Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'towards' occurs 109 times in the standard works.

23 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'towards' in the standard works and contain 21.1% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 9 minutes to read the entire list.

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Alma 26:31-32 (3 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 16:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 27:27 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 60:14 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 11:5 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 135:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 20:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 2:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 58:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 62:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 62:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 0 0 0
NT 0 0 0
BM 101 0 101
DC 5 0 5
PGP 3 0 3
TOTAL 109 0 109

D&C 101:9
Verily I say unto you, notwithstanding their sins, my bowels are filled with compassion towards them. I will not utterly cast them off; and in the day of wrath I will remember mercy.

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.

D&C 121:45
Let thy bowels also be full of charity towards all men, and to the household of faith, and let virtue garnish thy thoughts unceasingly; then shall thy confidence wax strong in the presence of God; and the doctrine of the priesthood shall distil upon thy soul as the dews from heaven.

D&C 135:4
When Joseph went to Carthage to deliver himself up to the pretended requirements of the law, two or three days previous to his assassination, he said: "I am going like a lamb to the slaughter; but I am calm as a summer's morning; I have a conscience void of offense towards God, and towards all men. I shall die innocent, and it shall yet be said of me-- he was murdered in cold blood."-- The same morning, after Hyrum had made ready to go-- shall it be said to the slaughter? yes, for so it was-- he read the following paragraph, near the close of the twelfth chapter of Ether, in the Book of Mormon, and turned down the leaf upon it: