Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'strength' occurs 397 times in the standard works.

100 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'strength' in the standard works and contain 25.2% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 40 minutes to read the entire list.

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Mosiah 10:10-11 (4 in 2 verses)

Ps. 28:7-29:1 (4 in 4 verses)

Job 6:11-12 (3 in 2 verses)

Job 18:12-13 (3 in 2 verses)

Ps. 68:34-35 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 26:11-12 (3 in 2 verses)

Ps. 84:5-7 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 58:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

Josh. 14:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 90:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 25:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 44:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Dan. 10:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Jacob 5:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Jacob 5:48 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 56:56 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 58:34 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 60:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 4:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 4:26 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 101:55 (2 in 1 verse)

JS-H 1:48 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 16:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 2:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 16:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 18:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 33:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 96:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 30:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 40:31-41:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 49:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 10:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 21:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Jacob 5:65-66 (2 in 2 verses)

W of M 1:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 27:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 31:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 58:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 61:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 7:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 14:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 24:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)


D&C 105:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

 105:16 Behold, I have commanded my servant Joseph Smith, Jun., to say unto the strength of my house, even my warriors, my young men, and middle-aged, to gather together for the redemption of my people, and throw down the towers of mine enemies, and scatter their watchmen;

 105:17 But the strength of mine house have not hearkened unto my words.




D&C 113:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 1:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 225 71 296
NT 17 10 27
BM 119 29 148
DC 29 13 42
PGP 7 0 7
TOTAL 397 123 520

D&C 3:4
For although a man may have many revelations, and have power to do many mighty works, yet if he boasts in his own strength, and sets at naught the counsels of God, and follows after the dictates of his own will and carnal desires, he must fall and incur the vengeance of a just God upon him.

D&C 4:2
Therefore, O ye that embark in the service of God, see that ye serve him with all your heart, might, mind and strength, that ye may stand blameless before God at the last day.

D&C 9:12
For, do you not behold that I have given unto my servant Joseph sufficient strength, whereby it is made up? And neither of you have I condemned.

D&C 10:4
Do not run faster or labor more than you have strength and means provided to enable you to translate; but be diligent unto the end.

D&C 11:20
Behold, this is your work, to keep my commandments, yea, with all your might, mind and strength.

D&C 20:31
And we know also, that sanctification through the grace of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ is just and true, to all those who love and serve God with all their mights, minds, and strength.

D&C 20:53
The teacher's duty is to watch over the church always, and be with and strengthen them;

D&C 23:3
Behold, I speak unto you, Hyrum, a few words; for thou also art under no condemnation, and thy heart is opened, and thy tongue loosed; and thy calling is to exhortation, and to strengthen the church continually. Wherefore thy duty is unto the church forever, and this because of thy family. Amen.

D&C 23:4
Behold, I speak a few words unto you, Samuel; for thou also art under no condemnation, and thy calling is to exhortation, and to strengthen the church; and thou art not as yet called to preach before the world. Amen.

D&C 23:5
Behold, I speak a few words unto you, Joseph; for thou also art under no condemnation, and thy calling also is to exhortation, and to strengthen the church; and this is thy duty from henceforth and forever. Amen.

D&C 24:7
For thou shalt devote all thy service in Zion; and in this thou shalt have strength.

D&C 24:9
And in temporal labors thou shalt not have strength, for this is not thy calling. Attend to thy calling and thou shalt have wherewith to magnify thine office, and to expound all scriptures, and continue in laying on of the hands and confirming the churches.

D&C 24:11
In me he shall have glory, and not of himself, whether in weakness or in strength, whether in bonds or free;

D&C 24:12
And at all times, and in all places, he shall open his mouth and declare my gospel as with the voice of a trump, both day and night. And I will give unto him strength such as is not known among men.

D&C 30:1
Behold, I say unto you, David, that you have feared man and have not relied on me for strength as you ought.

D&C 31:8
And you shall strengthen them and prepare them against the time when they shall be gathered.

D&C 33:7
Yea, verily, verily, I say unto you, that the field is white already to harvest; wherefore, thrust in your sickles, and reap with all your might, mind, and strength.

D&C 37:2
And again, I say unto you that ye shall not go until ye have preached my gospel in those parts, and have strengthened up the church whithersoever it is found, and more especially in Colesville; for, behold, they pray unto me in much faith.

