Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'hope' occurs 190 times in the standard works.

48 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'hope' in the standard works and contain 25.3% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 19 minutes to read the entire list.

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Moro. 7:40-48 (9 in 9 verses)

Rom. 8:20-25 (6 in 6 verses)

Moro. 10:20-22 (4 in 3 verses)

1 Cor. 9:10 (3 in 1 verse)

Acts 26:6-7 (3 in 2 verses)

Jacob 4:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

Job 17:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Rom. 4:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Rom. 15:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 12:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 12:32 (2 in 1 verse)

A of F 1:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Job 8:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Rom. 5:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Heb. 6:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 12:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 69 7 76
NT 61 5 66
BM 50 9 59
DC 8 1 9
PGP 2 0 2
TOTAL 190 22 212

D&C 4:5
And faith, hope, charity and love, with an eye single to the glory of God, qualify him for the work.

D&C 6:19
Admonish him in his faults, and also receive admonition of him. Be patient; be sober; be temperate; have patience, faith, hope and charity.

D&C 12:8
And no one can assist in this work except he shall be humble and full of love, having faith, hope, and charity, being temperate in all things, whatsoever shall be entrusted to his care.

D&C 18:19
And if you have not faith, hope, and charity, you can do nothing.

D&C 42:45
Thou shalt live together in love, insomuch that thou shalt weep for the loss of them that die, and more especially for those that have not hope of a glorious resurrection.

D&C 121:11
And they who do charge thee with transgression, their hope shall be blasted, and their prospects shall melt away as the hoar frost melteth before the burning rays of the rising sun;

D&C 121:14
That they may be disappointed also, and their hopes may be cut off;

D&C 128:21
And again, the voice of God in the chamber of old Father Whitmer, in Fayette, Seneca county, and at sundry times, and in divers places through all the travels and tribulations of this Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints! And the voice of Michael, the archangel; the voice of Gabriel, and of Raphael, and of divers angels, from Michael or Adam down to the present time, all declaring their dispensation, their rights, their keys, their honors, their majesty and glory, and the power of their priesthood; giving line upon line, precept upon precept; here a little, and there a little; giving us consolation by holding forth that which is to come, confirming our hope!

D&C 138:14
All these had departed the mortal life, firm in the hope of a glorious resurrection, through the grace of God the Father and his Only Begotten Son, Jesus Christ.