Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'would' occurs 1147 times in the standard works.

536 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'would' in the standard works and contain 46.7% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 194 minutes to read the entire list.

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Alma 24:18-25 (9 in 8 verses)

Alma 33:14-21 (9 in 8 verses)

Alma 48:15-19 (8 in 5 verses)

Mosiah 29:7-13 (8 in 7 verses)

2 Ne. 1:8-13 (7 in 6 verses)

Alma 42:19-25 (7 in 7 verses)

Alma 50:30-32 (6 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 4:32-35 (6 in 4 verses)

Alma 47:11-15 (6 in 5 verses)

Job 23:4-6 (5 in 3 verses)

Job 31:35-37 (5 in 3 verses)

Alma 43:10-12 (5 in 3 verses)

Alma 61:10-12 (5 in 3 verses)

Ether 6:25-27 (5 in 3 verses)

Alma 12:23-26 (5 in 4 verses)

Moro. 10:1-4 (5 in 4 verses)

Enos 1:13-17 (5 in 5 verses)

Mosiah 1:3-7 (5 in 5 verses)

Dan. 5:19 (4 in 1 verse)

JS-M 1:47 (4 in 1 verse)

Song. 8:1-2 (4 in 2 verses)


1 Ne. 15:24-25 (4 in 2 verses)

 15:24 And I said unto them that it was the word of God; and whoso would hearken unto the word of God, and would hold fast unto it, they would never perish; neither could the temptations and the fiery darts of the adversary overpower them unto blindness, to lead them away to destruction.

 15:25 Wherefore, I, Nephi, did exhort them to give heed unto the word of the Lord; yea, I did exhort them with all the energies of my soul, and with all the faculty which I possessed, that they would give heed to the word of God and remember to keep his commandments always in all things.




2 Ne. 2:22-23 (4 in 2 verses)

Alma 52:10-11 (4 in 2 verses)

Ether 15:4-5 (4 in 2 verses)

D&C 43:24-25 (4 in 2 verses)

Job 6:8-10 (4 in 3 verses)

Rom. 7:19-21 (4 in 3 verses)

Alma 57:1-3 (4 in 3 verses)

Morm. 2:12-14 (4 in 3 verses)

JS-H 1:59-61 (4 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 5:5-8 (4 in 4 verses)

2 Ne. 9:45-48 (4 in 4 verses)

2 Ne. 29:14-30:3 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 10:19-22 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 42:5-8 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 53:16-19 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 56:5-8 (4 in 4 verses)

Judg. 13:23 (3 in 1 verse)

Isa. 27:4 (3 in 1 verse)

Matt. 24:43 (3 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 16:12 (3 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 26:4 (3 in 1 verse)

Alma 38:10 (3 in 1 verse)

Alma 44:19 (3 in 1 verse)

Alma 53:11 (3 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 10:5 (3 in 1 verse)

Neh. 10:30-31 (3 in 2 verses)

Job 9:15-16 (3 in 2 verses)

Acts 7:25-26 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 19:6-7 (3 in 2 verses)

Jacob 2:15-16 (3 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 23:27-28 (3 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 23:36-37 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 8:9-10 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 34:30-31 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 46:29-30 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 54:6-7 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 55:31-32 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 56:39-40 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 56:46-47 (3 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 6:13-14 (3 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 8:24-25 (3 in 2 verses)

Morm. 3:9-10 (3 in 2 verses)

Ether 14:1-2 (3 in 2 verses)

JS-H 1:39-40 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 23:15-17 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Chr. 11:17-19 (3 in 3 verses)

Ps. 55:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

Dan. 2:16-18 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 17:22-24 (3 in 3 verses)

Mosiah 4:24-26 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 21:10-12 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 39:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 45:23-46:1 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 49:13-15 (3 in 3 verses)

Hel. 2:5-7 (3 in 3 verses)

Ether 12:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 19:16-18 (3 in 3 verses)

Num. 11:29 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 14:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 22:29 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 28:67 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 32:26 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 5:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 8:24 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 9:29 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 11:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Ruth 1:13 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 14:29 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 5:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Job 5:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Job 9:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 81:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Song. 8:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 36:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Obad. 1:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Zech. 7:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 23:37 (2 in 1 verse)

Luke 12:39 (2 in 1 verse)

Luke 13:34 (2 in 1 verse)

Luke 16:26 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Cor. 12:20 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 3:24 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 8:37 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 32:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Jacob 1:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Jacob 1:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Omni 1:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 7:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 19:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 21:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 10:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 13:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 24:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 26:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 26:34 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 27:29 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 30:29 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 31:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 46:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 47:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 52:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 52:39 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 57:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 62:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 13:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 13:39 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 5:4 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 20:29 (2 in 1 verse)

