Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'wilt' occurs 323 times in the standard works.

134 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'wilt' in the standard works and contain 41.5% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 44 minutes to read the entire list.

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Alma 31:26-34 (10 in 9 verses)

 31:26 And he lifted up his voice to heaven, and cried, saying: O, how long, O Lord, wilt thou suffer that thy servants shall dwell here below in the flesh, to behold such gross wickedness among the children of men?

 31:27 Behold, O God, they cry unto thee, and yet their hearts are swallowed up in their pride. Behold, O God, they cry unto thee with their mouths, while they are puffed up, even to greatness, with the vain things of the world.

 31:28 Behold, O my God, their costly apparel, and their ringlets, and their bracelets, and their ornaments of gold, and all their precious things which they are ornamented with; and behold, their hearts are set upon them, and yet they cry unto thee and say-- We thank thee, O God, for we are a chosen people unto thee, while others shall perish.

 31:29 Yea, and they say that thou hast made it known unto them that there shall be no Christ.

 31:30 O Lord God, how long wilt thou suffer that such wickedness and infidelity shall be among this people? O Lord, wilt thou give me strength, that I may bear with mine infirmities. For I am infirm, and such wickedness among this people doth pain my soul.

 31:31 O Lord, my heart is exceedingly sorrowful; wilt thou comfort my soul in Christ. O Lord, wilt thou grant unto me that I may have strength, that I may suffer with patience these afflictions which shall come upon me, because of the iniquity of this people.

 31:32 O Lord, wilt thou comfort my soul, and give unto me success, and also my fellow laborers who are with me-- yea, Ammon, and Aaron, and Omner, and also Amulek and Zeezrom, and also my two sons-- yea, even all these wilt thou comfort, O Lord. Yea, wilt thou comfort their souls in Christ.

 31:33 Wilt thou grant unto them that they may have strength, that they may bear their afflictions which shall come upon them because of the iniquities of this people.

 31:34 O Lord, wilt thou grant unto us that we may have success in bringing them again unto thee in Christ.




2 Ne. 4:31-33 (8 in 3 verses)

Ps. 18:25-28 (7 in 4 verses)

2 Sam. 22:26-28 (5 in 3 verses)

2 Kgs. 8:12 (4 in 1 verse)

Alma 20:22-24 (4 in 3 verses)

Jer. 38:15-18 (4 in 4 verses)

Hel. 11:11-14 (4 in 4 verses)

Ex. 15:26 (3 in 1 verse)

Job 39:11-12 (3 in 2 verses)

Job 41:4-5 (3 in 2 verses)

Ps. 16:10-11 (3 in 2 verses)

Ps. 85:5-6 (3 in 2 verses)

Moses 7:49-50 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 22:16-18 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 109:28-30 (3 in 3 verses)

Judg. 4:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Ruth 4:4 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 1:11 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 24:21 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 9:4 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 11:38 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 12:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Job 13:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Job 40:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 5:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 10:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 13:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 108:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Prov. 6:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 64:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 4:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 20:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 22:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Hab. 1:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Zeph. 3:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Zech. 3:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Acts 2:27 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 81:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Moses 7:59 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 18:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 38:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 43:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 6:36-37 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 41:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 38:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Micah 7:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 18:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 207 0 207
NT 38 0 38
BM 56 0 56
1 Ne. 3 0 3
2 Ne. 8 0 8
Jacob 1 0 1
Mosiah 2 0 2
Alma 30 0 30
Hel. 6 0 6
3 Ne. 2 0 2
Ether 3 0 3
Moro. 1 0 1
DC 16 0 16
PGP 6 0 6
TOTAL 323 0 323

Alma 8:20
And the man said unto him: I am a Nephite, and I know that thou art a holy prophet of God, for thou art the man whom an angel said in a vision: Thou shalt receive. Therefore, go with me into my house and I will impart unto thee of my food; and I know that thou wilt be a blessing unto me and my house.

Alma 11:22
And Amulek said unto him: Yea, if it be according to the Spirit of the Lord, which is in me; for I shall say nothing which is contrary to the Spirit of the Lord. And Zeezrom said unto him: Behold, here are six onties of silver, and all these will I give thee if thou wilt deny the existence of a Supreme Being.

Alma 18:14
Therefore Ammon turned himself unto the king, and said unto him: What wilt thou that I should do for thee, O king? And the king answered him not for the space of an hour, according to their time, for he knew not what he should say unto him.

Alma 18:21
And now, if thou wilt tell me concerning these things, whatsoever thou desirest I will give unto thee; and if it were needed, I would guard thee with my armies; but I know that thou art more powerful than all they; nevertheless, whatsoever thou desirest of me I will grant it unto thee.

