Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'thought' occurs 129 times in the standard works.

28 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'thought' in the standard works and contain 21.7% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 13 minutes to read the entire list.

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Alma 46:30-31 (3 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 25:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)

Matt. 6:34 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 13:34 (2 in 1 verse)


Zech. 8:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

 8:14 For thus saith the Lord of hosts; As I thought to punish you, when your fathers provoked me to wrath, saith the Lord of hosts, and I repented not:

 8:15 So again have I thought in these days to do well unto Jerusalem and to the house of Judah: fear ye not.




Matt. 6:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 12:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 26:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 36:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 36:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 13:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 84:84-85 (2 in 2 verses)

JS-H 1:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 48 45 93
Gen. 4 1 5
Ex. 1 0 1
Num. 2 0 2
Deut. 2 0 2
Judg. 2 1 3
Ruth 1 0 1
1 Sam. 4 0 4
2 Sam. 5 0 5
2 Kgs. 1 0 1
1 Chr. 0 2 2
2 Chr. 2 0 2
Neh. 1 0 1
Esth. 2 0 2
Job 2 4 6
Ps. 6 12 18
Prov. 2 4 6
Eccl. 1 0 1
Isa. 1 9 10
Jer. 1 5 6
Ezek. 1 0 1
Dan. 2 6 8
Amos 1 0 1
Micah 0 1 1
Zech. 3 0 3
Mal. 1 0 1
NT 33 13 46
BM 36 25 61
DC 9 7 16
PGP 3 1 4
TOTAL 129 91 220

Zech. 1:6
But my words and my statutes, which I commanded my servants the prophets, did they not take hold of your fathers? and they returned and said, Like as the Lord of hosts thought to do unto us, according to our ways, and according to our doings, so hath he dealt with us.

Zech. 8:14
For thus saith the Lord of hosts; As I thought to punish you, when your fathers provoked me to wrath, saith the Lord of hosts, and I repented not:

Zech. 8:15
So again have I thought in these days to do well unto Jerusalem and to the house of Judah: fear ye not.