Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'sweet' occurs 121 times in the standard works.

18 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'sweet' in the standard works and contain 14.9% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 6 minutes to read the entire list.

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Ex. 30:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 30:34 (2 in 1 verse)

Song. 5:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 5:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 6:20 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 15:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 32:42 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 15:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Rev. 10:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 102 10 112
NT 6 1 7
BM 11 0 11
1 Ne. 3 0 3
2 Ne. 5 0 5
Alma 3 0 3
DC 2 0 2
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 121 11 132

1 Ne. 8:11
And it came to pass that I did go forth and partake of the fruit thereof; and I beheld that it was most sweet, above all that I ever before tasted. Yea, and I beheld that the fruit thereof was white, to exceed all the whiteness that I had ever seen.

1 Ne. 17:12
For the Lord had not hitherto suffered that we should make much fire, as we journeyed in the wilderness; for he said: I will make thy food become sweet, that ye cook it not;

1 Ne. 21:26
And I will feed them that oppress thee with their own flesh; they shall be drunken with their own blood as with sweet wine; and all flesh shall know that I, the Lord, am thy Savior and thy Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.

2 Ne. 2:15
And to bring about his eternal purposes in the end of man, after he had created our first parents, and the beasts of the field and the fowls of the air, and in fine, all things which are created, it must needs be that there was an opposition; even the forbidden fruit in opposition to the tree of life; the one being sweet and the other bitter.

2 Ne. 6:18
And I will feed them that oppress thee, with their own flesh; and they shall be drunken with their own blood as with sweet wine; and all flesh shall know that I the Lord am thy Savior and thy Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.

2 Ne. 13:24
And it shall come to pass, instead of sweet smell there shall be stink; and instead of a girdle, a rent; and instead of well set hair, baldness; and instead of a stomacher, a girding of sackcloth; burning instead of beauty.

2 Ne. 15:20
Wo unto them that call evil good, and good evil, that put darkness for light, and light for darkness, that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!

Alma 32:42
And because of your diligence and your faith and your patience with the word in nourishing it, that it may take root in you, behold, by and by ye shall pluck the fruit thereof, which is most precious, which is sweet above all that is sweet, and which is white above all that is white, yea, and pure above all that is pure; and ye shall feast upon this fruit even until ye are filled, that ye hunger not, neither shall ye thirst.

Alma 36:21
Yea, I say unto you, my son, that there could be nothing so exquisite and so bitter as were my pains. Yea, and again I say unto you, my son, that on the other hand, there can be nothing so exquisite and sweet as was my joy.