Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'mercy' occurs 387 times in the standard works.

123 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'mercy' in the standard works and contain 31.8% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 51 minutes to read the entire list.

To learn more about emphasis scriptures click here.

Expand All

Ps. 136:1-26 (26 in 26 verses)

Ex. 25:17-22 (7 in 6 verses)

Alma 42:21-25 (6 in 5 verses)

Lev. 16:13-15 (5 in 3 verses)

Ex. 37:6-9 (5 in 4 verses)

Rom. 9:15-18 (5 in 4 verses)

Rom. 11:30-32 (4 in 3 verses)

Ps. 118:1-4 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 34:15-18 (4 in 4 verses)

James 2:13 (3 in 1 verse)

Ps. 123:2-3 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 42:13-15 (3 in 3 verses)

Ex. 33:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 16:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Prov. 20:28 (2 in 1 verse)

Hosea 2:23 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Pet. 2:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 16:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 18:41 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 24:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 32:13 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 88:40 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 109:54 (2 in 1 verse)


Num. 14:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

 14:18 The Lord is longsuffering, and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation.

 14:19 Pardon, I beseech thee, the iniquity of this people according unto the greatness of thy mercy, and as thou hast forgiven this people, from Egypt even until now.




Ps. 59:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 86:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 100:5-101:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Prov. 14:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Hosea 1:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 20:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 10:47-48 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 18:38-39 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 12:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 38:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 42:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 109:69-70 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 217 0 217
Gen. 4 0 4
Ex. 23 0 23
Lev. 7 0 7
Num. 3 0 3
Deut. 5 0 5
Judg. 1 0 1
2 Sam. 3 0 3
1 Kgs. 2 0 2
1 Chr. 4 0 4
2 Chr. 6 0 6
Ezra 3 0 3
Neh. 4 0 4
Job 1 0 1
Ps. 100 0 100
Prov. 9 0 9
Isa. 12 0 12
Jer. 9 0 9
Ezek. 1 0 1
Dan. 2 0 2
Hosea 10 0 10
Jonah 1 0 1
Micah 3 0 3
Hab. 1 0 1
Zech. 3 0 3
NT 59 1 60
BM 84 0 84
DC 24 0 24
PGP 3 0 3
TOTAL 387 1 388

Num. 7:89
And when Moses was gone into the tabernacle of the congregation to speak with him, then he heard the voice of one speaking unto him from off the mercy seat that was upon the ark of testimony, from between the two cherubims: and he spake unto him.

Num. 14:18
The Lord is longsuffering, and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation.

Num. 14:19
Pardon, I beseech thee, the iniquity of this people according unto the greatness of thy mercy, and as thou hast forgiven this people, from Egypt even until now.