Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'pleasure' occurs 83 times in the standard works.

6 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'pleasure' in the standard works and contain 7.2% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 2 minutes to read the entire list.

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Isa. 58:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 17:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 147:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 43 9 52
NT 18 4 22
BM 17 3 20
1 Ne. 2 0 2
2 Ne. 3 1 4
Jacob 2 0 2
Enos 1 0 1
Mosiah 2 1 3
Alma 7 1 8
DC 5 1 6
PGP 0 1 1
TOTAL 83 18 101

2 Ne. 1:22
That ye may not be cursed with a sore cursing; and also, that ye may not incur the displeasure of a just God upon you, unto the destruction, yea, the eternal destruction of both soul and body.

Mosiah 1:17
Therefore, as they were unfaithful they did not prosper nor progress in their journey, but were driven back, and incurred the displeasure of God upon them; and therefore they were smitten with famine and sore afflictions, to stir them up in remembrance of their duty.

Alma 12:31
Wherefore, he gave commandments unto men, they having first transgressed the first commandments as to things which were temporal, and becoming as gods, knowing good from evil, placing themselves in a state to act, or being placed in a state to act according to their wills and pleasures, whether to do evil or to do good--