Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'desires' occurs 61 times in the standard works.

12 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'desires' in the standard works and contain 19.7% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 6 minutes to read the entire list.

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Alma 41:3-5 (4 in 3 verses)

Alma 29:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 30:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 5:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 18:37-38 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 2 2 4
NT 1 0 1
BM 39 8 47
DC 18 3 21
PGP 1 0 1
TOTAL 61 13 74

D&C 3:4
For although a man may have many revelations, and have power to do many mighty works, yet if he boasts in his own strength, and sets at naught the counsels of God, and follows after the dictates of his own will and carnal desires, he must fall and incur the vengeance of a just God upon him.

D&C 4:3
Therefore, if ye have desires to serve God ye are called to the work;

D&C 5:23
And now, again, I speak unto you, my servant Joseph, concerning the man that desires the witness--

D&C 5:24
Behold, I say unto him, he exalts himself and does not humble himself sufficiently before me; but if he will bow down before me, and humble himself in mighty prayer and faith, in the sincerity of his heart, then will I grant unto him a view of the things which he desires to see.

D&C 6:20
Behold, thou art Oliver, and I have spoken unto thee because of thy desires; therefore treasure up these words in thy heart. Be faithful and diligent in keeping the commandments of God, and I will encircle thee in the arms of my love.

D&C 6:27
And now I command you, that if you have good desires-- a desire to lay up treasures for yourself in heaven-- then shall you assist in bringing to light, with your gift, those parts of my scriptures which have been hidden because of iniquity.

D&C 7:8
Verily I say unto you, ye shall both have according to your desires, for ye both joy in that which ye have desired.

D&C 11:17
And then, behold, according to your desires, yea, even according to your faith shall it be done unto you.

D&C 11:27
Behold, I speak unto all who have good desires, and have thrust in their sickle to reap.

D&C 12:7
Behold, I speak unto you, and also to all those who have desires to bring forth and establish this work;

D&C 18:37
And now, behold, I give unto you, Oliver Cowdery, and also unto David Whitmer, that you shall search out the Twelve, who shall have the desires of which I have spoken;

D&C 18:38
And by their desires and their works you shall know them.

D&C 67:1
Behold and hearken, O ye elders of my church, who have assembled yourselves together, whose prayers I have heard, and whose hearts I know, and whose desires have come up before me.

D&C 88:121
Therefore, cease from all your light speeches, from all laughter, from all your lustful desires, from all your pride and light-mindedness, and from all your wicked doings.

D&C 95:16
And let the lower part of the inner court be dedicated unto me for your sacrament offering, and for your preaching, and your fasting, and your praying, and the offering up of your most holy desires unto me, saith your Lord.

D&C 101:6
Behold, I say unto you, there were jarrings, and contentions, and envyings, and strifes, and lustful and covetous desires among them; therefore by these things they polluted their inheritances.

D&C 117:4
Let them repent of all their sins, and of all their covetous desires, before me, saith the Lord; for what is property unto me? saith the Lord.

D&C 125:4
And let all those who come from the east, and the west, and the north, and the south, that have desires to dwell therein, take up their inheritance in the same, as well as in the city of Nashville, or in the city of Nauvoo, and in all the stakes which I have appointed, saith the Lord.