Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'suppose' occurs 78 times in the standard works.

30 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'suppose' in the standard works and contain 38.5% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 11 minutes to read the entire list.

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1 Ne. 17:33-34 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 29:9-10 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 5:24-25 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 60:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 30:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 5:45 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 26:24 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 33:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 40:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Morm. 9:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Jacob 2:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 32:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 3:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 1 0 1
NT 9 8 17
BM 64 40 104
DC 3 2 5
PGP 1 2 3
TOTAL 78 52 130

D&C 11:15
Behold, I command you that you need not suppose that you are called to preach until you are called.

D&C 24:10
And thy brother Oliver shall continue in bearing my name before the world, and also to the church. And he shall not suppose that he can say enough in my cause; and lo, I am with him to the end.

D&C 121:39
We have learned by sad experience that it is the nature and disposition of almost all men, as soon as they get a little authority, as they suppose, they will immediately begin to exercise unrighteous dominion.