Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'willing' occurs 63 times in the standard works.

12 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'willing' in the standard works and contain 19% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 5 minutes to read the entire list.

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Ex. 35:29 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 64:34 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 88:32 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 35:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)


2 Ne. 31:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

 31:13 Wherefore, my beloved brethren, I know that if ye shall follow the Son, with full purpose of heart, acting no hypocrisy and no deception before God, but with real intent, repenting of your sins, witnessing unto the Father that ye are willing to take upon you the name of Christ, by baptism-- yea, by following your Lord and your Savior down into the water, according to his word, behold, then shall ye receive the Holy Ghost; yea, then cometh the baptism of fire and of the Holy Ghost; and then can ye speak with the tongue of angels, and shout praises unto the Holy One of Israel.

 31:14 But, behold, my beloved brethren, thus came the voice of the Son unto me, saying: After ye have repented of your sins, and witnessed unto the Father that ye are willing to keep my commandments, by the baptism of water, and have received the baptism of fire and of the Holy Ghost, and can speak with a new tongue, yea, even with the tongue of angels, and after this should deny me, it would have been better for you that ye had not known me.




Mosiah 18:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 13 19 32
NT 19 6 25
BM 15 2 17
1 Ne. 1 0 1
2 Ne. 3 0 3
Mosiah 7 1 8
Alma 1 0 1
Hel. 0 1 1
3 Ne. 2 0 2
Moro. 1 0 1
DC 15 0 15
PGP 1 0 1
TOTAL 63 27 90

2 Ne. 31:10
And he said unto the children of men: Follow thou me. Wherefore, my beloved brethren, can we follow Jesus save we shall be willing to keep the commandments of the Father?

2 Ne. 31:13
Wherefore, my beloved brethren, I know that if ye shall follow the Son, with full purpose of heart, acting no hypocrisy and no deception before God, but with real intent, repenting of your sins, witnessing unto the Father that ye are willing to take upon you the name of Christ, by baptism-- yea, by following your Lord and your Savior down into the water, according to his word, behold, then shall ye receive the Holy Ghost; yea, then cometh the baptism of fire and of the Holy Ghost; and then can ye speak with the tongue of angels, and shout praises unto the Holy One of Israel.

2 Ne. 31:14
But, behold, my beloved brethren, thus came the voice of the Son unto me, saying: After ye have repented of your sins, and witnessed unto the Father that ye are willing to keep my commandments, by the baptism of water, and have received the baptism of fire and of the Holy Ghost, and can speak with a new tongue, yea, even with the tongue of angels, and after this should deny me, it would have been better for you that ye had not known me.