Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'thoughts' occurs 86 times in the standard works.

15 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'thoughts' in the standard works and contain 17.4% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 5 minutes to read the entire list.

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Isa. 55:7-9 (5 in 3 verses)

 55:7 Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the Lord, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.

 55:8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord.

 55:9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.





Isa. 59:7 (2 in 1 verse)

 59:7 Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; wasting and destruction are in their paths.





Jer. 29:11 (2 in 1 verse)

 29:11 For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.





Alma 12:3 (2 in 1 verse)

 12:3 Now Zeezrom, seeing that thou hast been taken in thy lying and craftiness, for thou hast not lied unto men only but thou hast lied unto God; for behold, he knows all thy thoughts, and thou seest that thy thoughts are made known unto us by his Spirit;





Alma 43:48 (2 in 1 verse)

 43:48 And it came to pass that when the men of Moroni saw the fierceness and the anger of the Lamanites, they were about to shrink and flee from them. And Moroni, perceiving their intent, sent forth and inspired their hearts with these thoughts-- yea, the thoughts of their lands, their liberty, yea, their freedom from bondage.





Dan. 2:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

 2:29 As for thee, O king, thy thoughts came into thy mind upon thy bed, what should come to pass hereafter: and he that revealeth secrets maketh known to thee what shall come to pass.

 2:30 But as for me, this secret is not revealed to me for any wisdom that I have more than any living, but for their sakes that shall make known the interpretation to the king, and that thou mightest know the thoughts of thy heart.




Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 44 0 44
NT 13 0 13
BM 21 0 21
DC 7 0 7
PGP 1 0 1
TOTAL 86 0 86

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