Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'forever' occurs 159 times in the standard works.

27 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'forever' in the standard works and contain 17% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 12 minutes to read the entire list.

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Hel. 12:19-20 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 29:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 12:21 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 1:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 2:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 3:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 4:34-35 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 3:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 42:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Moro. 9:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 23:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 76:92-93 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 7:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 0 0 0
NT 0 0 0
BM 99 0 99
DC 51 0 51
PGP 9 1 10
Moses 8 1 9
Abr. 1 0 1
TOTAL 159 1 160

Moses 4:2
But, behold, my Beloved Son, which was my Beloved and Chosen from the beginning, said unto me-- Father, thy will be done, and the glory be thine forever.

Moses 4:28
And I, the Lord God, said unto mine Only Begotten: Behold, the man is become as one of us to know good and evil; and now lest he put forth his hand and partake also of the tree of life, and eat and live forever,

Moses 5:8
Wherefore, thou shalt do all that thou doest in the name of the Son, and thou shalt repent and call upon God in the name of the Son forevermore.

Moses 5:9
And in that day the Holy Ghost fell upon Adam, which beareth record of the Father and the Son, saying: I am the Only Begotten of the Father from the beginning, henceforth and forever, that as thou hast fallen thou mayest be redeemed, and all mankind, even as many as will.

Moses 6:66
And he heard a voice out of heaven, saying: Thou art baptized with fire, and with the Holy Ghost. This is the record of the Father, and the Son, from henceforth and forever;

Moses 7:8
For behold, the Lord shall curse the land with much heat, and the barrenness thereof shall go forth forever; and there was a blackness came upon all the children of Canaan, that they were despised among all people.

Moses 7:20
And it came to pass that Enoch talked with the Lord; and he said unto the Lord: Surely Zion shall dwell in safety forever. But the Lord said unto Enoch: Zion have I blessed, but the residue of the people have I cursed.

Moses 7:21
And it came to pass that the Lord showed unto Enoch all the inhabitants of the earth; and he beheld, and lo, Zion, in process of time, was taken up into heaven. And the Lord said unto Enoch: Behold mine abode forever.

Moses 7:30
And were it possible that man could number the particles of the earth, yea, millions of earths like this, it would not be a beginning to the number of thy creations; and thy curtains are stretched out still; and yet thou art there, and thy bosom is there; and also thou art just; thou art merciful and kind forever;

Abr. 1:19
As it was with Noah so shall it be with thee; but through thy ministry my name shall be known in the earth forever, for I am thy God.