Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'desired' occurs 123 times in the standard works.

32 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'desired' in the standard works and contain 26% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 13 minutes to read the entire list.

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3 Ne. 28:5-9 (5 in 5 verses)

Alma 19:6-7 (3 in 2 verses)

Jacob 4:14 (2 in 1 verse)


Mosiah 5:6 (2 in 1 verse)

 5:6 And now, these are the words which king Benjamin desired of them; and therefore he said unto them: Ye have spoken the words that I desired; and the covenant which ye have made is a righteous covenant.




Alma 47:33 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 54:2 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 6:17 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 19:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 132:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 19:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 41:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 47:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Morm. 6:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 7:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 24 1 25
NT 26 1 27
BM 62 0 62
DC 10 1 11
PGP 1 0 1
TOTAL 123 3 126

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