Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'would' occurs 1147 times in the standard works.

536 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'would' in the standard works and contain 46.7% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 194 minutes to read the entire list.

To learn more about emphasis scriptures click here.

Expand All

Alma 24:18-25 (9 in 8 verses)

Alma 33:14-21 (9 in 8 verses)

Alma 48:15-19 (8 in 5 verses)

Mosiah 29:7-13 (8 in 7 verses)

2 Ne. 1:8-13 (7 in 6 verses)

Alma 42:19-25 (7 in 7 verses)

Alma 50:30-32 (6 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 4:32-35 (6 in 4 verses)

Alma 47:11-15 (6 in 5 verses)

Job 23:4-6 (5 in 3 verses)

Job 31:35-37 (5 in 3 verses)

Alma 43:10-12 (5 in 3 verses)

Alma 61:10-12 (5 in 3 verses)

Ether 6:25-27 (5 in 3 verses)

Alma 12:23-26 (5 in 4 verses)

Moro. 10:1-4 (5 in 4 verses)

Enos 1:13-17 (5 in 5 verses)

Mosiah 1:3-7 (5 in 5 verses)

Dan. 5:19 (4 in 1 verse)

JS-M 1:47 (4 in 1 verse)

Song. 8:1-2 (4 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 15:24-25 (4 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 2:22-23 (4 in 2 verses)

Alma 52:10-11 (4 in 2 verses)

Ether 15:4-5 (4 in 2 verses)

D&C 43:24-25 (4 in 2 verses)

Job 6:8-10 (4 in 3 verses)

Rom. 7:19-21 (4 in 3 verses)

Alma 57:1-3 (4 in 3 verses)

Morm. 2:12-14 (4 in 3 verses)

JS-H 1:59-61 (4 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 5:5-8 (4 in 4 verses)

2 Ne. 9:45-48 (4 in 4 verses)

2 Ne. 29:14-30:3 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 10:19-22 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 42:5-8 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 53:16-19 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 56:5-8 (4 in 4 verses)

Judg. 13:23 (3 in 1 verse)

Isa. 27:4 (3 in 1 verse)

Matt. 24:43 (3 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 16:12 (3 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 26:4 (3 in 1 verse)

Alma 38:10 (3 in 1 verse)

Alma 44:19 (3 in 1 verse)

Alma 53:11 (3 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 10:5 (3 in 1 verse)

Neh. 10:30-31 (3 in 2 verses)

Job 9:15-16 (3 in 2 verses)

Acts 7:25-26 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 19:6-7 (3 in 2 verses)

Jacob 2:15-16 (3 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 23:27-28 (3 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 23:36-37 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 8:9-10 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 34:30-31 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 46:29-30 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 54:6-7 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 55:31-32 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 56:39-40 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 56:46-47 (3 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 6:13-14 (3 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 8:24-25 (3 in 2 verses)

Morm. 3:9-10 (3 in 2 verses)

Ether 14:1-2 (3 in 2 verses)

JS-H 1:39-40 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 23:15-17 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Chr. 11:17-19 (3 in 3 verses)

Ps. 55:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

Dan. 2:16-18 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 17:22-24 (3 in 3 verses)

Mosiah 4:24-26 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 21:10-12 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 39:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 45:23-46:1 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 49:13-15 (3 in 3 verses)

Hel. 2:5-7 (3 in 3 verses)

Ether 12:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 19:16-18 (3 in 3 verses)

Num. 11:29 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 14:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 22:29 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 28:67 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 32:26 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 5:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 8:24 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 9:29 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 11:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Ruth 1:13 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 14:29 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 5:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Job 5:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Job 9:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 81:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Song. 8:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 36:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Obad. 1:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Zech. 7:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 23:37 (2 in 1 verse)

Luke 12:39 (2 in 1 verse)

Luke 13:34 (2 in 1 verse)

Luke 16:26 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Cor. 12:20 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 3:24 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 8:37 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 32:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Jacob 1:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Jacob 1:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Omni 1:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 7:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 19:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 21:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 10:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 13:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 24:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 26:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 26:34 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 27:29 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 30:29 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 31:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 46:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 47:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 52:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 52:39 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 57:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 62:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 13:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 13:39 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 5:4 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 20:29 (2 in 1 verse)

Morm. 9:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 2:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 8:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 13:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 15:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 15:28 (2 in 1 verse)

Moro. 10:30 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 3:8 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 102:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Moses 7:51 (2 in 1 verse)

JS-H 1:53 (2 in 1 verse)

