Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'hope' occurs 190 times in the standard works.

48 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'hope' in the standard works and contain 25.3% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 19 minutes to read the entire list.

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Moro. 7:40-48 (9 in 9 verses)

 7:40 And again, my beloved brethren, I would speak unto you concerning hope. How is it that ye can attain unto faith, save ye shall have hope?

 7:41 And what is it that ye shall hope for? Behold I say unto you that ye shall have hope through the atonement of Christ and the power of his resurrection, to be raised unto life eternal, and this because of your faith in him according to the promise.

 7:42 Wherefore, if a man have faith he must needs have hope; for without faith there cannot be any hope.

 7:43 And again, behold I say unto you that he cannot have faith and hope, save he shall be meek, and lowly of heart.

 7:44 If so, his faith and hope is vain, for none is acceptable before God, save the meek and lowly in heart; and if a man be meek and lowly in heart, and confesses by the power of the Holy Ghost that Jesus is the Christ, he must needs have charity; for if he have not charity he is nothing; wherefore he must needs have charity.

 7:45 And charity suffereth long, and is kind, and envieth not, and is not puffed up, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil, and rejoiceth not in iniquity but rejoiceth in the truth, beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.

 7:46 Wherefore, my beloved brethren, if ye have not charity, ye are nothing, for charity never faileth. Wherefore, cleave unto charity, which is the greatest of all, for all things must fail--

 7:47 But charity is the pure love of Christ, and it endureth forever; and whoso is found possessed of it at the last day, it shall be well with him.

 7:48 Wherefore, my beloved brethren, pray unto the Father with all the energy of heart, that ye may be filled with this love, which he hath bestowed upon all who are true followers of his Son, Jesus Christ; that ye may become the sons of God; that when he shall appear we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is; that we may have this hope; that we may be purified even as he is pure. Amen.




Rom. 8:20-25 (6 in 6 verses)

Moro. 10:20-22 (4 in 3 verses)

1 Cor. 9:10 (3 in 1 verse)

Acts 26:6-7 (3 in 2 verses)

Jacob 4:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

Job 17:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Rom. 4:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Rom. 15:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 12:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 12:32 (2 in 1 verse)

A of F 1:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Job 8:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Rom. 5:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Heb. 6:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 12:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 69 7 76
NT 61 5 66
BM 50 9 59
1 Ne. 1 1 2
2 Ne. 2 0 2
Jacob 6 1 7
Alma 12 5 17
3 Ne. 2 0 2
Morm. 2 0 2
Ether 7 1 8
Moro. 18 1 19
DC 8 1 9
PGP 2 0 2
TOTAL 190 22 212

Moro. 7:1
And now I, Moroni, write a few of the words of my father Mormon, which he spake concerning faith, hope, and charity; for after this manner did he speak unto the people, as he taught them in the synagogue which they had built for the place of worship.

Moro. 7:3
Wherefore, I would speak unto you that are of the church, that are the peaceable followers of Christ, and that have obtained a sufficient hope by which ye can enter into the rest of the Lord, from this time henceforth until ye shall rest with him in heaven.

Moro. 7:40
And again, my beloved brethren, I would speak unto you concerning hope. How is it that ye can attain unto faith, save ye shall have hope?

Moro. 7:41
And what is it that ye shall hope for? Behold I say unto you that ye shall have hope through the atonement of Christ and the power of his resurrection, to be raised unto life eternal, and this because of your faith in him according to the promise.

Moro. 7:42
Wherefore, if a man have faith he must needs have hope; for without faith there cannot be any hope.

Moro. 7:43
And again, behold I say unto you that he cannot have faith and hope, save he shall be meek, and lowly of heart.

Moro. 7:44
If so, his faith and hope is vain, for none is acceptable before God, save the meek and lowly in heart; and if a man be meek and lowly in heart, and confesses by the power of the Holy Ghost that Jesus is the Christ, he must needs have charity; for if he have not charity he is nothing; wherefore he must needs have charity.

Moro. 7:45
And charity suffereth long, and is kind, and envieth not, and is not puffed up, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil, and rejoiceth not in iniquity but rejoiceth in the truth, beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.

Moro. 7:48
Wherefore, my beloved brethren, pray unto the Father with all the energy of heart, that ye may be filled with this love, which he hath bestowed upon all who are true followers of his Son, Jesus Christ; that ye may become the sons of God; that when he shall appear we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is; that we may have this hope; that we may be purified even as he is pure. Amen.

Moro. 8:14
Behold I say unto you, that he that supposeth that little children need baptism is in the gall of bitterness and in the bonds of iniquity; for he hath neither faith, hope, nor charity; wherefore, should he be cut off while in the thought, he must go down to hell.

Moro. 8:26
And the remission of sins bringeth meekness, and lowliness of heart; and because of meekness and lowliness of heart cometh the visitation of the Holy Ghost, which Comforter filleth with hope and perfect love, which love endureth by diligence unto prayer, until the end shall come, when all the saints shall dwell with God.

Moro. 9:25
My son, be faithful in Christ; and may not the things which I have written grieve thee, to weigh thee down unto death; but may Christ lift thee up, and may his sufferings and death, and the showing his body unto our fathers, and his mercy and long-suffering, and the hope of his glory and of eternal life, rest in your mind forever.

Moro. 10:20
Wherefore, there must be faith; and if there must be faith there must also be hope; and if there must be hope there must also be charity.

Moro. 10:21
And except ye have charity ye can in nowise be saved in the kingdom of God; neither can ye be saved in the kingdom of God if ye have not faith; neither can ye if ye have no hope.

Moro. 10:22
And if ye have no hope ye must needs be in despair; and despair cometh because of iniquity.