Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'desired' occurs 123 times in the standard works.

32 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'desired' in the standard works and contain 26% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 13 minutes to read the entire list.

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3 Ne. 28:5-9 (5 in 5 verses)

Alma 19:6-7 (3 in 2 verses)

Jacob 4:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 5:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 47:33 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 54:2 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 6:17 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 19:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 132:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 19:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 41:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 47:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Morm. 6:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 7:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 24 1 25
NT 26 1 27
BM 62 0 62
1 Ne. 5 0 5
2 Ne. 1 0 1
Jacob 2 0 2
Enos 1 0 1
Mosiah 5 0 5
Alma 26 0 26
Hel. 3 0 3
3 Ne. 10 0 10
Morm. 3 0 3
Ether 6 0 6
DC 10 1 11
PGP 1 0 1
TOTAL 123 3 126

Enos 1:13
And now behold, this was the desire which I desired of him-- that if it should so be, that my people, the Nephites, should fall into transgression, and by any means be destroyed, and the Lamanites should not be destroyed, that the Lord God would preserve a record of my people, the Nephites; even if it so be by the power of his holy arm, that it might be brought forth at some future day unto the Lamanites, that, perhaps, they might be brought unto salvation--