Alma 18:22
Now Ammon being wise, yet harmless, he said unto Lamoni: Wilt thou hearken unto my words, if I tell thee by what power I do these things? And this is the thing that I desire of thee.

Alma 20:22
But Ammon raised his sword, and said unto him: Behold, I will smite thee except thou wilt grant unto me that my brethren may be cast out of prison.

Alma 20:23
Now the king, fearing he should lose his life, said: If thou wilt spare me I will grant unto thee whatsoever thou wilt ask, even to half of the kingdom.

Alma 20:24
Now when Ammon saw that he had wrought upon the old king according to his desire, he said unto him: If thou wilt grant that my brethren may be cast out of prison, and also that Lamoni may retain his kingdom, and that ye be not displeased with him, but grant that he may do according to his own desires in whatsoever thing he thinketh, then will I spare thee; otherwise I will smite thee to the earth.

Alma 22:3
And now, O king, if thou wilt spare our lives, we will be thy servants. And the king said unto them: Arise, for I will grant unto you your lives, and I will not suffer that ye shall be my servants; but I will insist that ye shall administer unto me; for I have been somewhat troubled in mind because of the generosity and the greatness of the words of thy brother Ammon; and I desire to know the cause why he has not come up out of Middoni with thee.

Alma 22:16
But Aaron said unto him: If thou desirest this thing, if thou wilt bow down before God, yea, if thou wilt repent of all thy sins, and will bow down before God, and call on his name in faith, believing that ye shall receive, then shalt thou receive the hope which thou desirest.

Alma 22:18
O God, Aaron hath told me that there is a God; and if there is a God, and if thou art God, wilt thou make thyself known unto me, and I will give away all my sins to know thee, and that I may be raised from the dead, and be saved at the last day. And now when the king had said these words, he was struck as if he were dead.

Alma 30:43
And now Korihor said unto Alma: If thou wilt show me a sign, that I may be convinced that there is a God, yea, show unto me that he hath power, and then will I be convinced of the truth of thy words.

Alma 31:15
Holy, holy God; we believe that thou art God, and we believe that thou art holy, and that thou wast a spirit, and that thou art a spirit, and that thou wilt be a spirit forever.

Alma 31:26
And he lifted up his voice to heaven, and cried, saying: O, how long, O Lord, wilt thou suffer that thy servants shall dwell here below in the flesh, to behold such gross wickedness among the children of men?

Alma 31:30
O Lord God, how long wilt thou suffer that such wickedness and infidelity shall be among this people? O Lord, wilt thou give me strength, that I may bear with mine infirmities. For I am infirm, and such wickedness among this people doth pain my soul.

Alma 31:31
O Lord, my heart is exceedingly sorrowful; wilt thou comfort my soul in Christ. O Lord, wilt thou grant unto me that I may have strength, that I may suffer with patience these afflictions which shall come upon me, because of the iniquity of this people.

Alma 31:32
O Lord, wilt thou comfort my soul, and give unto me success, and also my fellow laborers who are with me-- yea, Ammon, and Aaron, and Omner, and also Amulek and Zeezrom, and also my two sons-- yea, even all these wilt thou comfort, O Lord. Yea, wilt thou comfort their souls in Christ.

Alma 31:33
Wilt thou grant unto them that they may have strength, that they may bear their afflictions which shall come upon them because of the iniquities of this people.

Alma 31:34
O Lord, wilt thou grant unto us that we may have success in bringing them again unto thee in Christ.

Alma 32:17
Yea, there are many who do say: If thou wilt show unto us a sign from heaven, then we shall know of a surety; then we shall believe.

Alma 33:8
Yea, thou art merciful unto thy children when they cry unto thee, to be heard of thee and not of men, and thou wilt hear them.

Alma 36:3
And now, O my son Helaman, behold, thou art in thy youth, and therefore, I beseech of thee that thou wilt hear my words and learn of me; for I do know that whosoever shall put their trust in God shall be supported in their trials, and their troubles, and their afflictions, and shall be lifted up at the last day.

Alma 36:9
And he said unto me: If thou wilt of thyself be destroyed, seek no more to destroy the church of God.

Alma 36:11
And the angel spake more things unto me, which were heard by my brethren, but I did not hear them; for when I heard the words-- If thou wilt be destroyed of thyself, seek no more to destroy the church of God-- I was struck with such great fear and amazement lest perhaps I should be destroyed, that I fell to the earth and I did hear no more.