Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'desirous' occurs 70 times in the standard works.

20 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'desirous' in the standard works and contain 28.6% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 8 minutes to read the entire list.

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Alma 51:4-6 (4 in 3 verses)

Mosiah 21:33-35 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 56:21-23 (3 in 3 verses)

Mosiah 8:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 25:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 46:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 9:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 62:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 1 0 1
NT 5 0 5
BM 63 0 63
1 Ne. 8 0 8
2 Ne. 2 0 2
Jacob 1 0 1
Omni 1 0 1
Mosiah 21 0 21
Alma 25 0 25
Hel. 2 0 2
3 Ne. 1 0 1
Ether 2 0 2
DC 1 0 1
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 70 0 70

Omni 1:27
And now I would speak somewhat concerning a certain number who went up into the wilderness to return to the land of Nephi; for there was a large number who were desirous to possess the land of their inheritance.