Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'hearts' occurs 511 times in the standard works.

145 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'hearts' in the standard works and contain 28.4% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 59 minutes to read the entire list.

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3 Ne. 2:1-3 (5 in 3 verses)

D&C 98:16-20 (5 in 5 verses)

Hel. 13:20-22 (4 in 3 verses)

Hel. 3:33-36 (4 in 4 verses)

Hel. 12:1-4 (4 in 4 verses)

Jacob 2:35 (3 in 1 verse)

Morm. 8:36 (3 in 1 verse)

Hel. 16:22-23 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 19:13-15 (3 in 3 verses)


Jacob 6:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

 6:4 And how merciful is our God unto us, for he remembereth the house of Israel, both roots and branches; and he stretches forth his hands unto them all the day long; and they are a stiffnecked and a gainsaying people; but as many as will not harden their hearts shall be saved in the kingdom of God.

 6:5 Wherefore, my beloved brethren, I beseech of you in words of soberness that ye would repent, and come with full purpose of heart, and cleave unto God as he cleaveth unto you. And while his arm of mercy is extended towards you in the light of the day, harden not your hearts.

 6:6 Yea, today, if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts; for why will ye die?




Alma 12:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 48:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Sam. 6:6 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 7:3 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 7:8 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 17:19 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 32:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Jacob 7:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 24:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 5:53 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 7:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 23:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 34:31 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 13:8 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 19:33 (2 in 1 verse)

Morm. 1:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Morm. 8:28 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 15:19 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 2:2 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 27:9 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 110:6 (2 in 1 verse)

JS-H 1:39 (2 in 1 verse)

Acts 15:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Col. 3:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 14:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 15:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 15:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 17:41-42 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 18:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 33:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 4:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 5:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 11:29-12:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 18:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 23:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 5:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 12:36-37 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 13:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 24:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 31:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 31:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 33:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 39:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 6:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 11:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 8:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 10:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 10:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 29:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 56:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 104:80-81 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 137:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Abr. 1:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 52 0 52
NT 61 0 61
BM 280 0 280
1 Ne. 32 0 32
2 Ne. 22 0 22
Jacob 15 0 15
Jarom 2 0 2
Mosiah 33 0 33
Alma 87 0 87
Hel. 37 0 37
3 Ne. 24 0 24
4 Ne. 5 0 5
Morm. 11 0 11
Ether 7 0 7
Moro. 5 0 5
DC 108 0 108
PGP 10 0 10
TOTAL 511 0 511

Jacob 1:15
And now it came to pass that the people of Nephi, under the reign of the second king, began to grow hard in their hearts, and indulge themselves somewhat in wicked practices, such as like unto David of old desiring many wives and concubines, and also Solomon, his son.

Jacob 2:6
Yea, it grieveth my soul and causeth me to shrink with shame before the presence of my Maker, that I must testify unto you concerning the wickedness of your hearts.

Jacob 2:13
And the hand of providence hath smiled upon you most pleasingly, that you have obtained many riches; and because some of you have obtained more abundantly than that of your brethren ye are lifted up in the pride of your hearts, and wear stiff necks and high heads because of the costliness of your apparel, and persecute your brethren because ye suppose that ye are better than they.

Jacob 2:16
O that he would rid you from this iniquity and abomination. And, O that ye would listen unto the word of his commands, and let not this pride of your hearts destroy your souls!

Jacob 2:20
And now, my brethren, I have spoken unto you concerning pride; and those of you which have afflicted your neighbor, and persecuted him because ye were proud in your hearts, of the things which God hath given you, what say ye of it?

Jacob 2:35
Behold, ye have done greater iniquities than the Lamanites, our brethren. Ye have broken the hearts of your tender wives, and lost the confidence of your children, because of your bad examples before them; and the sobbings of their hearts ascend up to God against you. And because of the strictness of the word of God, which cometh down against you, many hearts died, pierced with deep wounds.

Jacob 3:10
Wherefore, ye shall remember your children, how that ye have grieved their hearts because of the example that ye have set before them; and also, remember that ye may, because of your filthiness, bring your children unto destruction, and their sins be heaped upon your heads at the last day.

Jacob 4:3
Now in this thing we do rejoice; and we labor diligently to engraven these words upon plates, hoping that our beloved brethren and our children will receive them with thankful hearts, and look upon them that they may learn with joy and not with sorrow, neither with contempt, concerning their first parents.

Jacob 6:4
And how merciful is our God unto us, for he remembereth the house of Israel, both roots and branches; and he stretches forth his hands unto them all the day long; and they are a stiffnecked and a gainsaying people; but as many as will not harden their hearts shall be saved in the kingdom of God.

Jacob 6:5
Wherefore, my beloved brethren, I beseech of you in words of soberness that ye would repent, and come with full purpose of heart, and cleave unto God as he cleaveth unto you. And while his arm of mercy is extended towards you in the light of the day, harden not your hearts.

Jacob 6:6
Yea, today, if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts; for why will ye die?

Jacob 7:3
And he labored diligently that he might lead away the hearts of the people, insomuch that he did lead away many hearts; and he knowing that I, Jacob, had faith in Christ who should come, he sought much opportunity that he might come unto me.