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
Matt. 5 2 7
Mark 7 1 8
Luke 14 2 16
John 10 0 10
Acts 16 0 16
Rom. 1 0 1
1 Cor. 5 0 5
2 Cor. 2 0 2
1 Tim. 4 0 4
2 Tim. 2 0 2
Titus 2 0 2
Heb. 5 0 5
1 Pet. 1 0 1
2 Pet. 1 0 1
Rev. 8 0 8
BM 244 1 245
DC 91 0 91
PGP 14 0 14
TOTAL 481 9 490

Titus 1:7
For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; not selfwilled, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre;

Titus 1:11
Whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre's sake.