Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'hearts' occurs 511 times in the standard works.

145 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'hearts' in the standard works and contain 28.4% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 59 minutes to read the entire list.

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3 Ne. 2:1-3 (5 in 3 verses)

D&C 98:16-20 (5 in 5 verses)

Hel. 13:20-22 (4 in 3 verses)

Hel. 3:33-36 (4 in 4 verses)

Hel. 12:1-4 (4 in 4 verses)

Jacob 2:35 (3 in 1 verse)

Morm. 8:36 (3 in 1 verse)

Hel. 16:22-23 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 19:13-15 (3 in 3 verses)

Jacob 6:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 12:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 48:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Sam. 6:6 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 7:3 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 7:8 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 17:19 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 32:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Jacob 7:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 24:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 5:53 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 7:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 23:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 34:31 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 13:8 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 19:33 (2 in 1 verse)

Morm. 1:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Morm. 8:28 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 15:19 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 2:2 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 27:9 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 110:6 (2 in 1 verse)

JS-H 1:39 (2 in 1 verse)

Acts 15:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Col. 3:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 14:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 15:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 15:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 17:41-42 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 18:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 33:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 4:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 5:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 11:29-12:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 18:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 23:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 5:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 12:36-37 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 13:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 24:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 31:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 31:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 33:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 39:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 6:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 11:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 8:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 10:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 10:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 29:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 56:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 104:80-81 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 137:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Abr. 1:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 52 0 52
Gen. 1 0 1
Ex. 2 0 2
Lev. 2 0 2
Deut. 2 0 2
Josh. 4 0 4
Judg. 3 0 3
1 Sam. 5 0 5
2 Sam. 2 0 2
1 Kgs. 2 0 2
1 Chr. 1 0 1
2 Chr. 4 0 4
Job 1 0 1
Ps. 8 0 8
Prov. 4 0 4
Isa. 1 0 1
Jer. 4 0 4
Ezek. 2 0 2
Dan. 1 0 1
Hosea 1 0 1
Zech. 2 0 2
NT 61 0 61
BM 280 0 280
DC 108 0 108
PGP 10 0 10
TOTAL 511 0 511

Gen. 18:5
And I will fetch a morsel of bread, and comfort ye your hearts; after that ye shall pass on: for therefore are ye come to your servant. And they said, So do, as thou hast said.

Ex. 14:17
And I, behold, I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians, and they shall follow them: and I will get me honour upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host, upon his chariots, and upon his horsemen.

Ex. 31:6
And I, behold, I have given with him Aholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan: and in the hearts of all that are wise hearted I have put wisdom, that they may make all that I have commanded thee;

Lev. 26:36
And upon them that are left alive of you I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies; and the sound of a shaken leaf shall chase them; and they shall flee, as fleeing from a sword; and they shall fall when none pursueth.

Lev. 26:41
And that I also have walked contrary unto them, and have brought them into the land of their enemies; if then their uncircumcised hearts be humbled, and they then accept of the punishment of their iniquity:

Deut. 20:3
And shall say unto them, Hear, O Israel, ye approach this day unto battle against your enemies: let not your hearts faint, fear not, and do not tremble, neither be ye terrified because of them;

Deut. 32:46
And he said unto them, Set your hearts unto all the words which I testify among you this day, which ye shall command your children to observe to do, all the words of this law.

Josh. 2:11
And as soon as we had heard these things, our hearts did melt, neither did there remain any more courage in any man, because of you: for the Lord your God, he is God in heaven above, and in earth beneath.

Josh. 7:5
And the men of Ai smote of them about thirty and six men: for they chased them from before the gate even unto Shebarim, and smote them in the going down: wherefore the hearts of the people melted, and became as water.

Josh. 11:20
For it was of the Lord to harden their hearts, that they should come against Israel in battle, that he might destroy them utterly, and that they might have no favour, but that he might destroy them, as the Lord commanded Moses.

Josh. 23:14
And, behold, this day I am going the way of all the earth: and ye know in all your hearts and in all your souls, that not one thing hath failed of all the good things which the Lord your God spake concerning you; all are come to pass unto you, and not one thing hath failed thereof.

Judg. 9:3
And his mother's brethren spake of him in the ears of all the men of Shechem all these words: and their hearts inclined to follow Abimelech; for they said, He is our brother.

Judg. 16:25
And it came to pass, when their hearts were merry, that they said, Call for Samson, that he may make us sport. And they called for Samson out of the prison house; and he made them sport: and they set him between the pillars.

Judg. 19:22
Now as they were making their hearts merry, behold, the men of the city, certain sons of Belial, beset the house round about, and beat at the door, and spake to the master of the house, the old man, saying, Bring forth the man that came into thine house, that we may know him.

