Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'whatsoever' occurs 302 times in the standard works.

84 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'whatsoever' in the standard works and contain 27.8% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 30 minutes to read the entire list.

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D&C 128:8-10 (7 in 3 verses)

Philip. 4:8-11 (7 in 4 verses)

Lev. 11:42 (3 in 1 verse)

Lev. 11:32-33 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 98:21-22 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 132:13-14 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 62:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 132:46-48 (3 in 3 verses)

Deut. 14:26 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 8:37 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 6:28 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 16:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 18:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 5:40 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 7:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 18:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 10:7 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 84:45 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 124:93 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 127:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 5:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 23:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 12:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezra 7:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 6:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 20:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 6:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 13:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 27:18-28:1 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 46:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 57:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 75:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 97:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 100:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 82 0 82
NT 70 0 70
BM 72 0 72
1 Ne. 3 0 3
2 Ne. 1 0 1
Jacob 1 0 1
Enos 1 0 1
Jarom 1 0 1
Omni 1 0 1
Mosiah 2 0 2
Alma 28 0 28
Hel. 9 0 9
3 Ne. 10 0 10
Morm. 2 0 2
Ether 9 0 9
Moro. 4 0 4
DC 74 0 74
PGP 4 0 4
TOTAL 302 0 302

Alma 1:29
And now, because of the steadiness of the church they began to be exceedingly rich, having abundance of all things whatsoever they stood in need-- an abundance of flocks and herds, and fatlings of every kind, and also abundance of grain, and of gold, and of silver, and of precious things, and abundance of silk and fine-twined linen, and all manner of good homely cloth.

Alma 5:40
For I say unto you that whatsoever is good cometh from God, and whatsoever is evil cometh from the devil.

Alma 5:48
I say unto you, that I know of myself that whatsoever I shall say unto you, concerning that which is to come, is true; and I say unto you, that I know that Jesus Christ shall come, yea, the Son, the Only Begotten of the Father, full of grace, and mercy, and truth. And behold, it is he that cometh to take away the sins of the world, yea, the sins of every man who steadfastly believeth on his name.

Alma 7:23
And now I would that ye should be humble, and be submissive and gentle; easy to be entreated; full of patience and long-suffering; being temperate in all things; being diligent in keeping the commandments of God at all times; asking for whatsoever things ye stand in need, both spiritual and temporal; always returning thanks unto God for whatsoever things ye do receive.

Alma 18:5
Now this was the tradition of Lamoni, which he had received from his father, that there was a Great Spirit. Notwithstanding they believed in a Great Spirit, they supposed that whatsoever they did was right; nevertheless, Lamoni began to fear exceedingly, with fear lest he had done wrong in slaying his servants;

Alma 18:17
I say unto you, what is it, that thy marvelings are so great? Behold, I am a man, and am thy servant; therefore, whatsoever thou desirest which is right, that will I do.

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 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 21:22
And he also declared unto them that they might have the liberty of worshiping the Lord their God according to their desires, in whatsoever place they were in, if it were in the land which was under the reign of king Lamoni.

Alma 23:1
Behold, now it came to pass that the king of the Lamanites sent a proclamation among all his people, that they should not lay their hands on Ammon, or Aaron, or Omner, or Himni, nor either of their brethren who should go forth preaching the word of God, in whatsoever place they should be, in any part of their land.

Alma 26:37
Now my brethren, we see that God is mindful of every people, whatsoever land they may be in; yea, he numbereth his people, and his bowels of mercy are over all the earth. Now this is my joy, and my great thanksgiving; yea, and I will give thanks unto my God forever. Amen.

Alma 30:17
And many more such things did he say unto them, telling them that there could be no atonement made for the sins of men, but every man fared in this life according to the management of the creature; therefore every man prospered according to his genius, and that every man conquered according to his strength; and whatsoever a man did was no crime.

Alma 32:25
For I do not mean that ye all of you have been compelled to humble yourselves; for I verily believe that there are some among you who would humble themselves, let them be in whatsoever circumstances they might.

Alma 32:35
O then, is not this real? I say unto you, Yea, because it is light; and whatsoever is light, is good, because it is discernible, therefore ye must know that it is good; and now behold, after ye have tasted this light is your knowledge perfect?

Alma 34:38
That ye contend no more against the Holy Ghost, but that ye receive it, and take upon you the name of Christ; that ye humble yourselves even to the dust, and worship God, in whatsoever place ye may be in, in spirit and in truth; and that ye live in thanksgiving daily, for the many mercies and blessings which he doth bestow upon you.

Alma 37:16
But if ye keep the commandments of God, and do with these things which are sacred according to that which the Lord doth command you, (for you must appeal unto the Lord for all things whatsoever ye must do with them) behold, no power of earth or hell can take them from you, for God is powerful to the fulfilling of all his words.

Alma 53:20
And they were all young men, and they were exceedingly valiant for courage, and also for strength and activity; but behold, this was not all-- they were men who were true at all times in whatsoever thing they were entrusted.

Alma 57:14
For behold, they would break out in great numbers, and would fight with stones, and with clubs, or whatsoever thing they could get into their hands, insomuch that we did slay upwards of two thousand of them after they had surrendered themselves prisoners of war.

Alma 60:2
For behold, I have somewhat to say unto them by the way of condemnation; for behold, ye yourselves know that ye have been appointed to gather together men, and arm them with swords, and with cimeters, and all manner of weapons of war of every kind, and send forth against the Lamanites, in whatsoever parts they should come into our land.

Alma 61:14
Therefore, my beloved brother, Moroni, let us resist evil, and whatsoever evil we cannot resist with our words, yea, such as rebellions and dissensions, let us resist them with our swords, that we may retain our freedom, that we may rejoice in the great privilege of our church, and in the cause of our Redeemer and our God.

Alma 61:17
Gather together whatsoever force ye can upon your march hither, and we will go speedily against those dissenters, in the strength of our God according to the faith which is in us.

Alma 62:4
And he did raise the standard of liberty in whatsoever place he did enter, and gained whatsoever force he could in all his march towards the land of Gideon.

Alma 62:6
And thus, when Moroni had gathered together whatsoever men he could in all his march, he came to the land of Gideon; and uniting his forces with those of Pahoran they became exceedingly strong, even stronger than the men of Pachus, who was the king of those dissenters who had driven the freemen out of the land of Zarahemla and had taken possession of the land.