Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'delightsome' occurs 9 times in the standard works.

2 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'delightsome' in the standard works and contain 22.2% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 1 minutes to read the entire list.

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2 Ne. 30:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

 30:6 And then shall they rejoice; for they shall know that it is a blessing unto them from the hand of God; and their scales of darkness shall begin to fall from their eyes; and many generations shall not pass away among them, save they shall be a pure and a delightsome people.

 30:7 And it shall come to pass that the Jews which are scattered also shall begin to believe in Christ; and they shall begin to gather in upon the face of the land; and as many as shall believe in Christ shall also become a delightsome people.




Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 1 0 1
NT 0 0 0
BM 8 0 8
DC 0 0 0
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 9 0 9

Mal. 3:12
And all nations shall call you blessed: for ye shall be a delightsome land, saith the Lord of hosts.

2 Ne. 5:21
And he had caused the cursing to come upon them, yea, even a sore cursing, because of their iniquity. For behold, they had hardened their hearts against him, that they had become like unto a flint; wherefore, as they were white, and exceedingly fair and delightsome, that they might not be enticing unto my people the Lord God did cause a skin of blackness to come upon them.

2 Ne. 30:6
And then shall they rejoice; for they shall know that it is a blessing unto them from the hand of God; and their scales of darkness shall begin to fall from their eyes; and many generations shall not pass away among them, save they shall be a pure and a delightsome people.

2 Ne. 30:7
And it shall come to pass that the Jews which are scattered also shall begin to believe in Christ; and they shall begin to gather in upon the face of the land; and as many as shall believe in Christ shall also become a delightsome people.

W of M 1:8
And my prayer to God is concerning my brethren, that they may once again come to the knowledge of God, yea, the redemption of Christ; that they may once again be a delightsome people.

3 Ne. 24:12
And all nations shall call you blessed, for ye shall be a delightsome land, saith the Lord of Hosts.

4 Ne. 1:10
And now, behold, it came to pass that the people of Nephi did wax strong, and did multiply exceedingly fast, and became an exceedingly fair and delightsome people.

Morm. 5:17
They were once a delightsome people, and they had Christ for their shepherd; yea, they were led even by God the Father.

Moro. 9:12
(And only a few years have passed away, and they were a civil and a delightsome people)