Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'must' occurs 481 times in the standard works.

197 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'must' in the standard works and contain 41% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 76 minutes to read the entire list.

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2 Ne. 9:4-17 (15 in 14 verses)

1 Ne. 22:15-24 (10 in 10 verses)

2 Ne. 2:11-17 (8 in 7 verses)

1 Ne. 15:32-34 (7 in 3 verses)

Moro. 10:20-22 (6 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 28:18-23 (6 in 6 verses)


2 Ne. 32:4-9 (6 in 6 verses)

 32:4 Wherefore, now after I have spoken these words, if ye cannot understand them it will be because ye ask not, neither do ye knock; wherefore, ye are not brought into the light, but must perish in the dark.

 32:5 For behold, again I say unto you that if ye will enter in by the way, and receive the Holy Ghost, it will show unto you all things what ye should do.

 32:6 Behold, this is the doctrine of Christ, and there will be no more doctrine given until after he shall manifest himself unto you in the flesh. And when he shall manifest himself unto you in the flesh, the things which he shall say unto you shall ye observe to do.

 32:7 And now I, Nephi, cannot say more; the Spirit stoppeth mine utterance, and I am left to mourn because of the unbelief, and the wickedness, and the ignorance, and the stiffneckedness of men; for they will not search knowledge, nor understand great knowledge, when it is given unto them in plainness, even as plain as word can be.

 32:8 And now, my beloved brethren, I perceive that ye ponder still in your hearts; and it grieveth me that I must speak concerning this thing. For if ye would hearken unto the Spirit which teacheth a man to pray, ye would know that ye must pray; for the evil spirit teacheth not a man to pray, but teacheth him that he must not pray.

 32:9 But behold, I say unto you that ye must pray always, and not faint; that ye must not perform any thing unto the Lord save in the first place ye shall pray unto the Father in the name of Christ, that he will consecrate thy performance unto thee, that thy performance may be for the welfare of thy soul.




D&C 82:14 (4 in 1 verse)

Alma 34:9-10 (4 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 5:1-2 (4 in 2 verses)

D&C 18:41-43 (4 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 1:24-27 (4 in 4 verses)

Morm. 7:3-6 (4 in 4 verses)

Morm. 6:21 (3 in 1 verse)

Ex. 10:25-26 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 2:21-22 (3 in 2 verses)

Morm. 5:8-9 (3 in 2 verses)

JS-H 1:46-47 (3 in 2 verses)

Moro. 7:42-44 (3 in 3 verses)

Moro. 7:44-46 (3 in 3 verses)

Moro. 8:13-15 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 46:31-33 (3 in 3 verses)

Ex. 18:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 4:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 34:18 (2 in 1 verse)

John 3:30 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Cor. 15:53 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 1:4 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 17:43 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 19:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Enos 1:26 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 12:27 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 37:16 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 1:25 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 23:2 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 28:37 (2 in 1 verse)

Morm. 3:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 3:2 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 9:8 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 19:22 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 23:6 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 58:64 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 105:6 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 107:27 (2 in 1 verse)

JS-H 1:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Mark 9:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Tim. 3:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 3:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 13:40-41 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 9:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 25:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 31:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Jacob 2:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Jacob 2:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Jacob 4:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 32:35-36 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 16:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 11:37-38 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 18:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Morm. 8:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 18:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 48:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 51:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 72:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 93:47-48 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 101:64-65 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 49 3 52
NT 83 5 88
BM 244 1 245
DC 91 0 91
PGP 14 0 14
TOTAL 481 9 490

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