Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'must' occurs 481 times in the standard works.

197 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'must' in the standard works and contain 41% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 76 minutes to read the entire list.

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2 Ne. 9:4-17 (15 in 14 verses)

1 Ne. 22:15-24 (10 in 10 verses)

2 Ne. 2:11-17 (8 in 7 verses)

1 Ne. 15:32-34 (7 in 3 verses)

Moro. 10:20-22 (6 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 28:18-23 (6 in 6 verses)

2 Ne. 32:4-9 (6 in 6 verses)

D&C 82:14 (4 in 1 verse)

Alma 34:9-10 (4 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 5:1-2 (4 in 2 verses)

D&C 18:41-43 (4 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 1:24-27 (4 in 4 verses)

Morm. 7:3-6 (4 in 4 verses)

Morm. 6:21 (3 in 1 verse)

Ex. 10:25-26 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 2:21-22 (3 in 2 verses)

Morm. 5:8-9 (3 in 2 verses)

JS-H 1:46-47 (3 in 2 verses)

Moro. 7:42-44 (3 in 3 verses)

Moro. 7:44-46 (3 in 3 verses)

Moro. 8:13-15 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 46:31-33 (3 in 3 verses)

Ex. 18:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 4:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 34:18 (2 in 1 verse)

John 3:30 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Cor. 15:53 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 1:4 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 17:43 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 19:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Enos 1:26 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 12:27 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 37:16 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 1:25 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 23:2 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 28:37 (2 in 1 verse)

Morm. 3:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 3:2 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 9:8 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 19:22 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 23:6 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 58:64 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 105:6 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 107:27 (2 in 1 verse)

JS-H 1:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Mark 9:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Tim. 3:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 3:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 13:40-41 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 9:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 25:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 31:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Jacob 2:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Jacob 2:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Jacob 4:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 32:35-36 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 16:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 11:37-38 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 18:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Morm. 8:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 18:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 48:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 51:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 72:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 93:47-48 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 101:64-65 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 49 3 52
NT 83 5 88
BM 244 1 245
1 Ne. 40 0 40
2 Ne. 63 1 64
Jacob 17 0 17
Enos 2 0 2
Jarom 1 0 1
W of M 1 0 1
Mosiah 14 0 14
Alma 39 0 39
Hel. 7 0 7
3 Ne. 23 0 23
Morm. 14 0 14
Ether 7 0 7
Moro. 16 0 16
DC 91 0 91
PGP 14 0 14
TOTAL 481 9 490

W of M 1:4
And the things which are upon these plates pleasing me, because of the prophecies of the coming of Christ; and my fathers knowing that many of them have been fulfilled; yea, and I also know that as many things as have been prophesied concerning us down to this day have been fulfilled, and as many as go beyond this day must surely come to pass--