JS-H 1:65 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 42:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 1:34-35 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 12:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 18:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Neh. 9:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Job 11:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 56:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 10:35-36 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 8:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 10:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 19:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 25:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Rom. 7:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Philem. 1:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 4:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 7:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 9:53-54 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 10:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 31:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Omni 1:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Omni 1:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 2:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 2:41-3:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 4:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 5:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 19:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 1:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 13:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 13:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 22:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 31:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 37:43-44 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 38:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 40:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 58:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 5:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 6:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 12:48-13:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 3:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 11:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 11:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Moro. 10:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 98:36-37 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 137:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

JS-H 1:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

JS-H 1:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

JS-H 1:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

JS-H 1:45-46 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 269 29 298
NT 182 9 191
BM 612 6 618
DC 46 3 49
PGP 38 0 38
TOTAL 1147 47 1194

D&C 2:3
If it were not so, the whole earth would be utterly wasted at his coming.

D&C 3:8
Yet you should have been faithful; and he would have extended his arm and supported you against all the fiery darts of the adversary; and he would have been with you in every time of trouble.

D&C 5:7
Behold, if they will not believe my words, they would not believe you, my servant Joseph, if it were possible that you should show them all these things which I have committed unto you.

D&C 8:4
Therefore this is thy gift; apply unto it, and blessed art thou, for it shall deliver you out of the hands of your enemies, when, if it were not so, they would slay you and bring your soul to destruction.

D&C 9:1
Behold, I say unto you, my son, that because you did not translate according to that which you desired of me, and did commence again to write for my servant, Joseph Smith, Jun., even so I would that ye should continue until you have finished this record, which I have entrusted unto him.

D&C 9:7
Behold, you have not understood; you have supposed that I would give it unto you, when you took no thought save it was to ask me.

D&C 10:40
And now, because the account which is engraven upon the plates of Nephi is more particular concerning the things which, in my wisdom, I would bring to the knowledge of the people in this account--

D&C 15:4
For many times you have desired of me to know that which would be of the most worth unto you.

D&C 16:4
For many times you have desired of me to know that which would be of the most worth unto you.

D&C 19:16
For behold, I, God, have suffered these things for all, that they might not suffer if they would repent;

D&C 19:17
But if they would not repent they must suffer even as I;

D&C 19:18
Which suffering caused myself, even God, the greatest of all, to tremble because of pain, and to bleed at every pore, and to suffer both body and spirit-- and would that I might not drink the bitter cup, and shrink--

D&C 20:25
That as many as would believe and be baptized in his holy name, and endure in faith to the end, should be saved--

D&C 29:43
And thus did I, the Lord God, appoint unto man the days of his probation-- that by his natural death he might be raised in immortality unto eternal life, even as many as would believe;

D&C 34:3
Who so loved the world that he gave his own life, that as many as would believe might become the sons of God. Wherefore you are my son;

D&C 40:1
Behold, verily I say unto you, that the heart of my servant James Covel was right before me, for he covenanted with me that he would obey my word.

D&C 42:55
And if thou obtainest more than that which would be for thy support, thou shalt give it into my storehouse, that all things may be done according to that which I have said.

D&C 43:24
O, ye nations of the earth, how often would I have gathered you together as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, but ye would not!

D&C 43:25
How oft have I called upon you by the mouth of my servants, and by the ministering of angels, and by mine own voice, and by the voice of thunderings, and by the voice of lightnings, and by the voice of tempests, and by the voice of earthquakes, and great hailstorms, and by the voice of famines and pestilences of every kind, and by the great sound of a trump, and by the voice of judgment, and by the voice of mercy all the day long, and by the voice of glory and honor and the riches of eternal life, and would have saved you with an everlasting salvation, but ye would not!

D&C 46:7
But ye are commanded in all things to ask of God, who giveth liberally; and that which the Spirit testifies unto you even so I would that ye should do in all holiness of heart, walking uprightly before me, considering the end of your salvation, doing all things with prayer and thanksgiving, that ye may not be seduced by evil spirits, or doctrines of devils, or the commandments of men; for some are of men, and others of devils.

D&C 46:10
And again, verily I say unto you, I would that ye should always remember, and always retain in your minds what those gifts are, that are given unto the church.

D&C 51:11
Wherefore, if another church would receive money of this church, let them pay unto this church again according as they shall agree;

D&C 53:7
And again, I would that ye should learn that he only is saved who endureth unto the end. Even so. Amen.

D&C 61:8
Nevertheless, I would not suffer that ye should part until you were chastened for all your sins, that you might be one, that you might not perish in wickedness;

D&C 63:22
And now, verily I say unto you, that as I said that I would make known my will unto you, behold I will make it known unto you, not by the way of commandment, for there are many who observe not to keep my commandments.

D&C 98:36
Then I, the Lord, would give unto them a commandment, and justify them in going out to battle against that nation, tongue, or people.

