Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'surely' occurs 352 times in the standard works.

55 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'surely' in the standard works and contain 15.6% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 24 minutes to read the entire list.

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Lev. 20:9-13 (5 in 5 verses)

Ezek. 33:13-16 (4 in 4 verses)

Jer. 44:25 (3 in 1 verse)

Ex. 21:15-17 (3 in 3 verses)

Num. 35:16-18 (3 in 3 verses)

Jer. 31:18-20 (3 in 3 verses)

Ps. 39:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 49:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 50:45 (2 in 1 verse)

Micah 2:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 13:6 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 97:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 50:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 19:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 23:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 31:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 20:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 24:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 22:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 19:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 22:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 18:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)


3 Ne. 5:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

 5:23 Yea, and surely shall he again bring a remnant of the seed of Joseph to the knowledge of the Lord their God.

 5:24 And as surely as the Lord liveth, will he gather in from the four quarters of the earth all the remnant of the seed of Jacob, who are scattered abroad upon all the face of the earth.




Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 277 0 277
NT 7 0 7
BM 50 0 50
1 Ne. 10 0 10
2 Ne. 5 0 5
Jacob 1 0 1
W of M 1 0 1
Mosiah 1 0 1
Alma 11 0 11
Hel. 8 0 8
3 Ne. 8 0 8
4 Ne. 1 0 1
Morm. 2 0 2
Ether 1 0 1
Moro. 1 0 1
DC 8 0 8
PGP 10 0 10
TOTAL 352 0 352

3 Ne. 5:21
Surely he hath blessed the house of Jacob, and hath been merciful unto the seed of Joseph.

3 Ne. 5:23
Yea, and surely shall he again bring a remnant of the seed of Joseph to the knowledge of the Lord their God.

3 Ne. 5:24
And as surely as the Lord liveth, will he gather in from the four quarters of the earth all the remnant of the seed of Jacob, who are scattered abroad upon all the face of the earth.

3 Ne. 20:46
Verily, verily, I say unto you, all these things shall surely come, even as the Father hath commanded me. Then shall this covenant which the Father hath covenanted with his people be fulfilled; and then shall Jerusalem be inhabited again with my people, and it shall be the land of their inheritance.

3 Ne. 22:15
Behold, they shall surely gather together against thee, not by me; whosoever shall gather together against thee shall fall for thy sake.

3 Ne. 23:2
For surely he spake as touching all things concerning my people which are of the house of Israel; therefore it must needs be that he must speak also to the Gentiles.

3 Ne. 28:31
Therefore, great and marvelous works shall be wrought by them, before the great and coming day when all people must surely stand before the judgment-seat of Christ;

3 Ne. 28:33
And if ye had all the scriptures which give an account of all the marvelous works of Christ, ye would, according to the words of Christ, know that these things must surely come.