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The longest book in the Book of Mormon is the Book of Alma. It takes up almost 1/3 of the Book of Mormon.
There are 6604 total verses and 239 total chapters in the current (1995) LDS edition of the Book of Mormon. Earlier editions and those printed by other groups may or may not have the same number of verses. The verse and chapter breakdown per book is as follows: 1 Nephi: 618 verses, 22 chapters 2 Nephi: 779 verses, 33 chapters Jacob: 203 verses, 7 chapters Enos: 27 verses, 1 chapter Jarom: 15 verses, 1 chapter Omni: 30 verses, 1 chapter Words of Mormon: 18 verses, 1 chapter Mosiah: 785 verses, 29 chapters Alma: 1975 verses, 63 chapters Helaman: 497 verses, 16 chapters 3 Nephi: 785 verses, 30 chapters 4 Nephi: 49 verses, 1 chapter Mormon: 227 verses, 9 chapters Ether: 433 verses, 15 chapters Moroni: 163 verses, 10 chapters
I counted 239 verses in the Book of Mormon that begin with the word "Yea".
15 different verses in the Book of Mormon say the phrase "come unto you", and some say it more than once! The verses are: 3 Nephi 18:22 Alma 52:11 Alma 7:1 Ether 4:14 Jacob 2:14 3 Nephi 18:23 Helaman 8:26 Helaman 7:26 Helaman 7:22 Alma 7:2 Alma 60:27 Alma 60:30 Alma 60:35 3 Nephi 17:3 Alma 61:4
Alma 18:27 is the shortest verse in the Book of Mormon with 4 words and 12 characters. It says "And he said, yea." There are three other verses in the Book of Mormon with only four words, but more characters.
The word "word" (or "words") is used in 790 verses in the Book of Mormon. In many of these verses, it is used more than once.You can see a list of verses from the Book of Mormon which contain the word "word" by clicking this link.
The word 'truth' is used in 75 verses in the Book of Mormon.
Singing is mentioned in 30 verses of the Book of Mormon.
Alma 41:10 in the current LDS edition of the Book of Mormon says "Do not suppose, because it has been spoken concerning the restoration, that ye shall be restored from sin to happiness. Behold, I say unto you, wickedness never was happiness." The current Community of Christ edition does not have an Alma Chapter 41. While the text remains largely the same, their chapters and verses are divided differently. You can see the current LDS edition of Alma 41 and the current Community of Christ edition of the entire book of Alma at the "Related Links" below.
The word "contention" appears in 31 verses in the Book of Mormon. It may be used more than once in these verses.
the phrase "be of good cheer" is found in 7 Bible verses and 2 Book of Mormon verses.
the word wo is used in 78 verses of the book of mormon.