Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'hearken' occurs 314 times in the standard works.

66 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'hearken' in the standard works and contain 21% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 28 minutes to read the entire list.

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2 Ne. 1:28-29 (3 in 2 verses)

Hel. 11:13-14 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 45:1-2 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 8:28-30 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Chr. 6:19-21 (3 in 3 verses)

Jer. 26:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

Judg. 9:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 6:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 3:7 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 4:32 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 21:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 13:21 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 1:1 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 101:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 4:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 28:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 1:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 18:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 27:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 9:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 28:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 28:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

Omni 1:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)


Alma 5:37-38 (2 in 2 verses)

 5:37 O ye workers of iniquity; ye that are puffed up in the vain things of the world, ye that have professed to have known the ways of righteousness nevertheless have gone astray, as sheep having no shepherd, notwithstanding a shepherd hath called after you and is still calling after you, but ye will not hearken unto his voice!

 5:38 Behold, I say unto you, that the good shepherd doth call you; yea, and in his own name he doth call you, which is the name of Christ; and if ye will not hearken unto the voice of the good shepherd, to the name by which ye are called, behold, ye are not the sheep of the good shepherd.




D&C 41:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 42:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 70:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 101:74-75 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 103:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 124:45-46 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 145 84 229
NT 8 1 9
BM 85 15 100
1 Ne. 14 4 18
2 Ne. 26 1 27
Jacob 5 1 6
Omni 2 0 2
Mosiah 4 3 7
Alma 12 3 15
Hel. 14 1 15
3 Ne. 6 1 7
Morm. 1 0 1
Ether 1 1 2
DC 66 7 73
PGP 10 10 20
TOTAL 314 117 431

Alma 5:37
O ye workers of iniquity; ye that are puffed up in the vain things of the world, ye that have professed to have known the ways of righteousness nevertheless have gone astray, as sheep having no shepherd, notwithstanding a shepherd hath called after you and is still calling after you, but ye will not hearken unto his voice!

Alma 5:38
Behold, I say unto you, that the good shepherd doth call you; yea, and in his own name he doth call you, which is the name of Christ; and if ye will not hearken unto the voice of the good shepherd, to the name by which ye are called, behold, ye are not the sheep of the good shepherd.

Alma 5:41
Therefore, if a man bringeth forth good works he hearkeneth unto the voice of the good shepherd, and he doth follow him; but whosoever bringeth forth evil works, the same becometh a child of the devil, for he hearkeneth unto his voice, and doth follow him.

Alma 5:60
And now I say unto you that the good shepherd doth call after you; and if you will hearken unto his voice he will bring you into his fold, and ye are his sheep; and he commandeth you that ye suffer no ravenous wolf to enter among you, that ye may not be destroyed.

Alma 8:9
Now Satan had gotten great hold upon the hearts of the people of the city of Ammonihah; therefore they would not hearken unto the words of Alma.

Alma 13:27
And now, my brethren, I wish from the inmost part of my heart, yea, with great anxiety even unto pain, that ye would hearken unto my words, and cast off your sins, and not procrastinate the day of your repentance;

Alma 18:22
Now Ammon being wise, yet harmless, he said unto Lamoni: Wilt thou hearken unto my words, if I tell thee by what power I do these things? And this is the thing that I desire of thee.

Alma 20:30
And, as it happened, it was their lot to have fallen into the hands of a more hardened and a more stiffnecked people; therefore they would not hearken unto their words, and they had cast them out, and had smitten them, and had driven them from house to house, and from place to place, even until they had arrived in the land of Middoni; and there they were taken and cast into prison, and bound with strong cords, and kept in prison for many days, and were delivered by Lamoni and Ammon.

Alma 35:3
And it came to pass that after the more popular part of the Zoramites had consulted together concerning the words which had been preached unto them, they were angry because of the word, for it did destroy their craft; therefore they would not hearken unto the words.

Alma 46:1
And it came to pass that as many as would not hearken to the words of Helaman and his brethren were gathered together against their brethren.

Alma 48:19
Now behold, Helaman and his brethren were no less serviceable unto the people than was Moroni; for they did preach the word of God, and they did baptize unto repentance all men whosoever would hearken unto their words.

Alma 50:32
Now behold, the people who were in the land Bountiful, or rather Moroni, feared that they would hearken to the words of Morianton and unite with his people, and thus he would obtain possession of those parts of the land, which would lay a foundation for serious consequences among the people of Nephi, yea, which consequences would lead to the overthrow of their liberty.

Alma 51:3
But behold, Pahoran would not alter nor suffer the law to be altered; therefore, he did not hearken to those who had sent in their voices with their petitions concerning the altering of the law.

Alma 54:7
Yea, I would tell you these things if ye were capable of hearkening unto them; yea, I would tell you concerning that awful hell that awaits to receive such murderers as thou and thy brother have been, except ye repent and withdraw your murderous purposes, and return with your armies to your own lands.