Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'must' occurs 481 times in the standard works.

197 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'must' in the standard works and contain 41% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 76 minutes to read the entire list.

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2 Ne. 9:4-17 (15 in 14 verses)

1 Ne. 22:15-24 (10 in 10 verses)

2 Ne. 2:11-17 (8 in 7 verses)

1 Ne. 15:32-34 (7 in 3 verses)

Moro. 10:20-22 (6 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 28:18-23 (6 in 6 verses)

2 Ne. 32:4-9 (6 in 6 verses)

D&C 82:14 (4 in 1 verse)

Alma 34:9-10 (4 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 5:1-2 (4 in 2 verses)

D&C 18:41-43 (4 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 1:24-27 (4 in 4 verses)

Morm. 7:3-6 (4 in 4 verses)


Morm. 6:21 (3 in 1 verse)

 6:21 And the day soon cometh that your mortal must put on immortality, and these bodies which are now moldering in corruption must soon become incorruptible bodies; and then ye must stand before the judgment-seat of Christ, to be judged according to your works; and if it so be that ye are righteous, then are ye blessed with your fathers who have gone before you.




Ex. 10:25-26 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 2:21-22 (3 in 2 verses)

Morm. 5:8-9 (3 in 2 verses)

JS-H 1:46-47 (3 in 2 verses)

Moro. 7:42-44 (3 in 3 verses)

Moro. 7:44-46 (3 in 3 verses)

Moro. 8:13-15 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 46:31-33 (3 in 3 verses)

Ex. 18:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 4:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 34:18 (2 in 1 verse)

John 3:30 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Cor. 15:53 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 1:4 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 17:43 (2 in 1 verse)

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