Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'expectation' occurs 15 times in the standard works.

2 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'expectation' in the standard works and contain 13.3% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 1 minutes to read the entire list.

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Isa. 20:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

 20:5 And they shall be afraid and ashamed of Ethiopia their expectation, and of Egypt their glory.

 20:6 And the inhabitant of this isle shall say in that day, Behold, such is our expectation, whither we flee for help to be delivered from the king of Assyria: and how shall we escape?




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Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 10 0 10
NT 4 0 4
BM 0 0 0
DC 1 1 2
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 15 1 16

Ps. 9:18
For the needy shall not alway be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever.

Ps. 62:5
My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from him.

Prov. 10:28
The hope of the righteous shall be gladness: but the expectation of the wicked shall perish.

Prov. 11:7
When a wicked man dieth, his expectation shall perish: and the hope of unjust men perisheth.

Prov. 11:23
The desire of the righteous is only good: but the expectation of the wicked is wrath.

Prov. 23:18
For surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be cut off.

Prov. 24:14
So shall the knowledge of wisdom be unto thy soul: when thou hast found it, then there shall be a reward, and thy expectation shall not be cut off.

Isa. 20:5
And they shall be afraid and ashamed of Ethiopia their expectation, and of Egypt their glory.

Isa. 20:6
And the inhabitant of this isle shall say in that day, Behold, such is our expectation, whither we flee for help to be delivered from the king of Assyria: and how shall we escape?

Zech. 9:5
Ashkelon shall see it, and fear; Gaza also shall see it, and be very sorrowful, and Ekron; for her expectation shall be ashamed; and the king shall perish from Gaza, and Ashkelon shall not be inhabited.

Luke 3:15
And as the people were in expectation, and all men mused in their hearts of John, whether he were the Christ, or not;

Acts 12:11
And when Peter was come to himself, he said, Now I know of a surety, that the Lord hath sent his angel, and hath delivered me out of the hand of Herod, and from all the expectation of the people of the Jews.

Rom. 8:19
For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God.

Philip. 1:20
According to my earnest expectation and my hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but that with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether it be by life, or by death.

D&C 121:27
Which our forefathers have awaited with anxious expectation to be revealed in the last times, which their minds were pointed to by the angels, as held in reserve for the fulness of their glory;

D&C 132:7
And verily I say unto you, that the conditions of this law are these: All covenants, contracts, bonds, obligations, oaths, vows, performances, connections, associations, or expectations, that are not made and entered into and sealed by the Holy Spirit of promise, of him who is anointed, both as well for time and for all eternity, and that too most holy, by revelation and commandment through the medium of mine anointed, whom I have appointed on the earth to hold this power (and I have appointed unto my servant Joseph to hold this power in the last days, and there is never but one on the earth at a time on whom this power and the keys of this priesthood are conferred), are of no efficacy, virtue, or force in and after the resurrection from the dead; for all contracts that are not made unto this end have an end when men are dead.