Morm. 9:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 2:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 8:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 13:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 15:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 15:28 (2 in 1 verse)

Moro. 10:30 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 3:8 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 102:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Moses 7:51 (2 in 1 verse)

JS-H 1:53 (2 in 1 verse)

JS-H 1:65 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 42:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 1:34-35 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 12:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 18:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Neh. 9:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Job 11:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 56:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 10:35-36 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 8:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 10:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 19:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 25:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Rom. 7:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Philem. 1:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 4:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 7:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 9:53-54 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 10:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 31:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Omni 1:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Omni 1:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 2:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 2:41-3:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 4:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 5:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 19:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 1:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 13:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 13:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 22:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 31:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 37:43-44 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 38:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 40:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 58:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 5:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 6:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 12:48-13:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 3:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 11:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 11:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Moro. 10:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 98:36-37 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 137:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

JS-H 1:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

JS-H 1:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

JS-H 1:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

JS-H 1:45-46 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 269 29 298
NT 182 9 191
BM 612 6 618
1 Ne. 44 1 45
2 Ne. 45 1 46
Jacob 15 0 15
Enos 6 0 6
Jarom 1 0 1
Omni 7 0 7
Mosiah 80 1 81
Alma 263 2 265
Hel. 31 0 31
3 Ne. 38 1 39
4 Ne. 1 0 1
Morm. 25 0 25
Ether 42 0 42
Moro. 14 0 14
DC 46 3 49
PGP 38 0 38
TOTAL 1147 47 1194

1 Ne. 1:18
Therefore, I would that ye should know, that after the Lord had shown so many marvelous things unto my father, Lehi, yea, concerning the destruction of Jerusalem, behold he went forth among the people, and began to prophesy and to declare unto them concerning the things which he had both seen and heard.

1 Ne. 2:18
But, behold, Laman and Lemuel would not hearken unto my words; and being grieved because of the hardness of their hearts I cried unto the Lord for them.

1 Ne. 3:13
And behold, it came to pass that Laban was angry, and thrust him out from his presence; and he would not that he should have the records. Wherefore, he said unto him: Behold thou art a robber, and I will slay thee.

1 Ne. 3:18
For behold, they have rejected the words of the prophets. Wherefore, if my father should dwell in the land after he hath been commanded to flee out of the land, behold, he would also perish. Wherefore, it must needs be that he flee out of the land.

1 Ne. 3:24
And it came to pass that we went in unto Laban, and desired him that he would give unto us the records which were engraven upon the plates of brass, for which we would give unto him our gold, and our silver, and all our precious things.

1 Ne. 4:10
And it came to pass that I was constrained by the Spirit that I should kill Laban; but I said in my heart: Never at any time have I shed the blood of man. And I shrunk and would that I might not slay him.

1 Ne. 4:11
And the Spirit said unto me again: Behold the Lord hath delivered him into thy hands. Yea, and I also knew that he had sought to take away mine own life; yea, and he would not hearken unto the commandments of the Lord; and he also had taken away our property.

1 Ne. 4:32
And it came to pass that I spake with him, that if he would hearken unto my words, as the Lord liveth, and as I live, even so that if he would hearken unto our words, we would spare his life.

1 Ne. 4:33
And I spake unto him, even with an oath, that he need not fear; that he should be a free man like unto us if he would go down in the wilderness with us.

1 Ne. 4:35
And it came to pass that Zoram did take courage at the words which I spake. Now Zoram was the name of the servant; and he promised that he would go down into the wilderness unto our father. Yea, and he also made an oath unto us that he would tarry with us from that time forth.

1 Ne. 7:1
And now I would that ye might know, that after my father, Lehi, had made an end of prophesying concerning his seed, it came to pass that the Lord spake unto him again, saying that it was not meet for him, Lehi, that he should take his family into the wilderness alone; but that his sons should take daughters to wife, that they might raise up seed unto the Lord in the land of promise.

1 Ne. 7:20
And it came to pass that they were sorrowful, because of their wickedness, insomuch that they did bow down before me, and did plead with me that I would forgive them of the thing that they had done against me.

1 Ne. 7:21
And it came to pass that I did frankly forgive them all that they had done, and I did exhort them that they would pray unto the Lord their God for forgiveness. And it came to pass that they did so. And after they had done praying unto the Lord we did again travel on our journey towards the tent of our father.

1 Ne. 8:8
And after I had traveled for the space of many hours in darkness, I began to pray unto the Lord that he would have mercy on me, according to the multitude of his tender mercies.

