Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'truly' occurs 97 times in the standard works.

15 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'truly' in the standard works and contain 15.5% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 7 minutes to read the entire list.

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2 Ne. 3:5-7 (3 in 3 verses)

 3:5 Wherefore, Joseph truly saw our day. And he obtained a promise of the Lord, that out of the fruit of his loins the Lord God would raise up a righteous branch unto the house of Israel; not the Messiah, but a branch which was to be broken off, nevertheless, to be remembered in the covenants of the Lord that the Messiah should be made manifest unto them in the latter days, in the spirit of power, unto the bringing of them out of darkness unto light-- yea, out of hidden darkness and out of captivity unto freedom.

 3:6 For Joseph truly testified, saying: A seer shall the Lord my God raise up, who shall be a choice seer unto the fruit of my loins.

 3:7 Yea, Joseph truly said: Thus saith the Lord unto me: A choice seer will I raise up out of the fruit of thy loins; and he shall be esteemed highly among the fruit of thy loins. And unto him will I give commandment that he shall do a work for the fruit of thy loins, his brethren, which shall be of great worth unto them, even to the bringing of them to the knowledge of the covenants which I have made with thy fathers.




Jer. 3:23 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 20:37 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 27:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 32:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 32:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 7:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 24 0 24
NT 18 0 18
BM 41 0 41
1 Ne. 6 0 6
2 Ne. 4 0 4
Jacob 6 0 6
Alma 10 0 10
3 Ne. 8 0 8
4 Ne. 1 0 1
Morm. 1 0 1
Ether 3 0 3
Moro. 2 0 2
DC 10 0 10
PGP 4 0 4
TOTAL 97 0 97

2 Ne. 3:5
Wherefore, Joseph truly saw our day. And he obtained a promise of the Lord, that out of the fruit of his loins the Lord God would raise up a righteous branch unto the house of Israel; not the Messiah, but a branch which was to be broken off, nevertheless, to be remembered in the covenants of the Lord that the Messiah should be made manifest unto them in the latter days, in the spirit of power, unto the bringing of them out of darkness unto light-- yea, out of hidden darkness and out of captivity unto freedom.

2 Ne. 3:6
For Joseph truly testified, saying: A seer shall the Lord my God raise up, who shall be a choice seer unto the fruit of my loins.

2 Ne. 3:7
Yea, Joseph truly said: Thus saith the Lord unto me: A choice seer will I raise up out of the fruit of thy loins; and he shall be esteemed highly among the fruit of thy loins. And unto him will I give commandment that he shall do a work for the fruit of thy loins, his brethren, which shall be of great worth unto them, even to the bringing of them to the knowledge of the covenants which I have made with thy fathers.

2 Ne. 4:2
For behold, he truly prophesied concerning all his seed. And the prophecies which he wrote, there are not many greater. And he prophesied concerning us, and our future generations; and they are written upon the plates of brass.