tMosiah 18:9
\n31\tD&C 121:41-45
\n32\tMatt. 5:16
\n33\tJohn 11:25
\n34\tD&C 59:9
\n35\tMal. 3:10
\n36\tJohn 3:5
\n37\t2 Nephi 31:20
\n38\tD&C 14:7
\n39\tD&C 93:36
\n40\tMosiah 3:19
\n41\t1 Nephi 3:7
\n42\tLuke 23:34
\n43\tGen. 1:27-28
\n44\tD&C 76:22-24
\n45\tD&C 20:77
\n46\t1 Cor. 15:22
\n47\tMoro. 7:47
\n48\tMatt. 3:17
\n49\tJohn 14:15
\n50\tMark 16:15
\n51\tJosh 24:15
\n52\tAmos 3:7
\n53\tD&C 130:20-21
\n54\t1 Pet. 2:9
\n55\tMatt. 16:17
\n56\tD&C 1:30
\n57\tD&C 18:10, 15-16
\n58\tD&C 19:18
\n59\tD&C 110:15-16
\n60\tMatt. 24:14
\n61\tEph. 4:12
\n62\t3 Nephi 11:7-10
\n63\tD&C 101:80
\n64\tD&C 58:27
\n65\tMatt. 7:12
\n66\t2 Nephi 2:27
\n67\t3 Nephi 27:27
\n68\tMatt. 6:9
\n69\tAlma 41:10
\n70\tD&C 88:118
\n71\tD&C 89:8
\n72\tD&C 1:38
\n73\tMoroni 10:32
\n74\tD&C 82:10
\n75\tMatt. 24:14
\n76\tA of F 1
\n77\tJames 1:27
\n78\tA of F 9
\n79\tJohn 5:39
\n80\tA of F 3
\n81\tA of F 4
\n82\tD&C 38:30
\n83\tGen. 3:19
\n84\tPhilip. 4:7
\n85\tD&C 13:1
\n86\tD&C 38:27
\n87\tLuke 22:42
\n88\tActs 3:21
\n89\tBofM Title Page
\n90\tJohn 14:26
\n91\tEther 2:12
\n92\tJohn 16:33
\n93\tIsa. 9:6
\n94\tJohn 8:12
\n95\tEph. 2:20
\n96\tIsa. 29:14
\n97\tMatt. 4:4
\n98\tMatt. 25:21
\n99\t1 Tim. 4:12
\n100\tA of F 12
\n101\tA of F 8
\n102\tMatt. 26:39
\n103\tA of F 5
\n104\tProv. 22:6
\n105\tEph. 1:10
\n106\tMatt. 4:19
\n107\tMatt. 7:21
\n108\tD&C 4:2<\/p>\n

A note about my methodology: the filter on the BYU page is programmed to filter only by individual verse, so a popular passage like Matt. 22:37-40 can occupy four spots on the Top 100. I combined the verses into passages to improve the results . <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Thanks to a cool feature on the scriptures.byu.edu website, it’s easy to rank the scriptures by the frequency they’ve been cited in General Conferences since 1942. I guessed number one, but was surprised by several of the top ten. Before checking the answers, make a few guesses: What are the most prominent scriptures in Mormondom?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1608","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-corn"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1608","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1608"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1608\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1608"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1608"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1608"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}