Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'path' occurs 38 times in the standard works.

10 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'path' in the standard works and contain 26.3% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 5 minutes to read the entire list.

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1 Ne. 8:20-23 (4 in 4 verses)

2 Ne. 33:9 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 4:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 31:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 23 47 70
NT 0 4 4
BM 14 14 28
DC 1 7 8
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 38 72 110

Gen. 49:17
Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that biteth the horse heels, so that his rider shall fall backward.

Num. 22:24
But the angel of the Lord stood in a path of the vineyards, a wall being on this side, and a wall on that side.

Job 28:7
There is a path which no fowl knoweth, and which the vulture's eye hath not seen:

Job 30:13
They mar my path, they set forward my calamity, they have no helper.

Job 41:32
He maketh a path to shine after him; one would think the deep to be hoary.

Ps. 16:11
Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.

Ps. 27:11
Teach me thy way, O Lord, and lead me in a plain path, because of mine enemies.

Ps. 77:19
Thy way is in the sea, and thy path in the great waters, and thy footsteps are not known.

Ps. 119:35
Make me to go in the path of thy commandments; for therein do I delight.

Ps. 119:105
Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.

Ps. 139:3
Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways.

Ps. 142:3
When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then thou knewest my path. In the way wherein I walked have they privily laid a snare for me.

Prov. 1:15
My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path:

Prov. 2:9
Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; yea, every good path.

Prov. 4:14
Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men.

Prov. 4:18
But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.

Prov. 4:26
Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established.

Prov. 5:6
Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, that thou canst not know them.

Isa. 26:7
The way of the just is uprightness: thou, most upright, dost weigh the path of the just.

Isa. 30:11
Get you out of the way, turn aside out of the path, cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us.

Isa. 40:14
With whom took he counsel, and who instructed him, and taught him in the path of judgment, and taught him knowledge, and shewed to him the way of understanding?

Isa. 43:16
Thus saith the Lord, which maketh a way in the sea, and a path in the mighty waters;

Joel 2:8
Neither shall one thrust another; they shall walk every one in his path: and when they fall upon the sword, they shall not be wounded.

1 Ne. 8:20
And I also beheld a strait and narrow path, which came along by the rod of iron, even to the tree by which I stood; and it also led by the head of the fountain, unto a large and spacious field, as if it had been a world.

1 Ne. 8:21
And I saw numberless concourses of people, many of whom were pressing forward, that they might obtain the path which led unto the tree by which I stood.

1 Ne. 8:22
And it came to pass that they did come forth, and commence in the path which led to the tree.

1 Ne. 8:23
And it came to pass that there arose a mist of darkness; yea, even an exceedingly great mist of darkness, insomuch that they who had commenced in the path did lose their way, that they wandered off and were lost.

2 Ne. 4:32
May the gates of hell be shut continually before me, because that my heart is broken and my spirit is contrite! O Lord, wilt thou not shut the gates of thy righteousness before me, that I may walk in the path of the low valley, that I may be strict in the plain road!

2 Ne. 4:33
O Lord, wilt thou encircle me around in the robe of thy righteousness! O Lord, wilt thou make a way for mine escape before mine enemies! Wilt thou make my path straight before me! Wilt thou not place a stumbling block in my way-- but that thou wouldst clear my way before me, and hedge not up my way, but the ways of mine enemy.

2 Ne. 10:20
And now, my beloved brethren, seeing that our merciful God has given us so great knowledge concerning these things, let us remember him, and lay aside our sins, and not hang down our heads, for we are not cast off; nevertheless, we have been driven out of the land of our inheritance; but we have been led to a better land, for the Lord has made the sea our path, and we are upon an isle of the sea.

2 Ne. 31:9
And again, it showeth unto the children of men the straitness of the path, and the narrowness of the gate, by which they should enter, he having set the example before them.

2 Ne. 31:18
And then are ye in this strait and narrow path which leads to eternal life; yea, ye have entered in by the gate; ye have done according to the commandments of the Father and the Son; and ye have received the Holy Ghost, which witnesses of the Father and the Son, unto the fulfilling of the promise which he hath made, that if ye entered in by the way ye should receive.

2 Ne. 31:19
And now, my beloved brethren, after ye have gotten into this strait and narrow path, I would ask if all is done? Behold, I say unto you, Nay; for ye have not come thus far save it were by the word of Christ with unshaken faith in him, relying wholly upon the merits of him who is mighty to save.

2 Ne. 33:9
I also have charity for the Gentiles. But behold, for none of these can I hope except they shall be reconciled unto Christ, and enter into the narrow gate, and walk in the strait path which leads to life, and continue in the path until the end of the day of probation.

Alma 7:19
For I perceive that ye are in the paths of righteousness; I perceive that ye are in the path which leads to the kingdom of God; yea, I perceive that ye are making his paths straight.

Hel. 15:5
And I would that ye should behold that the more part of them are in the path of their duty, and they do walk circumspectly before God, and they do observe to keep his commandments and his statutes and his judgments according to the law of Moses.

D&C 112:7
Therefore, gird up thy loins for the work. Let thy feet be shod also, for thou art chosen, and thy path lieth among the mountains, and among many nations.