Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'mayest' occurs 142 times in the standard works.

29 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'mayest' in the standard works and contain 20.4% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 11 minutes to read the entire list.

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Deut. 30:16-20 (5 in 5 verses)

Rev. 3:18 (3 in 1 verse)

Josh. 1:7-8 (3 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 16:54 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 3:4 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 6:11 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 100:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 28:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 11:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 23:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 6:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 3:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 101 0 101
Gen. 5 0 5
Ex. 9 0 9
Lev. 1 0 1
Num. 4 0 4
Deut. 34 0 34
Josh. 3 0 3
Judg. 3 0 3
1 Sam. 4 0 4
2 Sam. 3 0 3
1 Kgs. 4 0 4
2 Kgs. 2 0 2
1 Chr. 2 0 2
2 Chr. 2 0 2
Ezra 1 0 1
Neh. 2 0 2
Job 1 0 1
Ps. 5 0 5
Prov. 3 0 3
Isa. 6 0 6
Jer. 3 0 3
Ezek. 3 0 3
Hab. 1 0 1
NT 13 0 13
BM 9 0 9
DC 15 0 15
PGP 4 0 4
TOTAL 142 0 142

Gen. 2:16
And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:

Gen. 23:6
Hear us, my lord: thou art a mighty prince among us: in the choice of our sepulchres bury thy dead; none of us shall withhold from thee his sepulchre, but that thou mayest bury thy dead.

Gen. 28:3
And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest be a multitude of people;

Gen. 28:4
And give thee the blessing of Abraham, to thee, and to thy seed with thee; that thou mayest inherit the land wherein thou art a stranger, which God gave unto Abraham.

Gen. 38:16
And he turned unto her by the way, and said, Go to, I pray thee, let me come in unto thee; (for he knew not that she was his daughter in law.) And she said, What wilt thou give me, that thou mayest come in unto me?