Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'hearts' occurs 511 times in the standard works.

145 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'hearts' in the standard works and contain 28.4% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 59 minutes to read the entire list.

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3 Ne. 2:1-3 (5 in 3 verses)

D&C 98:16-20 (5 in 5 verses)

Hel. 13:20-22 (4 in 3 verses)

Hel. 3:33-36 (4 in 4 verses)

Hel. 12:1-4 (4 in 4 verses)

Jacob 2:35 (3 in 1 verse)

Morm. 8:36 (3 in 1 verse)

Hel. 16:22-23 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 19:13-15 (3 in 3 verses)

Jacob 6:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 12:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 48:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Sam. 6:6 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 7:3 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 7:8 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 17:19 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 32:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Jacob 7:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 24:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 5:53 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 7:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 23:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 34:31 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 13:8 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 19:33 (2 in 1 verse)

Morm. 1:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Morm. 8:28 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 15:19 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 2:2 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 27:9 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 110:6 (2 in 1 verse)

JS-H 1:39 (2 in 1 verse)


Acts 15:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

 15:8 And God, which knoweth the hearts, bare them witness, giving them the Holy Ghost, even as he did unto us;

 15:9 And put no difference between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith.




Col. 3:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 14:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 15:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 15:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 17:41-42 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 18:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 33:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 4:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 5:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 11:29-12:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 18:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 23:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 5:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 12:36-37 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 13:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 24:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 31:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 31:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 33:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 39:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 6:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 11:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 8:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 10:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 10:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 29:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 56:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 104:80-81 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 137:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Abr. 1:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 52 0 52
NT 61 0 61
Matt. 3 0 3
Mark 4 0 4
Luke 12 0 12
Acts 5 0 5
Rom. 5 0 5
1 Cor. 1 0 1
2 Cor. 4 0 4
Gal. 1 0 1
Eph. 2 0 2
Philip. 1 0 1
Col. 4 0 4
1 Thes. 2 0 2
2 Thes. 2 0 2
Heb. 6 0 6
James 4 0 4
1 Pet. 1 0 1
2 Pet. 1 0 1
1 Jn. 1 0 1
Rev. 2 0 2
BM 280 0 280
DC 108 0 108
PGP 10 0 10
TOTAL 511 0 511

Acts 1:24
And they prayed, and said, Thou, Lord, which knowest the hearts of all men, shew whether of these two thou hast chosen,

Acts 7:39
To whom our fathers would not obey, but thrust him from them, and in their hearts turned back again into Egypt,

Acts 14:17
Nevertheless he left not himself without witness, in that he did good, and gave us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness.

Acts 15:8
And God, which knoweth the hearts, bare them witness, giving them the Holy Ghost, even as he did unto us;

Acts 15:9
And put no difference between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith.