Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'ought' occurs 142 times in the standard works.

26 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'ought' in the standard works and contain 18.3% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 9 minutes to read the entire list.

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Alma 1:3 (3 in 1 verse)

Alma 36:29-30 (3 in 2 verses)

Lev. 25:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 26:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Acts 24:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 9:30 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 60:10 (2 in 1 verse)

JS-H 1:28 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 12:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 2:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 15:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 29:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 39 1138 1177
NT 58 306 364
BM 35 459 494
1 Ne. 1 39 40
2 Ne. 1 35 36
Jacob 1 29 30
Enos 0 3 3
Omni 1 4 5
Mosiah 10 64 74
Alma 16 160 176
Hel. 2 23 25
3 Ne. 2 39 41
4 Ne. 0 4 4
Morm. 0 13 13
Ether 0 39 39
Moro. 1 7 8
DC 8 67 75
PGP 2 24 26
TOTAL 142 1994 2136

1 Ne. 15:3
For he truly spake many great things unto them, which were hard to be understood, save a man should inquire of the Lord; and they being hard in their hearts, therefore they did not look unto the Lord as they ought.