1 Sam. 6:6
Wherefore then do ye harden your hearts, as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their hearts? when he had wrought wonderfully among them, did they not let the people go, and they departed?

1 Sam. 7:3
And Samuel spake unto all the house of Israel, saying, If ye do return unto the Lord with all your hearts, then put away the strange gods and Ashtaroth from among you, and prepare your hearts unto the Lord, and serve him only: and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.

1 Sam. 10:26
And Saul also went home to Gibeah; and there went with him a band of men, whose hearts God had touched.

2 Sam. 15:6
And on this manner did Absalom to all Israel that came to the king for judgment: so Absalom stole the hearts of the men of Israel.

2 Sam. 15:13
And there came a messenger to David, saying, The hearts of the men of Israel are after Absalom.

1 Kgs. 8:39
Then hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and forgive, and do, and give to every man according to his ways, whose heart thou knowest; (for thou, even thou only, knowest the hearts of all the children of men;)

1 Kgs. 8:58
That he may incline our hearts unto him, to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and his statutes, and his judgments, which he commanded our fathers.

1 Chr. 28:9
And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the Lord searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.

2 Chr. 6:14
And said, O Lord God of Israel, there is no God like thee in the heaven, nor in the earth; which keepest covenant, and shewest mercy unto thy servants, that walk before thee with all their hearts:

2 Chr. 6:30
Then hear thou from heaven thy dwelling place, and forgive, and render unto every man according unto all his ways, whose heart thou knowest; (for thou only knowest the hearts of the children of men:)

2 Chr. 11:16
And after them out of all the tribes of Israel such as set their hearts to seek the Lord God of Israel came to Jerusalem, to sacrifice unto the Lord God of their fathers.

2 Chr. 20:33
Howbeit the high places were not taken away: for as yet the people had not prepared their hearts unto the God of their fathers.

Job 1:5
And it was so, when the days of their feasting were gone about, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt offerings according to the number of them all: for Job said, It may be that my sons have sinned, and cursed God in their hearts. Thus did Job continually.

Ps. 7:9
Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just: for the righteous God trieth the hearts and reins.

Ps. 28:3
Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, which speak peace to their neighbours, but mischief is in their hearts.

Ps. 33:15
He fashioneth their hearts alike; he considereth all their works.

Ps. 35:25
Let them not say in their hearts, Ah, so would we have it: let them not say, We have swallowed him up.

Ps. 74:8
They said in their hearts, Let us destroy them together: they have burned up all the synagogues of God in the land.

Ps. 81:12
So I gave them up unto their own hearts' lust: and they walked in their own counsels.

Ps. 90:12
So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.

Ps. 125:4
Do good, O Lord, unto those that be good, and to them that are upright in their hearts.

Prov. 15:11
Hell and destruction are before the Lord: how much more then the hearts of the children of men?

Prov. 17:3
The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the Lord trieth the hearts.

Prov. 21:2
Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the Lord pondereth the hearts.

Prov. 31:6
Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto those that be of heavy hearts.

Isa. 44:18
They have not known nor understood: for he hath shut their eyes, that they cannot see; and their hearts, that they cannot understand.

Jer. 31:33
But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the Lord, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.

Jer. 32:40
And I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from them, to do them good; but I will put my fear in their hearts, that they shall not depart from me.

Jer. 42:20
For ye dissembled in your hearts, when ye sent me unto the Lord your God, saying, Pray for us unto the Lord our God; and according unto all that the Lord our God shall say, so declare unto us, and we will do it.

Jer. 48:41
Kerioth is taken, and the strong holds are surprised, and the mighty men's hearts in Moab at that day shall be as the heart of a woman in her pangs.

Ezek. 13:2
Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel that prophesy, and say thou unto them that prophesy out of their own hearts, Hear ye the word of the Lord;

Ezek. 32:9
I will also vex the hearts of many people, when I shall bring thy destruction among the nations, into the countries which thou hast not known.

Dan. 11:27
And both these kings' hearts shall be to do mischief, and they shall speak lies at one table; but it shall not prosper: for yet the end shall be at the time appointed.

Hosea 7:2
And they consider not in their hearts that I remember all their wickedness: now their own doings have beset them about; they are before my face.

Zech. 7:12
Yea, they made their hearts as an adamant stone, lest they should hear the law, and the words which the Lord of hosts hath sent in his spirit by the former prophets: therefore came a great wrath from the Lord of hosts.

Zech. 8:17
And let none of you imagine evil in your hearts against his neighbour; and love no false oath: for all these are things that I hate, saith the Lord.