D&C 98:37
And I, the Lord, would fight their battles, and their children's battles, and their children's children's, until they had avenged themselves on all their enemies, to the third and fourth generation.

D&C 101:10
I have sworn, and the decree hath gone forth by a former commandment which I have given unto you, that I would let fall the sword of mine indignation in behalf of my people; and even as I have said, it shall come to pass.

D&C 101:54
And behold, the watchman upon the tower would have seen the enemy while he was yet afar off; and then ye could have made ready and kept the enemy from breaking down the hedge thereof, and saved my vineyard from the hands of the destroyer.

D&C 101:84
And he would not for a while, but afterward he said within himself: Though I fear not God, nor regard man, yet because this widow troubleth me I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me.

D&C 102:4
The above-named councilors were then asked whether they accepted their appointments, and whether they would act in that office according to the law of heaven, to which they all answered that they accepted their appointments, and would fill their offices according to the grace of God bestowed upon them.

D&C 123:1
And again, we would suggest for your consideration the propriety of all the saints gathering up a knowledge of all the facts, and sufferings and abuses put upon them by the people of this State;

D&C 124:98
And these signs shall follow him-- he shall heal the sick, he shall cast out devils, and shall be delivered from those who would administer unto him deadly poison;

D&C 127:1
Forasmuch as the Lord has revealed unto me that my enemies, both in Missouri and this State, were again in the pursuit of me; and inasmuch as they pursue me without a cause, and have not the least shadow or coloring of justice or right on their side in the getting up of their prosecutions against me; and inasmuch as their pretensions are all founded in falsehood of the blackest dye, I have thought it expedient and wisdom in me to leave the place for a short season, for my own safety and the safety of this people. I would say to all those with whom I have business, that I have left my affairs with agents and clerks who will transact all business in a prompt and proper manner, and will see that all my debts are canceled in due time, by turning out property, or otherwise, as the case may require, or as the circumstances may admit of. When I learn that the storm is fully blown over, then I will return to you again.

D&C 128:1
As I stated to you in my letter before I left my place, that I would write to you from time to time and give you information in relation to many subjects, I now resume the subject of the baptism for the dead, as that subject seems to occupy my mind, and press itself upon my feelings the strongest, since I have been pursued by my enemies.

D&C 128:3
Now, in relation to this matter, it would be very difficult for one recorder to be present at all times, and to do all the business. To obviate this difficulty, there can be a recorder appointed in each ward of the city, who is well qualified for taking accurate minutes; and let him be very particular and precise in taking the whole proceedings, certifying in his record that he saw with his eyes, and heard with his ears, giving the date, and names, and so forth, and the history of the whole transaction; naming also some three individuals that are present, if there be any present, who can at any time when called upon certify to the same, that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.

D&C 128:22
Brethren, shall we not go on in so great a cause? Go forward and not backward. Courage, brethren; and on, on to the victory! Let your hearts rejoice, and be exceedingly glad. Let the earth break forth into singing. Let the dead speak forth anthems of eternal praise to the King Immanuel, who hath ordained, before the world was, that which would enable us to redeem them out of their prison; for the prisoners shall go free.

D&C 134:6
We believe that every man should be honored in his station, rulers and magistrates as such, being placed for the protection of the innocent and the punishment of the guilty; and that to the laws all men owe respect and deference, as without them peace and harmony would be supplanted by anarchy and terror; human laws being instituted for the express purpose of regulating our interests as individuals and nations, between man and man; and divine laws given of heaven, prescribing rules on spiritual concerns, for faith and worship, both to be answered by man to his Maker.

D&C 135:5
And it came to pass that I prayed unto the Lord that he would give unto the Gentiles grace, that they might have charity. And it came to pass that the Lord said unto me: If they have not charity it mattereth not unto thee, thou hast been faithful; wherefore thy garments shall be made clean. And because thou hast seen thy weakness, thou shalt be made strong, even unto the sitting down in the place which I have prepared in the mansions of my Father. And now I ... bid farewell unto the Gentiles; yea, and also unto my brethren whom I love, until we shall meet before the judgment-seat of Christ, where all men shall know that my garments are not spotted with your blood. The testators are now dead, and their testament is in force.

D&C 137:7
Thus came the voice of the Lord unto me, saying: All who have died without a knowledge of this gospel, who would have received it if they had been permitted to tarry, shall be heirs of the celestial kingdom of God;

D&C 137:8
Also all that shall die henceforth without a knowledge of it, who would have received it with all their hearts, shall be heirs of that kingdom;

D&C 138:31
And the chosen messengers went forth to declare the acceptable day of the Lord and proclaim liberty to the captives who were bound, even unto all who would repent of their sins and receive the gospel.