Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'desired' occurs 123 times in the standard works.

32 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'desired' in the standard works and contain 26% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 13 minutes to read the entire list.

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3 Ne. 28:5-9 (5 in 5 verses)

Alma 19:6-7 (3 in 2 verses)

Jacob 4:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 5:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 47:33 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 54:2 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 6:17 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 19:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 132:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 19:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 41:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 47:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Morm. 6:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 7:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 24 1 25
NT 26 1 27
BM 62 0 62
1 Ne. 5 0 5
2 Ne. 1 0 1
Jacob 2 0 2
Enos 1 0 1
Mosiah 5 0 5
Alma 26 0 26
Hel. 3 0 3
3 Ne. 10 0 10
Morm. 3 0 3
Ether 6 0 6
DC 10 1 11
PGP 1 0 1
TOTAL 123 3 126

1 Ne. 3:12
And he desired of Laban the records which were engraven upon the plates of brass, which contained the genealogy of my father.

1 Ne. 3:24
And it came to pass that we went in unto Laban, and desired him that he would give unto us the records which were engraven upon the plates of brass, for which we would give unto him our gold, and our silver, and all our precious things.

1 Ne. 11:1
For it came to pass after I had desired to know the things that my father had seen, and believing that the Lord was able to make them known unto me, as I sat pondering in mine heart I was caught away in the Spirit of the Lord, yea, into an exceedingly high mountain, which I never had before seen, and upon which I never had before set my foot.

1 Ne. 11:6
And when I had spoken these words, the Spirit cried with a loud voice, saying: Hosanna to the Lord, the most high God; for he is God over all the earth, yea, even above all. And blessed art thou, Nephi, because thou believest in the Son of the most high God; wherefore, thou shalt behold the things which thou hast desired.

1 Ne. 18:21
And it came to pass after they had loosed me, behold, I took the compass, and it did work whither I desired it. And it came to pass that I prayed unto the Lord; and after I had prayed the winds did cease, and the storm did cease, and there was a great calm.