Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'ways' occurs 270 times in the standard works.

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

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Isa. 55:8-9 (4 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 18:29-30 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 21:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Prov. 3:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 32:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 16:47 (2 in 1 verse)

Jacob 4:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 12:26 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 26:24 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 6:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 27:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 7:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 7:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 20:43-44 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 36:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 30:60-31:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 185 30 215
NT 20 45 65
BM 53 45 98
1 Ne. 5 2 7
2 Ne. 5 2 7
Jacob 2 0 2
Jarom 1 0 1
Mosiah 11 11 22
Alma 14 7 21
Hel. 7 2 9
3 Ne. 1 13 14
Morm. 3 1 4
Ether 1 3 4
Moro. 3 4 7
DC 9 34 43
PGP 3 3 6
TOTAL 270 157 427

Mosiah 4:15
But ye will teach them to walk in the ways of truth and soberness; ye will teach them to love one another, and to serve one another.

Mosiah 4:29
And finally, I cannot tell you all the things whereby ye may commit sin; for there are divers ways and means, even so many that I cannot number them.

Mosiah 6:6
And it came to pass that king Mosiah did walk in the ways of the Lord, and did observe his judgments and his statutes, and did keep his commandments in all things whatsoever he commanded him.

Mosiah 7:29
For behold, the Lord hath said: I will not succor my people in the day of their transgression; but I will hedge up their ways that they prosper not; and their doings shall be as a stumbling block before them.

Mosiah 11:1
And now it came to pass that Zeniff conferred the kingdom upon Noah, one of his sons; therefore Noah began to reign in his stead; and he did not walk in the ways of his father.

Mosiah 12:26
I say unto you, wo be unto you for perverting the ways of the Lord! For if ye understand these things ye have not taught them; therefore, ye have perverted the ways of the Lord.

Mosiah 16:5
But remember that he that persists in his own carnal nature, and goes on in the ways of sin and rebellion against God, remaineth in his fallen state and the devil hath all power over him. Therefore he is as though there was no redemption made, being an enemy to God; and also is the devil an enemy to God.

Mosiah 23:14
And also trust no one to be your teacher nor your minister, except he be a man of God, walking in his ways and keeping his commandments.

Mosiah 29:23
And he enacteth laws, and sendeth them forth among his people, yea, laws after the manner of his own wickedness; and whosoever doth not obey his laws he causeth to be destroyed; and whosoever doth rebel against him he will send his armies against them to war, and if he can he will destroy them; and thus an unrighteous king doth pervert the ways of all righteousness.

Mosiah 29:43
And now it came to pass that Alma did walk in the ways of the Lord, and he did keep his commandments, and he did judge righteous judgments; and there was continual peace through the land.