Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'truly' occurs 97 times in the standard works.

15 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'truly' in the standard works and contain 15.5% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 7 minutes to read the entire list.

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2 Ne. 3:5-7 (3 in 3 verses)

Jer. 3:23 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 20:37 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 27:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 32:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 32:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 7:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 24 0 24
Gen. 4 0 4
Num. 2 0 2
Deut. 1 0 1
Josh. 2 0 2
Judg. 2 0 2
1 Sam. 1 0 1
Job 1 0 1
Ps. 3 0 3
Prov. 1 0 1
Eccl. 1 0 1
Jer. 4 0 4
Ezek. 1 0 1
Micah 1 0 1
NT 18 0 18
BM 41 0 41
DC 10 0 10
PGP 4 0 4
TOTAL 97 0 97

Gen. 4:24
If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech seventy and sevenfold.

Gen. 24:49
And now if ye will deal kindly and truly with my master, tell me: and if not, tell me; that I may turn to the right hand, or to the left.

Gen. 47:29
And the time drew nigh that Israel must die: and he called his son Joseph, and said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me; bury me not, I pray thee, in Egypt:

Gen. 48:19
And his father refused, and said, I know it, my son, I know it: he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great: but truly his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations.

Num. 14:21
But as truly as I live, all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the Lord.

Num. 14:28
Say unto them, As truly as I live, saith the Lord, as ye have spoken in mine ears, so will I do to you:

Deut. 14:22
Thou shalt truly tithe all the increase of thy seed, that the field bringeth forth year by year.

Josh. 2:14
And the men answered her, Our life for yours, if ye utter not this our business. And it shall be, when the Lord hath given us the land, that we will deal kindly and truly with thee.

Josh. 2:24
And they said unto Joshua, Truly the Lord hath delivered into our hands all the land; for even all the inhabitants of the country do faint because of us.

Judg. 9:16
Now therefore, if ye have done truly and sincerely, in that ye have made Abimelech king, and if ye have dealt well with Jerubbaal and his house, and have done unto him according to the deserving of his hands;

Judg. 9:19
If ye then have dealt truly and sincerely with Jerubbaal and with his house this day, then rejoice ye in Abimelech, and let him also rejoice in you:

1 Sam. 20:3
And David sware moreover, and said, Thy father certainly knoweth that I have found grace in thine eyes; and he saith, Let not Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved: but truly as the Lord liveth, and as thy soul liveth, there is but a step between me and death.

Job 36:4
For truly my words shall not be false: he that is perfect in knowledge is with thee.

Ps. 62:1
Truly my soul waiteth upon God: from him cometh my salvation.

Ps. 73:1
Truly God is good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean heart.

Ps. 116:16
O Lord, truly I am thy servant; I am thy servant, and the son of thine handmaid: thou hast loosed my bonds.

Prov. 12:22
Lying lips are abomination to the Lord: but they that deal truly are his delight.

Eccl. 11:7
Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun:

Jer. 3:23
Truly in vain is salvation hoped for from the hills, and from the multitude of mountains: truly in the Lord our God is the salvation of Israel.

Jer. 10:19
Woe is me for my hurt! my wound is grievous: but I said, Truly this is a grief, and I must bear it.

Jer. 28:9
The prophet which prophesieth of peace, when the word of the prophet shall come to pass, then shall the prophet be known, that the Lord hath truly sent him.

Ezek. 18:9
Hath walked in my statutes, and hath kept my judgments, to deal truly; he is just, he shall surely live, saith the Lord God.

Micah 3:8
But truly I am full of power by the spirit of the Lord, and of judgment, and of might, to declare unto Jacob his transgression, and to Israel his sin.