Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'greatly' occurs 108 times in the standard works.

4 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'greatly' in the standard works and contain 3.7% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 2 minutes to read the entire list.

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Alma 20:27 (2 in 1 verse)


Ps. 47:9-48:1 (2 in 2 verses)

 47:9 The princes of the people are gathered together, even the people of the God of Abraham: for the shields of the earth belong unto God: he is greatly exalted.

 48:1 Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in the mountain of his holiness.




Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 69 0 69
Gen. 5 0 5
Ex. 1 0 1
Num. 2 0 2
Deut. 2 0 2
Josh. 1 0 1
Judg. 2 0 2
1 Sam. 7 0 7
2 Sam. 3 0 3
1 Kgs. 3 0 3
1 Chr. 4 0 4
2 Chr. 2 0 2
Job 2 0 2
Ps. 19 0 19
Prov. 1 0 1
Isa. 2 0 2
Jer. 4 0 4
Ezek. 2 0 2
Dan. 4 0 4
Obad. 1 0 1
Zeph. 1 0 1
Zech. 1 0 1
NT 18 0 18
BM 10 0 10
DC 5 0 5
PGP 6 0 6
TOTAL 108 0 108

Ps. 21:1
The king shall joy in thy strength, O Lord; and in thy salvation how greatly shall he rejoice!

Ps. 28:7
The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise him.

Ps. 38:6
I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.

Ps. 45:11
So shall the king greatly desire thy beauty: for he is thy Lord; and worship thou him.

Ps. 47:9
The princes of the people are gathered together, even the people of the God of Abraham: for the shields of the earth belong unto God: he is greatly exalted.

Ps. 48:1
Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in the mountain of his holiness.

Ps. 62:2
He only is my rock and my salvation; he is my defence; I shall not be greatly moved.

Ps. 65:9
Thou visitest the earth, and waterest it: thou greatly enrichest it with the river of God, which is full of water: thou preparest them corn, when thou hast so provided for it.

Ps. 71:23
My lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing unto thee; and my soul, which thou hast redeemed.

Ps. 78:59
When God heard this, he was wroth, and greatly abhorred Israel:

Ps. 89:7
God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, and to be had in reverence of all them that are about him.

Ps. 96:4
For the Lord is great, and greatly to be praised: he is to be feared above all gods.

Ps. 105:24
And he increased his people greatly; and made them stronger than their enemies.

Ps. 107:38
He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly; and suffereth not their cattle to decrease.

Ps. 109:30
I will greatly praise the Lord with my mouth; yea, I will praise him among the multitude.

Ps. 112:1
Praise ye the Lord. Blessed is the man that feareth the Lord, that delighteth greatly in his commandments.

Ps. 116:10
I believed, therefore have I spoken: I was greatly afflicted:

Ps. 119:51
The proud have had me greatly in derision: yet have I not declined from thy law.

Ps. 145:3
Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised; and his greatness is unsearchable.