Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'wilderness' occurs 571 times in the standard works.

236 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'wilderness' in the standard works and contain 41.3% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 104 minutes to read the entire list.

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1 Ne. 16:9-16 (10 in 8 verses)

1 Ne. 16:35-17:4 (10 in 9 verses)

Alma 22:27-34 (9 in 8 verses)

1 Ne. 4:33-5:2 (8 in 8 verses)

Mosiah 22:11-23:1 (7 in 7 verses)

Alma 16:2-8 (7 in 7 verses)

1 Ne. 2:2-6 (6 in 5 verses)

Alma 43:22-27 (6 in 6 verses)

Alma 50:7-11 (5 in 5 verses)

Ether 14:3-7 (5 in 5 verses)

1 Sam. 26:2-3 (4 in 2 verses)

Omni 1:27-29 (4 in 3 verses)

Mosiah 9:2-4 (4 in 3 verses)

Alma 2:36-38 (4 in 3 verses)

Num. 14:32-35 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 25:5-8 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 58:16-19 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Sam. 23:14-15 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 23:24-25 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 17:20-21 (3 in 2 verses)

Omni 1:12-13 (3 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 20:4-5 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 46:31-32 (3 in 2 verses)

Ex. 16:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

Num. 33:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

Josh. 5:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 20:13-15 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 7:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 18:25-19:2 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 17:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 58:22-24 (3 in 3 verses)

Hel. 11:31-33 (3 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 4:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

Ether 2:5-7 (3 in 3 verses)

Ex. 15:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 10:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 29:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 64:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 7:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 19:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 24:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 31:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 62:34 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 4:13 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 88:66 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 128:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 21:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 8:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 14:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 19:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 16:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 26:64-65 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 33:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 2:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 8:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 32:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)


Isa. 41:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

 41:18 I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the valleys: I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.

 41:19 I will plant in the wilderness the cedar, the shittah tree, and the myrtle, and the oil tree; I will set in the desert the fir tree, and the pine, and the box tree together:




Isa. 43:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 20:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 20:35-36 (2 in 2 verses)

Joel 1:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 1:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 1:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 3:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 5:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 7:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 17:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 18:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 2:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 8:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 10:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 24:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 56:39-40 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 58:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 4:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 84:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 269 0 269
Gen. 7 0 7
Ex. 23 0 23
Lev. 4 0 4
Num. 45 0 45
Deut. 19 0 19
Josh. 15 0 15
Judg. 9 0 9
1 Sam. 18 0 18
2 Sam. 6 0 6
1 Kgs. 4 0 4
2 Kgs. 1 0 1
1 Chr. 4 0 4
2 Chr. 6 0 6
Neh. 2 0 2
Job 6 0 6
Ps. 22 0 22
Prov. 1 0 1
Song. 2 0 2
Isa. 21 0 21
Jer. 21 0 21
Lam. 3 0 3
Ezek. 15 0 15
Hosea 5 0 5
Joel 5 0 5
Amos 3 0 3
Zeph. 1 0 1
Mal. 1 0 1
NT 35 0 35
BM 249 0 249
DC 17 0 17
PGP 1 0 1
TOTAL 571 0 571

Isa. 14:17
That made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof; that opened not the house of his prisoners?

Isa. 16:1
Send ye the lamb to the ruler of the land from Sela to the wilderness, unto the mount of the daughter of Zion.

Isa. 16:8
For the fields of Heshbon languish, and the vine of Sibmah: the lords of the heathen have broken down the principal plants thereof, they are come even unto Jazer, they wandered through the wilderness: her branches are stretched out, they are gone over the sea.

Isa. 23:13
Behold the land of the Chaldeans; this people was not, till the Assyrian founded it for them that dwell in the wilderness: they set up the towers thereof, they raised up the palaces thereof; and he brought it to ruin.

Isa. 27:10
Yet the defenced city shall be desolate, and the habitation forsaken, and left like a wilderness: there shall the calf feed, and there shall he lie down, and consume the branches thereof.

Isa. 32:15
Until the spirit be poured upon us from on high, and the wilderness be a fruitful field, and the fruitful field be counted for a forest.

Isa. 32:16
Then judgment shall dwell in the wilderness, and righteousness remain in the fruitful field.

Isa. 33:9
The earth mourneth and languisheth: Lebanon is ashamed and hewn down: Sharon is like a wilderness; and Bashan and Carmel shake off their fruits.

Isa. 35:1
The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose.

Isa. 35:6
Then shall the lame man leap as an hart, and the tongue of the dumb sing: for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in the desert.

Isa. 40:3
The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.

Isa. 41:18
I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the valleys: I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.

Isa. 41:19
I will plant in the wilderness the cedar, the shittah tree, and the myrtle, and the oil tree; I will set in the desert the fir tree, and the pine, and the box tree together:

Isa. 42:11
Let the wilderness and the cities thereof lift up their voice, the villages that Kedar doth inhabit: let the inhabitants of the rock sing, let them shout from the top of the mountains.

Isa. 43:19
Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.

Isa. 43:20
The beast of the field shall honour me, the dragons and the owls: because I give waters in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert, to give drink to my people, my chosen.

Isa. 50:2
Wherefore, when I came, was there no man? when I called, was there none to answer? Is my hand shortened at all, that it cannot redeem? or have I no power to deliver? behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea, I make the rivers a wilderness: their fish stinketh, because there is no water, and dieth for thirst.

Isa. 51:3
For the Lord shall comfort Zion: he will comfort all her waste places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the Lord; joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.

Isa. 63:13
That led them through the deep, as an horse in the wilderness, that they should not stumble?

Isa. 64:10
Thy holy cities are a wilderness, Zion is a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation.