Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'descended' occurs 31 times in the standard works.

5 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'descended' in the standard works and contain 16.1% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 2 minutes to read the entire list.

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Josh. 18:16-17 (3 in 2 verses)

Eph. 4:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 12 0 12
NT 7 0 7
BM 5 0 5
1 Ne. 1 0 1
2 Ne. 1 0 1
Mosiah 1 0 1
3 Ne. 2 0 2
DC 3 0 3
PGP 4 0 4
TOTAL 31 0 31

1 Ne. 14:14
And it came to pass that I, Nephi, beheld the power of the Lamb of God, that it descended upon the saints of the church of the Lamb, and upon the covenant people of the Lord, who were scattered upon all the face of the earth; and they were armed with righteousness and with the power of God in great glory.

2 Ne. 31:8
Wherefore, after he was baptized with water the Holy Ghost descended upon him in the form of a dove.

Mosiah 27:11
And as I said unto you, as they were going about rebelling against God, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared unto them; and he descended as it were in a cloud; and he spake as it were with a voice of thunder, which caused the earth to shake upon which they stood;

3 Ne. 14:25
And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not, for it was founded upon a rock.

3 Ne. 14:27
And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell, and great was the fall of it.