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)

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)

 11:5 But oh that God would speak, and open his lips against thee;

 11:6 And that he would shew thee the secrets of wisdom, that they are double to that which is! Know therefore that God exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity deserveth.




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
Gen. 7 3 10
Ex. 8 2 10
Num. 10 0 10
Deut. 18 3 21
Josh. 5 1 6
Judg. 20 0 20
Ruth 2 0 2
1 Sam. 10 0 10
2 Sam. 21 2 23
1 Kgs. 7 2 9
2 Kgs. 12 3 15
1 Chr. 7 2 9
2 Chr. 10 2 12
Ezra 2 1 3
Neh. 8 1 9
Esth. 5 0 5
Job 38 4 42
Ps. 22 0 22
Prov. 2 0 2
Song. 7 0 7
Isa. 7 3 10
Jer. 11 0 11
Lam. 1 0 1
Ezek. 9 0 9
Dan. 11 0 11
Hosea 2 0 2
Obad. 2 0 2
Jonah 2 0 2
Zech. 2 0 2
Mal. 1 0 1
NT 182 9 191
BM 612 6 618
DC 46 3 49
PGP 38 0 38
TOTAL 1147 47 1194

Job 5:8
I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause:

Job 6:3
For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea: therefore my words are swallowed up.

Job 6:8
Oh that I might have my request; and that God would grant me the thing that I long for!

Job 6:9
Even that it would please God to destroy me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!

Job 6:10
Then should I yet have comfort; yea, I would harden myself in sorrow: let him not spare; for I have not concealed the words of the Holy One.

Job 7:16
I loathe it; I would not live alway: let me alone; for my days are vanity.

Job 8:5
If thou wouldest seek unto God betimes, and make thy supplication to the Almighty;

Job 8:6
If thou wert pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.

Job 9:15
Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer, but I would make supplication to my judge.

Job 9:16
If I had called, and he had answered me; yet would I not believe that he had hearkened unto my voice.

Job 9:21
Though I were perfect, yet would I not know my soul: I would despise my life.

Job 9:35
Then would I speak, and not fear him; but it is not so with me.

Job 11:5
But oh that God would speak, and open his lips against thee;

Job 11:6
And that he would shew thee the secrets of wisdom, that they are double to that which is! Know therefore that God exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity deserveth.

Job 11:12
For vain man would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass's colt.

Job 13:3
Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with God.

Job 13:5
O that ye would altogether hold your peace! and it should be your wisdom.

Job 14:13
O that thou wouldest hide me in the grave, that thou wouldest keep me secret, until thy wrath be past, that thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me!

Job 16:5
But I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the moving of my lips should assuage your grief.

Job 23:4
I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.

Job 23:5
I would know the words which he would answer me, and understand what he would say unto me.

Job 23:6
Will he plead against me with his great power? No; but he would put strength in me.

Job 27:22
For God shall cast upon him, and not spare: he would fain flee out of his hand.

Job 30:1
But now they that are younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I would have disdained to have set with the dogs of my flock.

Job 31:12
For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction, and would root out all mine increase.

Job 31:35
Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire is, that the Almighty would answer me, and that mine adversary had written a book.

Job 31:36
Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, and bind it as a crown to me.

Job 31:37
I would declare unto him the number of my steps; as a prince would I go near unto him.

Job 32:22
For I know not to give flattering titles; in so doing my maker would soon take me away.

Job 34:27
Because they turned back from him, and would not consider any of his ways:

Job 36:16
Even so would he have removed thee out of the strait into a broad place, where there is no straitness; and that which should be set on thy table should be full of fatness.

Job 41:32
He maketh a path to shine after him; one would think the deep to be hoary.