Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'happy' occurs 37 times in the standard works.

10 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'happy' in the standard works and contain 27% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 3 minutes to read the entire list.

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1 Kgs. 10:8 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 9:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 144:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Morm. 9:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 137:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 22 0 22
NT 6 0 6
BM 9 2 11
1 Ne. 2 0 2
Mosiah 1 0 1
Alma 2 0 2
3 Ne. 1 0 1
Morm. 3 2 5
DC 0 0 0
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 37 2 39

1 Ne. 8:10
And it came to pass that I beheld a tree, whose fruit was desirable to make one happy.

1 Ne. 17:21
Behold, these many years we have suffered in the wilderness, which time we might have enjoyed our possessions and the land of our inheritance; yea, and we might have been happy.

Mosiah 2:41
And moreover, I would desire that ye should consider on the blessed and happy state of those that keep the commandments of God. For behold, they are blessed in all things, both temporal and spiritual; and if they hold out faithful to the end they are received into heaven, that thereby they may dwell with God in a state of never-ending happiness. O remember, remember that these things are true; for the Lord God hath spoken it.

Alma 46:41
But there were many who died with old age; and those who died in the faith of Christ are happy in him, as we must needs suppose.

Alma 56:11
Nevertheless, we may console ourselves in this point, that they have died in the cause of their country and of their God, yea, and they are happy.

3 Ne. 24:15
And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are set up; yea, they that tempt God are even delivered.

Morm. 9:3
Then will ye longer deny the Christ, or can ye behold the Lamb of God? Do ye suppose that ye shall dwell with him under a consciousness of your guilt? Do ye suppose that ye could be happy to dwell with that holy Being, when your souls are racked with a consciousness of guilt that ye have ever abused his laws?

Morm. 9:14
And then cometh the judgment of the Holy One upon them; and then cometh the time that he that is filthy shall be filthy still; and he that is righteous shall be righteous still; he that is happy shall be happy still; and he that is unhappy shall be unhappy still.