Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'flourish' occurs 20 times in the standard works.

4 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'flourish' in the standard works and contain 20% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 2 minutes to read the entire list.

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Ps. 92:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

 92:12 The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.

 92:13 Those that be planted in the house of the Lord shall flourish in the courts of our God.





D&C 49:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

 49:24 But before the great day of the Lord shall come, Jacob shall flourish in the wilderness, and the Lamanites shall blossom as the rose.

 49:25 Zion shall flourish upon the hills and rejoice upon the mountains, and shall be assembled together unto the place which I have appointed.




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Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 13 5 18
NT 0 1 1
BM 1 0 1
DC 5 0 5
PGP 1 0 1
TOTAL 20 6 26

Ps. 72:7
In his days shall the righteous flourish; and abundance of peace so long as the moon endureth.

Ps. 72:16
There shall be an handful of corn in the earth upon the top of the mountains; the fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon: and they of the city shall flourish like grass of the earth.

Ps. 90:6
In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up; in the evening it is cut down, and withereth.

Ps. 92:7
When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity do flourish; it is that they shall be destroyed for ever:

Ps. 92:12
The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.

Ps. 92:13
Those that be planted in the house of the Lord shall flourish in the courts of our God.

Ps. 92:14
They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and flourishing;

Ps. 103:15
As for man, his days are as grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth.

Ps. 132:18
His enemies will I clothe with shame: but upon himself shall his crown flourish.

Prov. 11:28
He that trusteth in his riches shall fall: but the righteous shall flourish as a branch.

Prov. 14:11
The house of the wicked shall be overthrown: but the tabernacle of the upright shall flourish.

Eccl. 12:5
Also when they shall be afraid of that which is high, and fears shall be in the way, and the almond tree shall flourish, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail: because man goeth to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets:

Song. 6:11
I went down into the garden of nuts to see the fruits of the valley, and to see whether the vine flourished, and the pomegranates budded.

Song. 7:12
Let us get up early to the vineyards; let us see if the vine flourish, whether the tender grape appear, and the pomegranates bud forth: there will I give thee my loves.

Isa. 17:11
In the day shalt thou make thy plant to grow, and in the morning shalt thou make thy seed to flourish: but the harvest shall be a heap in the day of grief and of desperate sorrow.

Isa. 66:14
And when ye see this, your heart shall rejoice, and your bones shall flourish like an herb: and the hand of the Lord shall be known toward his servants, and his indignation toward his enemies.

Ezek. 17:24
And all the trees of the field shall know that I the Lord have brought down the high tree, have exalted the low tree, have dried up the green tree, and have made the dry tree to flourish: I the Lord have spoken and have done it.

Dan. 4:4
I Nebuchadnezzar was at rest in mine house, and flourishing in my palace:

Philip. 4:10
But I rejoiced in the Lord greatly, that now at the last your care of me hath flourished again; wherein ye were also careful, but ye lacked opportunity.

Hel. 6:12
They did raise grain in abundance, both in the north and in the south; and they did flourish exceedingly, both in the north and in the south. And they did multiply and wax exceedingly strong in the land. And they did raise many flocks and herds, yea, many fatlings.

D&C 35:24
Keep all the commandments and covenants by which ye are bound; and I will cause the heavens to shake for your good, and Satan shall tremble and Zion shall rejoice upon the hills and flourish;

D&C 39:13
Thou art called to labor in my vineyard, and to build up my church, and to bring forth Zion, that it may rejoice upon the hills and flourish.

D&C 49:24
But before the great day of the Lord shall come, Jacob shall flourish in the wilderness, and the Lamanites shall blossom as the rose.

D&C 49:25
Zion shall flourish upon the hills and rejoice upon the mountains, and shall be assembled together unto the place which I have appointed.

D&C 64:41
For, behold, I say unto you that Zion shall flourish, and the glory of the Lord shall be upon her;

Moses 7:17
The fear of the Lord was upon all nations, so great was the glory of the Lord, which was upon his people. And the Lord blessed the land, and they were blessed upon the mountains, and upon the high places, and did flourish.