Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'ever' occurs 563 times in the standard works.

193 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'ever' in the standard works and contain 34.3% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 67 minutes to read the entire list.

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Ps. 136:1-26 (26 in 26 verses)

Ps. 117:2-118:4 (5 in 5 verses)

Ps. 145:1-2 (4 in 2 verses)

Rev. 4:9-10 (4 in 2 verses)

Rev. 5:13-14 (4 in 2 verses)

Ps. 111:8-10 (4 in 3 verses)

Isa. 34:10 (3 in 1 verse)

Dan. 7:18 (3 in 1 verse)

Ps. 52:8-9 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 7:24-26 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Chr. 16:34-36 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Chr. 17:22-24 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Chr. 28:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

Ps. 9:5-7 (3 in 3 verses)

Ps. 21:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

Micah 4:5-7 (3 in 3 verses)

Ex. 15:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 18:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 22:30 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 11:25 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 7:16 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 7:29 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 2:33 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 17:27 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 23:13 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 29:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezra 9:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Neh. 9:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 10:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 45:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 45:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 48:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 119:44 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 145:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 148:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 30:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 7:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 25:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 37:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Dan. 2:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Dan. 12:3 (2 in 1 verse)

John 8:35 (2 in 1 verse)

Gal. 1:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Philip. 4:20 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Tim. 1:17 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Tim. 4:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Heb. 1:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Heb. 13:21 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Pet. 4:11 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Pet. 5:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Rev. 1:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Rev. 7:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Rev. 10:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Rev. 11:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Rev. 14:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Rev. 15:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Rev. 19:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Rev. 20:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Rev. 22:5 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 8:11 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 27:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 4:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Abr. 3:26 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 3:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 37:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 49:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 61:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 77:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 89:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 89:36-37 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 125:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Lam. 5:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Heb. 7:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 76:92-93 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 388 1398 1786
NT 88 622 710
BM 36 846 882
1 Ne. 4 49 53
2 Ne. 4 102 106
Jacob 3 16 19
Enos 0 3 3
Jarom 0 3 3
Omni 0 4 4
Mosiah 10 118 128
Alma 11 301 312
Hel. 1 60 61
3 Ne. 0 84 84
4 Ne. 0 5 5
Morm. 3 18 21
Ether 0 47 47
Moro. 0 36 36
DC 43 500 543
PGP 8 103 111
TOTAL 563 3469 4032

1 Ne. 8:11
And it came to pass that I did go forth and partake of the fruit thereof; and I beheld that it was most sweet, above all that I ever before tasted. Yea, and I beheld that the fruit thereof was white, to exceed all the whiteness that I had ever seen.

1 Ne. 10:6
Wherefore, all mankind were in a lost and in a fallen state, and ever would be save they should rely on this Redeemer.

1 Ne. 15:30
And I said unto them that our father also saw that the justice of God did also divide the wicked from the righteous; and the brightness thereof was like unto the brightness of a flaming fire, which ascendeth up unto God forever and ever, and hath no end.

2 Ne. 6:3
Nevertheless, I speak unto you again; for I am desirous for the welfare of your souls. Yea, mine anxiety is great for you; and ye yourselves know that it ever has been. For I have exhorted you with all diligence; and I have taught you the words of my father; and I have spoken unto you concerning all things which are written, from the creation of the world.

2 Ne. 9:16
And assuredly, as the Lord liveth, for the Lord God hath spoken it, and it is his eternal word, which cannot pass away, that they who are righteous shall be righteous still, and they who are filthy shall be filthy still; wherefore, they who are filthy are the devil and his angels; and they shall go away into everlasting fire, prepared for them; and their torment is as a lake of fire and brimstone, whose flame ascendeth up forever and ever and has no end.

2 Ne. 27:11
And the day cometh that the words of the book which were sealed shall be read upon the house tops; and they shall be read by the power of Christ; and all things shall be revealed unto the children of men which ever have been among the children of men, and which ever will be even unto the end of the earth.

Jacob 4:17
And now, my beloved, how is it possible that these, after having rejected the sure foundation, can ever build upon it, that it may become the head of their corner?

Jacob 6:10
And according to the power of justice, for justice cannot be denied, ye must go away into that lake of fire and brimstone, whose flames are unquenchable, and whose smoke ascendeth up forever and ever, which lake of fire and brimstone is endless torment.

Jacob 7:9
And I said unto him: Deniest thou the Christ who shall come? And he said: If there should be a Christ, I would not deny him; but I know that there is no Christ, neither has been, nor ever will be.

Mosiah 2:24
And secondly, he doth require that ye should do as he hath commanded you; for which if ye do, he doth immediately bless you; and therefore he hath paid you. And ye are still indebted unto him, and are, and will be, forever and ever; therefore, of what have ye to boast?

Mosiah 2:38
Therefore if that man repenteth not, and remaineth and dieth an enemy to God, the demands of divine justice do awaken his immortal soul to a lively sense of his own guilt, which doth cause him to shrink from the presence of the Lord, and doth fill his breast with guilt, and pain, and anguish, which is like an unquenchable fire, whose flame ascendeth up forever and ever.

