Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'walk' occurs 276 times in the standard works.

50 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'walk' in the standard works and contain 18.1% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 20 minutes to read the entire list.

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Philip. 3:16-18 (3 in 3 verses)


Alma 7:20-22 (3 in 3 verses)

 7:20 I perceive that it has been made known unto you, by the testimony of his word, that he cannot walk in crooked paths; neither doth he vary from that which he hath said; neither hath he a shadow of turning from the right to the left, or from that which is right to that which is wrong; therefore, his course is one eternal round.

 7:21 And he doth not dwell in unholy temples; neither can filthiness or anything which is unclean be received into the kingdom of God; therefore I say unto you the time shall come, yea, and it shall be at the last day, that he who is filthy shall remain in his filthiness.

 7:22 And now my beloved brethren, I have said these things unto you that I might awaken you to a sense of your duty to God, that ye may walk blameless before him, that ye may walk after the holy order of God, after which ye have been received.




1 Kgs. 3:14 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 6:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 6:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 13:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Micah 4:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Zech. 3:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Zech. 6:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Eph. 4:17 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Jn. 1:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 13:27 (2 in 1 verse)

4 Ne. 1:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 18:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 26:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 26:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 13:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 2:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 3:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 20:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

John 5:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

John 11:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Jn. 1:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 11:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 147 153 300
NT 65 48 113
BM 46 11 57
1 Ne. 2 0 2
2 Ne. 7 3 10
Mosiah 9 4 13
Alma 11 2 13
Hel. 7 1 8
3 Ne. 0 1 1
4 Ne. 3 0 3
Morm. 1 0 1
Ether 5 0 5
Moro. 1 0 1
DC 17 9 26
PGP 1 5 6
TOTAL 276 226 502

Alma 1:1
Now it came to pass that in the first year of the reign of the judges over the people of Nephi, from this time forward, king Mosiah having gone the way of all the earth, having warred a good warfare, walking uprightly before God, leaving none to reign in his stead; nevertheless he had established laws, and they were acknowledged by the people; therefore they were obliged to abide by the laws which he had made.

Alma 5:27
Have ye walked, keeping yourselves blameless before God? Could ye say, if ye were called to die at this time, within yourselves, that ye have been sufficiently humble? That your garments have been cleansed and made white through the blood of Christ, who will come to redeem his people from their sins?

Alma 5:54
Yea, will ye persist in supposing that ye are better one than another; yea, will ye persist in the persecution of your brethren, who humble themselves and do walk after the holy order of God, wherewith they have been brought into this church, having been sanctified by the Holy Spirit, and they do bring forth works which are meet for repentance--

Alma 7:9
But behold, the Spirit hath said this much unto me, saying: Cry unto this people, saying-- Repent ye, and prepare the way of the Lord, and walk in his paths, which are straight; for behold, the kingdom of heaven is at hand, and the Son of God cometh upon the face of the earth.

Alma 7:20
I perceive that it has been made known unto you, by the testimony of his word, that he cannot walk in crooked paths; neither doth he vary from that which he hath said; neither hath he a shadow of turning from the right to the left, or from that which is right to that which is wrong; therefore, his course is one eternal round.

Alma 7:22
And now my beloved brethren, I have said these things unto you that I might awaken you to a sense of your duty to God, that ye may walk blameless before him, that ye may walk after the holy order of God, after which ye have been received.

Alma 15:11
And when Alma had said these words, Zeezrom leaped upon his feet, and began to walk; and this was done to the great astonishment of all the people; and the knowledge of this went forth throughout all the land of Sidom.

Alma 25:14
And they did also bury their weapons of war, according as their brethren had, and they began to be a righteous people; and they did walk in the ways of the Lord, and did observe to keep his commandments and his statutes.

Alma 41:8
Now, the decrees of God are unalterable; therefore, the way is prepared that whosoever will may walk therein and be saved.

Alma 45:24
But they grew proud, being lifted up in their hearts, because of their exceedingly great riches; therefore they grew rich in their own eyes, and would not give heed to their words, to walk uprightly before God.

Alma 53:21
Yea, they were men of truth and soberness, for they had been taught to keep the commandments of God and to walk uprightly before him.

Alma 63:2
And he was a just man, and he did walk uprightly before God; and he did observe to do good continually, to keep the commandments of the Lord his God; and also did his brother.