Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'surely' occurs 352 times in the standard works.

55 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'surely' in the standard works and contain 15.6% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 24 minutes to read the entire list.

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Lev. 20:9-13 (5 in 5 verses)

Ezek. 33:13-16 (4 in 4 verses)

Jer. 44:25 (3 in 1 verse)

Ex. 21:15-17 (3 in 3 verses)

Num. 35:16-18 (3 in 3 verses)

Jer. 31:18-20 (3 in 3 verses)

Ps. 39:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 49:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 50:45 (2 in 1 verse)

Micah 2:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 13:6 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 97:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 50:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 19:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 23:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 31:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 20:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 24:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 22:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)


1 Ne. 19:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

 19:11 For thus spake the prophet: The Lord God surely shall visit all the house of Israel at that day, some with his voice, because of their righteousness, unto their great joy and salvation, and others with the thunderings and the lightnings of his power, by tempest, by fire, and by smoke, and vapor of darkness, and by the opening of the earth, and by mountains which shall be carried up.

 19:12 And all these things must surely come, saith the prophet Zenos. And the rocks of the earth must rend; and because of the groanings of the earth, many of the kings of the isles of the sea shall be wrought upon by the Spirit of God, to exclaim: The God of nature suffers.




1 Ne. 22:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 18:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 5:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 277 0 277
NT 7 0 7
BM 50 0 50
1 Ne. 10 0 10
2 Ne. 5 0 5
Jacob 1 0 1
W of M 1 0 1
Mosiah 1 0 1
Alma 11 0 11
Hel. 8 0 8
3 Ne. 8 0 8
4 Ne. 1 0 1
Morm. 2 0 2
Ether 1 0 1
Moro. 1 0 1
DC 8 0 8
PGP 10 0 10
TOTAL 352 0 352

1 Ne. 4:34
And I also spake unto him, saying: Surely the Lord hath commanded us to do this thing; and shall we not be diligent in keeping the commandments of the Lord? Therefore, if thou wilt go down into the wilderness to my father thou shalt have place with us.

1 Ne. 15:11
Do ye not remember the things which the Lord hath said?-- If ye will not harden your hearts, and ask me in faith, believing that ye shall receive, with diligence in keeping my commandments, surely these things shall be made known unto you.

1 Ne. 17:43
And now, after all these things, the time has come that they have become wicked, yea, nearly unto ripeness; and I know not but they are at this day about to be destroyed; for I know that the day must surely come that they must be destroyed, save a few only, who shall be led away into captivity.

1 Ne. 19:11
For thus spake the prophet: The Lord God surely shall visit all the house of Israel at that day, some with his voice, because of their righteousness, unto their great joy and salvation, and others with the thunderings and the lightnings of his power, by tempest, by fire, and by smoke, and vapor of darkness, and by the opening of the earth, and by mountains which shall be carried up.

1 Ne. 19:12
And all these things must surely come, saith the prophet Zenos. And the rocks of the earth must rend; and because of the groanings of the earth, many of the kings of the isles of the sea shall be wrought upon by the Spirit of God, to exclaim: The God of nature suffers.

1 Ne. 19:21
And he surely did show unto the prophets of old all things concerning them; and also he did show unto many concerning us; wherefore, it must needs be that we know concerning them for they are written upon the plates of brass.

1 Ne. 21:4
Then I said, I have labored in vain, I have spent my strength for naught and in vain; surely my judgment is with the Lord, and my work with my God.

1 Ne. 21:18
Lift up thine eyes round about and behold; all these gather themselves together, and they shall come to thee. And as I live, saith the Lord, thou shalt surely clothe thee with them all, as with an ornament, and bind them on even as a bride.

1 Ne. 22:19
For behold, the righteous shall not perish; for the time surely must come that all they who fight against Zion shall be cut off.

1 Ne. 22:20
And the Lord will surely prepare a way for his people, unto the fulfilling of the words of Moses, which he spake, saying: A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you, like unto me; him shall ye hear in all things whatsoever he shall say unto you. And it shall come to pass that all those who will not hear that prophet shall be cut off from among the people.