Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'willing' occurs 63 times in the standard works.

12 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'willing' in the standard works and contain 19% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 5 minutes to read the entire list.

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Ex. 35:29 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 64:34 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 88:32 (2 in 1 verse)


Ex. 35:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

 35:21 And they came, every one whose heart stirred him up, and every one whom his spirit made willing, and they brought the Lord's offering to the work of the tabernacle of the congregation, and for all his service, and for the holy garments.

 35:22 And they came, both men and women, as many as were willing hearted, and brought bracelets, and earrings, and rings, and tablets, all jewels of gold: and every man that offered offered an offering of gold unto the Lord.




2 Ne. 31:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 18:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 13 19 32
Gen. 2 0 2
Ex. 5 1 6
Judg. 0 3 3
1 Chr. 3 6 9
2 Chr. 0 2 2
Ezra 0 3 3
Neh. 0 1 1
Job 1 0 1
Ps. 1 0 1
Prov. 0 1 1
Isa. 1 0 1
Lam. 0 1 1
Hosea 0 1 1
NT 19 6 25
BM 15 2 17
DC 15 0 15
PGP 1 0 1
TOTAL 63 27 90

Ex. 25:2
Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring me an offering: of every man that giveth it willingly with his heart ye shall take my offering.

Ex. 35:5
Take ye from among you an offering unto the Lord: whosoever is of a willing heart, let him bring it, an offering of the Lord; gold, and silver, and brass,

Ex. 35:21
And they came, every one whose heart stirred him up, and every one whom his spirit made willing, and they brought the Lord's offering to the work of the tabernacle of the congregation, and for all his service, and for the holy garments.

Ex. 35:22
And they came, both men and women, as many as were willing hearted, and brought bracelets, and earrings, and rings, and tablets, all jewels of gold: and every man that offered offered an offering of gold unto the Lord.

Ex. 35:29
The children of Israel brought a willing offering unto the Lord, every man and woman, whose heart made them willing to bring for all manner of work, which the Lord had commanded to be made by the hand of Moses.