Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'abound' occurs 30 times in the standard works.

11 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'abound' in the standard works and contain 36.7% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 4 minutes to read the entire list.

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Rom. 5:20-6:1 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Cor. 8:7 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Cor. 9:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Philip. 4:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Philip. 4:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 1 2 3
NT 18 9 27
BM 4 2 6
DC 5 0 5
PGP 2 0 2
TOTAL 30 13 43

D&C 45:27
And the love of men shall wax cold, and iniquity shall abound.

D&C 88:50
Then shall ye know that ye have seen me, that I am, and that I am the true light that is in you, and that you are in me; otherwise ye could not abound.

D&C 88:66
Behold, that which you hear is as the voice of one crying in the wilderness-- in the wilderness, because you cannot see him-- my voice, because my voice is Spirit; my Spirit is truth; truth abideth and hath no end; and if it be in you it shall abound.

D&C 107:31
Because the promise is, if these things abound in them they shall not be unfruitful in the knowledge of the Lord.

D&C 112:11
I know thy heart, and have heard thy prayers concerning thy brethren. Be not partial towards them in love above many others, but let thy love be for them as for thyself; and let thy love abound unto all men, and unto all who love my name.