D&C 50:37
Let my servant Joseph Wakefield, in whom I am well pleased, and my servant Parley P. Pratt go forth among the churches and strengthen them by the word of exhortation;

D&C 59:3
Yea, blessed are they whose feet stand upon the land of Zion, who have obeyed my gospel; for they shall receive for their reward the good things of the earth, and it shall bring forth in its strength.

D&C 59:5
Wherefore, I give unto them a commandment, saying thus: Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, with all thy might, mind, and strength; and in the name of Jesus Christ thou shalt serve him.

D&C 59:19
Yea, for food and for raiment, for taste and for smell, to strengthen the body and to enliven the soul.

D&C 81:5
Wherefore, be faithful; stand in the office which I have appointed unto you; succor the weak, lift up the hands which hang down, and strengthen the feeble knees.

D&C 82:14
For Zion must increase in beauty, and in holiness; her borders must be enlarged; her stakes must be strengthened; yea, verily I say unto you, Zion must arise and put on her beautiful garments.

D&C 84:101
The earth hath travailed and brought forth her strength; And truth is established in her bowels; And the heavens have smiled upon her; And she is clothed with the glory of her God; For he stands in the midst of his people.

D&C 96:1
Behold, I say unto you, here is wisdom, whereby ye may know how to act concerning this matter, for it is expedient in me that this stake that I have set for the strength of Zion should be made strong.

D&C 98:47
But if the children shall repent, or the children's children, and turn to the Lord their God, with all their hearts and with all their might, mind, and strength, and restore four-fold for all their trespasses wherewith they have trespassed, or wherewith their fathers have trespassed, or their fathers' fathers, then thine indignation shall be turned away;

D&C 101:21
Until the day cometh when there is found no more room for them; and then I have other places which I will appoint unto them, and they shall be called stakes, for the curtains or the strength of Zion.

D&C 101:55
And the lord of the vineyard said unto one of his servants: Go and gather together the residue of my servants, and take all the strength of mine house, which are my warriors, my young men, and they that are of middle age also among all my servants, who are the strength of mine house, save those only whom I have appointed to tarry;

D&C 103:22
Therefore let my servant Joseph Smith, Jun., say unto the strength of my house, my young men and the middle aged-- Gather yourselves together unto the land of Zion, upon the land which I have bought with money that has been consecrated unto me.

D&C 103:30
It is my will that my servant Parley P. Pratt and my servant Lyman Wight should not return to the land of their brethren, until they have obtained companies to go up unto the land of Zion, by tens, or by twenties, or by fifties, or by an hundred, until they have obtained to the number of five hundred of the strength of my house.

D&C 103:34
But verily I say unto you, a commandment I give unto you, that ye shall not go up unto the land of Zion until you have obtained a hundred of the strength of my house, to go up with you unto the land of Zion.

D&C 105:16
Behold, I have commanded my servant Joseph Smith, Jun., to say unto the strength of my house, even my warriors, my young men, and middle-aged, to gather together for the redemption of my people, and throw down the towers of mine enemies, and scatter their watchmen;

D&C 105:17
But the strength of mine house have not hearkened unto my words.

D&C 105:27
And I will soften the hearts of the people, as I did the heart of Pharaoh, from time to time, until my servant Joseph Smith, Jun., and mine elders, whom I have appointed, shall have time to gather up the strength of my house,

D&C 108:7
Therefore, strengthen your brethren in all your conversation, in all your prayers, in all your exhortations, and in all your doings.

D&C 113:7
Questions by Elias Higbee: What is meant by the command in Isaiah, 52d chapter, 1st verse, which saith: Put on thy strength, O Zion-- and what people had Isaiah reference to?

D&C 113:8
He had reference to those whom God should call in the last days, who should hold the power of priesthood to bring again Zion, and the redemption of Israel; and to put on her strength is to put on the authority of the priesthood, which she, Zion, has a right to by lineage; also to return to that power which she had lost.

D&C 132:53
For I am the Lord thy God, and ye shall obey my voice; and I give unto my servant Joseph that he shall be made ruler over many things; for he hath been faithful over a few things, and from henceforth I will strengthen him.

D&C 133:9
And behold, and lo, this shall be their cry, and the voice of the Lord unto all people: Go ye forth unto the land of Zion, that the borders of my people may be enlarged, and that her stakes may be strengthened, and that Zion may go forth unto the regions round about.

D&C 133:46
And it shall be said: Who is this that cometh down from God in heaven with dyed garments; yea, from the regions which are not known, clothed in his glorious apparel, traveling in the greatness of his strength?