1 Ne. 8:18
And it came to pass that I saw them, but they would not come unto me and partake of the fruit.

1 Ne. 8:37
And he did exhort them then with all the feeling of a tender parent, that they would hearken to his words, that perhaps the Lord would be merciful to them, and not cast them off; yea, my father did preach unto them.

1 Ne. 10:4
Yea, even six hundred years from the time that my father left Jerusalem, a prophet would the Lord God raise up among the Jews-- even a Messiah, or, in other words, a Savior of the world.

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. 15:24
And I said unto them that it was the word of God; and whoso would hearken unto the word of God, and would hold fast unto it, they would never perish; neither could the temptations and the fiery darts of the adversary overpower them unto blindness, to lead them away to destruction.

1 Ne. 15:25
Wherefore, I, Nephi, did exhort them to give heed unto the word of the Lord; yea, I did exhort them with all the energies of my soul, and with all the faculty which I possessed, that they would give heed to the word of God and remember to keep his commandments always in all things.

1 Ne. 16:3
And now my brethren, if ye were righteous and were willing to hearken to the truth, and give heed unto it, that ye might walk uprightly before God, then ye would not murmur because of the truth, and say: Thou speakest hard things against us.

1 Ne. 16:5
And it came to pass that they did humble themselves before the Lord; insomuch that I had joy and great hopes of them, that they would walk in the paths of righteousness.

1 Ne. 17:18
And thus my brethren did complain against me, and were desirous that they might not labor, for they did not believe that I could build a ship; neither would they believe that I was instructed of the Lord.

1 Ne. 17:20
And thou art like unto our father, led away by the foolish imaginations of his heart; yea, he hath led us out of the land of Jerusalem, and we have wandered in the wilderness for these many years; and our women have toiled, being big with child; and they have borne children in the wilderness and suffered all things, save it were death; and it would have been better that they had died before they came out of Jerusalem than to have suffered these afflictions.

1 Ne. 17:22
And we know that the people who were in the land of Jerusalem were a righteous people; for they kept the statutes and judgments of the Lord, and all his commandments, according to the law of Moses; wherefore, we know that they are a righteous people; and our father hath judged them, and hath led us away because we would hearken unto his words; yea, and our brother is like unto him. And after this manner of language did my brethren murmur and complain against us.

1 Ne. 17:23
And it came to pass that I, Nephi, spake unto them, saying: Do ye believe that our fathers, who were the children of Israel, would have been led away out of the hands of the Egyptians if they had not hearkened unto the words of the Lord?

1 Ne. 17:24
Yea, do ye suppose that they would have been led out of bondage, if the Lord had not commanded Moses that he should lead them out of bondage?

1 Ne. 17:34
Do ye suppose that our fathers would have been more choice than they if they had been righteous? I say unto you, Nay.

1 Ne. 17:50
And I said unto them: If God had commanded me to do all things I could do them. If he should command me that I should say unto this water, be thou earth, it should be earth; and if I should say it, it would be done.

1 Ne. 17:55
And now, they said: We know of a surety that the Lord is with thee, for we know that it is the power of the Lord that has shaken us. And they fell down before me, and were about to worship me, but I would not suffer them, saying: I am thy brother, yea, even thy younger brother; wherefore, worship the Lord thy God, and honor thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long in the land which the Lord thy God shall give thee.

1 Ne. 18:19
And Jacob and Joseph also, being young, having need of much nourishment, were grieved because of the afflictions of their mother; and also my wife with her tears and prayers, and also my children, did not soften the hearts of my brethren that they would loose me.

1 Ne. 19:6
Nevertheless, I do not write anything upon plates save it be that I think it be sacred. And now, if I do err, even did they err of old; not that I would excuse myself because of other men, but because of the weakness which is in me, according to the flesh, I would excuse myself.

1 Ne. 19:7
For the things which some men esteem to be of great worth, both to the body and soul, others set at naught and trample under their feet. Yea, even the very God of Israel do men trample under their feet; I say, trample under their feet but I would speak in other words-- they set him at naught, and hearken not to the voice of his counsels.

1 Ne. 19:18
And I, Nephi, have written these things unto my people, that perhaps I might persuade them that they would remember the Lord their Redeemer.

1 Ne. 20:8
Yea, and thou heardest not; yea, thou knewest not; yea, from that time thine ear was not opened; for I knew that thou wouldst deal very treacherously, and wast called a transgressor from the womb.

1 Ne. 22:10
And I would, my brethren, that ye should know that all the kindreds of the earth cannot be blessed unless he shall make bare his arm in the eyes of the nations.

1 Ne. 22:30
Wherefore, my brethren, I would that ye should consider that the things which have been written upon the plates of brass are true; and they testify that a man must be obedient to the commandments of God.