Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'nevertheless' occurs 343 times in the standard works.

24 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'nevertheless' in the standard works and contain 7% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 11 minutes to read the entire list.

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3 Ne. 7:14 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 24:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 23:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 23:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 1:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 8:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 10:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 9:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)


Ether 3:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

 3:2 O Lord, thou hast said that we must be encompassed about by the floods. Now behold, O Lord, and do not be angry with thy servant because of his weakness before thee; for we know that thou art holy and dwellest in the heavens, and that we are unworthy before thee; because of the fall our natures have become evil continually; nevertheless, O Lord, thou hast given us a commandment that we must call upon thee, that from thee we may receive according to our desires.

 3:3 Behold, O Lord, thou hast smitten us because of our iniquity, and hast driven us forth, and for these many years we have been in the wilderness; nevertheless, thou hast been merciful unto us. O Lord, look upon me in pity, and turn away thine anger from this thy people, and suffer not that they shall go forth across this raging deep in darkness; but behold these things which I have molten out of the rock.




D&C 46:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 88:48-49 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 98:41-42 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 64 0 64
NT 33 0 33
BM 177 0 177
1 Ne. 19 0 19
2 Ne. 24 0 24
Jacob 5 0 5
Jarom 1 0 1
Omni 2 0 2
Mosiah 19 0 19
Alma 59 0 59
Hel. 13 0 13
3 Ne. 14 0 14
4 Ne. 2 0 2
Morm. 5 0 5
Ether 14 0 14
DC 63 0 63
PGP 6 0 6
TOTAL 343 0 343

Ether 2:24
For behold, ye shall be as a whale in the midst of the sea; for the mountain waves shall dash upon you. Nevertheless, I will bring you up again out of the depths of the sea; for the winds have gone forth out of my mouth, and also the rains and the floods have I sent forth.

Ether 3:2
O Lord, thou hast said that we must be encompassed about by the floods. Now behold, O Lord, and do not be angry with thy servant because of his weakness before thee; for we know that thou art holy and dwellest in the heavens, and that we are unworthy before thee; because of the fall our natures have become evil continually; nevertheless, O Lord, thou hast given us a commandment that we must call upon thee, that from thee we may receive according to our desires.

Ether 3:3
Behold, O Lord, thou hast smitten us because of our iniquity, and hast driven us forth, and for these many years we have been in the wilderness; nevertheless, thou hast been merciful unto us. O Lord, look upon me in pity, and turn away thine anger from this thy people, and suffer not that they shall go forth across this raging deep in darkness; but behold these things which I have molten out of the rock.

Ether 7:7
And it came to pass that Kib dwelt in captivity, and his people under Corihor his son, until he became exceedingly old; nevertheless Kib begat Shule in his old age, while he was yet in captivity.

Ether 7:19
Wherefore, the son of Noah did build up his kingdom in his stead; nevertheless they did not gain power any more over Shule the king, and the people who were under the reign of Shule the king did prosper exceedingly and wax great.

Ether 9:2
Nevertheless, the Lord was merciful unto Omer, and also to his sons and to his daughters who did not seek his destruction.

Ether 9:14
And it came to pass that Omer began to be old; nevertheless, in his old age he begat Emer; and he anointed Emer to be king to reign in his stead.

Ether 9:32
And it came to pass that there were many of them which did perish by the way; nevertheless, there were some which fled into the land southward.

Ether 10:3
And his eldest son, whose name was Shez, did rebel against him; nevertheless, Shez was smitten by the hand of a robber, because of his exceeding riches, which brought peace again unto his father.

Ether 10:34
Now Com did fight against them much; nevertheless, he did not prevail against them.

Ether 14:12
And it came to pass that he fought with Lib, in which Lib did smite upon his arm that he was wounded; nevertheless, the army of Coriantumr did press forward upon Lib, that he fled to the borders upon the seashore.

Ether 14:16
And when he had come to the plains of Agosh he gave battle unto Lib, and he smote upon him until he died; nevertheless, the brother of Lib did come against Coriantumr in the stead thereof, and the battle became exceedingly sore, in the which Coriantumr fled again before the army of the brother of Lib.

Ether 14:24
Nevertheless, Shiz did not cease to pursue Coriantumr; for he had sworn to avenge himself upon Coriantumr of the blood of his brother, who had been slain, and the word of the Lord which came to Ether that Coriantumr should not fall by the sword.

Ether 15:17
And it came to pass that on the morrow they did go again to battle, and great and terrible was that day; nevertheless, they conquered not, and when the night came again they did rend the air with their cries, and their howlings, and their mournings, for the loss of the slain of their people.