Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'expedient' occurs 113 times in the standard works.

29 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'expedient' in the standard works and contain 25.7% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 13 minutes to read the entire list.

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Alma 34:9-13 (5 in 5 verses)

D&C 9:10-11 (3 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 13:27-29 (3 in 3 verses)

Mosiah 23:7 (2 in 1 verse)


Alma 58:3 (2 in 1 verse)

 58:3 Yea, and it became expedient that we should employ our men to the maintaining those parts of the land which we had regained of our possessions; therefore it became expedient that we should wait, that we might receive more strength from the land of Zarahemla and also a new supply of provisions.




2 Ne. 9:47-48 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 42:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 46:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 47:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 73:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 88:64-65 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 96:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 0 0 0
NT 7 0 7
BM 62 0 62
DC 44 0 44
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 113 0 113

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