Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'course' occurs 67 times in the standard works.

22 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'course' in the standard works and contain 32.8% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 10 minutes to read the entire list.

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1 Chr. 27:1-15 (17 in 15 verses)

Alma 37:42-45 (5 in 4 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 23 21 44
NT 12 1 13
BM 25 4 29
DC 5 3 8
PGP 2 0 2
TOTAL 67 29 96

D&C 3:2
For God doth not walk in crooked paths, neither doth he turn to the right hand nor to the left, neither doth he vary from that which he hath said, therefore his paths are straight, and his course is one eternal round.

D&C 35:1
Listen to the voice of the Lord your God, even Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, whose course is one eternal round, the same today as yesterday, and forever.

D&C 61:29
And unto you is given the course for the saints, or the way for the saints of the camp of the Lord, to journey.

D&C 88:40
For intelligence cleaveth unto intelligence; wisdom receiveth wisdom; truth embraceth truth; virtue loveth virtue; light cleaveth unto light; mercy hath compassion on mercy and claimeth her own; justice continueth its course and claimeth its own; judgment goeth before the face of him who sitteth upon the throne and governeth and executeth all things.

D&C 121:33
How long can rolling waters remain impure? What power shall stay the heavens? As well might man stretch forth his puny arm to stop the Missouri river in its decreed course, or to turn it up stream, as to hinder the Almighty from pouring down knowledge from heaven upon the heads of the Latter-day Saints.