Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'thought' occurs 129 times in the standard works.

28 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'thought' in the standard works and contain 21.7% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 13 minutes to read the entire list.

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Alma 46:30-31 (3 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 25:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)

Matt. 6:34 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 13:34 (2 in 1 verse)

Zech. 8:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 6:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 12:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 26:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 36:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 36:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 13:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 84:84-85 (2 in 2 verses)

JS-H 1:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 48 45 93
NT 33 13 46
BM 36 25 61
DC 9 7 16
PGP 3 1 4
TOTAL 129 91 220

D&C 6:16
Yea, I tell thee, that thou mayest know that there is none else save God that knowest thy thoughts and the intents of thy heart.

D&C 33:1
Behold, I say unto you, my servants Ezra and Northrop, open ye your ears and hearken to the voice of the Lord your God, whose word is quick and powerful, sharper than a two-edged sword, to the dividing asunder of the joints and marrow, soul and spirit; and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

D&C 88:69
Remember the great and last promise which I have made unto you; cast away your idle thoughts and your excess of laughter far from you.

D&C 88:109
And then shall the second angel sound his trump, and reveal the secret acts of men, and the thoughts and intents of their hearts, and the mighty works of God in the second thousand years--

D&C 100:5
Therefore, verily I say unto you, lift up your voices unto this people; speak the thoughts that I shall put into your hearts, and you shall not be confounded before men;

D&C 121:45
Let thy bowels also be full of charity towards all men, and to the household of faith, and let virtue garnish thy thoughts unceasingly; then shall thy confidence wax strong in the presence of God; and the doctrine of the priesthood shall distil upon thy soul as the dews from heaven.

D&C 124:99
And he shall be led in paths where the poisonous serpent cannot lay hold upon his heel, and he shall mount up in the imagination of his thoughts as upon eagles' wings.