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)

 20:27 And I will also grant unto thee that thy brethren may be cast out of prison, and thou and thy brethren may come unto me, in my kingdom; for I shall greatly desire to see thee. For the king was greatly astonished at the words which he had spoken, and also at the words which had been spoken by his son Lamoni, therefore he was desirous to learn them.





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.




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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.