Mosiah 3:19
For the natural man is an enemy to God, and has been from the fall of Adam, and will be, forever and ever, unless he yields to the enticings of the Holy Spirit, and putteth off the natural man and becometh a saint through the atonement of Christ the Lord, and becometh as a child, submissive, meek, humble, patient, full of love, willing to submit to all things which the Lord seeth fit to inflict upon him, even as a child doth submit to his father.

Mosiah 3:27
And their torment is as a lake of fire and brimstone, whose flames are unquenchable, and whose smoke ascendeth up forever and ever. Thus hath the Lord commanded me. Amen.

Mosiah 4:7
I say, that this is the man who receiveth salvation, through the atonement which was prepared from the foundation of the world for all mankind, which ever were since the fall of Adam, or who are, or who ever shall be, even unto the end of the world.

Mosiah 13:33
For behold, did not Moses prophesy unto them concerning the coming of the Messiah, and that God should redeem his people? Yea, and even all the prophets who have prophesied ever since the world began-- have they not spoken more or less concerning these things?

Mosiah 15:13
Yea, and are not the prophets, every one that has opened his mouth to prophesy, that has not fallen into transgression, I mean all the holy prophets ever since the world began? I say unto you that they are his seed.

Mosiah 15:26
But behold, and fear, and tremble before God, for ye ought to tremble; for the Lord redeemeth none such that rebel against him and die in their sins; yea, even all those that have perished in their sins ever since the world began, that have wilfully rebelled against God, that have known the commandments of God, and would not keep them; these are they that have no part in the first resurrection.

Mosiah 26:4
And they would not be baptized; neither would they join the church. And they were a separate people as to their faith, and remained so ever after, even in their carnal and sinful state; for they would not call upon the Lord their God.

Alma 7:25
And may the Lord bless you, and keep your garments spotless, that ye may at last be brought to sit down with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and the holy prophets who have been ever since the world began, having your garments spotless even as their garments are spotless, in the kingdom of heaven to go no more out.

Alma 12:17
Then is the time when their torments shall be as a lake of fire and brimstone, whose flame ascendeth up forever and ever; and then is the time that they shall be chained down to an everlasting destruction, according to the power and captivity of Satan, he having subjected them according to his will.

Alma 19:27
And there were some who said that Ammon was sent by the Great Spirit to afflict them because of their iniquities; and that it was the Great Spirit that had always attended the Nephites, who had ever delivered them out of their hands; and they said that it was this Great Spirit who had destroyed so many of their brethren, the Lamanites.

Alma 27:26
And it came to pass that it did cause great joy among them. And they went down into the land of Jershon, and took possession of the land of Jershon; and they were called by the Nephites the people of Ammon; therefore they were distinguished by that name ever after.

Alma 30:28
Yea, they durst not make use of that which is their own lest they should offend their priests, who do yoke them according to their desires, and have brought them to believe, by their traditions and their dreams and their whims and their visions and their pretended mysteries, that they should, if they did not do according to their words, offend some unknown being, who they say is God-- a being who never has been seen or known, who never was nor ever will be.

Alma 37:31
Yea, and cursed be the land forever and ever unto those workers of darkness and secret combinations, even unto destruction, except they repent before they are fully ripe.

Alma 48:17
Yea, verily, verily I say unto you, if all men had been, and were, and ever would be, like unto Moroni, behold, the very powers of hell would have been shaken forever; yea, the devil would never have power over the hearts of the children of men.

Alma 53:5
And this city became an exceeding stronghold ever after; and in this city they did guard the prisoners of the Lamanites; yea, even within a wall which they had caused them to build with their own hands. Now Moroni was compelled to cause the Lamanites to labor, because it was easy to guard them while at their labor; and he desired all his forces when he should make an attack upon the Lamanites.

Alma 53:10
And now behold, I have somewhat to say concerning the people of Ammon, who, in the beginning, were Lamanites; but by Ammon and his brethren, or rather by the power and word of God, they had been converted unto the Lord; and they had been brought down into the land of Zarahemla, and had ever since been protected by the Nephites.

Alma 53:12
And for this cause they were brought down into the land of Zarahemla; and they ever had been protected by the Nephites.

Alma 56:46
For as I had ever called them my sons (for they were all of them very young) even so they said unto me: Father, behold our God is with us, and he will not suffer that we should fall; then let us go forth; we would not slay our brethren if they would let us alone; therefore let us go, lest they should overpower the army of Antipus.

Hel. 14:22
Yea, they shall be rent in twain, and shall ever after be found in seams and in cracks, and in broken fragments upon the face of the whole earth, yea, both above the earth and beneath.

Morm. 2:18
And upon the plates of Nephi I did make a full account of all the wickedness and abominations; but upon these plates I did forbear to make a full account of their wickedness and abominations, for behold, a continual scene of wickedness and abominations has been before mine eyes ever since I have been sufficient to behold the ways of man.

Morm. 5:15
And also that the seed of this people may more fully believe his gospel, which shall go forth unto them from the Gentiles; for this people shall be scattered, and shall become a dark, a filthy, and a loathsome people, beyond the description of that which ever hath been amongst us, yea, even that which hath been among the Lamanites, and this because of their unbelief and idolatry.

Morm. 9:3
Then will ye longer deny the Christ, or can ye behold the Lamb of God? Do ye suppose that ye shall dwell with him under a consciousness of your guilt? Do ye suppose that ye could be happy to dwell with that holy Being, when your souls are racked with a consciousness of guilt that ye have ever abused his laws?