Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'desirous' occurs 70 times in the standard works.

20 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'desirous' in the standard works and contain 28.6% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 8 minutes to read the entire list.

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Alma 51:4-6 (4 in 3 verses)


Mosiah 21:33-35 (3 in 3 verses)

 21:33 And it came to pass that king Limhi and many of his people were desirous to be baptized; but there was none in the land that had authority from God. And Ammon declined doing this thing, considering himself an unworthy servant.

 21:34 Therefore they did not at that time form themselves into a church, waiting upon the Spirit of the Lord. Now they were desirous to become even as Alma and his brethren, who had fled into the wilderness.

 21:35 They were desirous to be baptized as a witness and a testimony that they were willing to serve God with all their hearts; nevertheless they did prolong the time; and an account of their baptism shall be given hereafter.




Alma 56:21-23 (3 in 3 verses)

Mosiah 8:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 25:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 46:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 9:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 62:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 1 0 1
NT 5 0 5
BM 63 0 63
DC 1 0 1
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 70 0 70

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