Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'oft' occurs 32 times in the standard works.

14 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'oft' in the standard works and contain 43.8% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 5 minutes to read the entire list.

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3 Ne. 10:4-6 (4 in 3 verses)

Job 21:17 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 18:3 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 26:13 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 18:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Moro. 6:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 4 28 32
NT 9 26 35
BM 16 22 38
1 Ne. 2 5 7
2 Ne. 0 6 6
Jacob 0 1 1
Enos 0 1 1
Mosiah 0 5 5
Alma 1 2 3
Hel. 1 1 2
3 Ne. 8 1 9
4 Ne. 1 0 1
Moro. 3 0 3
DC 3 14 17
PGP 0 6 6
TOTAL 32 96 128

1 Ne. 18:3
And I, Nephi, did go into the mount oft, and I did pray oft unto the Lord; wherefore the Lord showed unto me great things.

Alma 6:6
Nevertheless the children of God were commanded that they should gather themselves together oft, and join in fasting and mighty prayer in behalf of the welfare of the souls of those who knew not God.

Hel. 3:35
Nevertheless they did fast and pray oft, and did wax stronger and stronger in their humility, and firmer and firmer in the faith of Christ, unto the filling their souls with joy and consolation, yea, even to the purifying and the sanctification of their hearts, which sanctification cometh because of their yielding their hearts unto God.

3 Ne. 10:4
O ye people of these great cities which have fallen, who are descendants of Jacob, yea, who are of the house of Israel, how oft have I gathered you as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and have nourished you.

3 Ne. 10:5
And again, how oft would I have gathered you as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, yea, O ye people of the house of Israel, who have fallen; yea, O ye people of the house of Israel, ye that dwell at Jerusalem, as ye that have fallen; yea, how oft would I have gathered you as a hen gathereth her chickens, and ye would not.

3 Ne. 10:6
O ye house of Israel whom I have spared, how oft will I gather you as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, if ye will repent and return unto me with full purpose of heart.

3 Ne. 18:22
And behold, ye shall meet together oft; and ye shall not forbid any man from coming unto you when ye shall meet together, but suffer them that they may come unto you and forbid them not;

3 Ne. 18:23
But ye shall pray for them, and shall not cast them out; and if it so be that they come unto you oft ye shall pray for them unto the Father, in my name.

3 Ne. 26:13
Therefore, I would that ye should behold that the Lord truly did teach the people, for the space of three days; and after that he did show himself unto them oft, and did break bread oft, and bless it, and give it unto them.

4 Ne. 1:12
And they did not walk any more after the performances and ordinances of the law of Moses; but they did walk after the commandments which they had received from their Lord and their God, continuing in fasting and prayer, and in meeting together oft both to pray and to hear the word of the Lord.

Moro. 6:5
And the church did meet together oft, to fast and to pray, and to speak one with another concerning the welfare of their souls.

Moro. 6:6
And they did meet together oft to partake of bread and wine, in remembrance of the Lord Jesus.

Moro. 6:8
But as oft as they repented and sought forgiveness, with real intent, they were forgiven.