Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'could' occurs 485 times in the standard works.

140 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'could' in the standard works and contain 28.9% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 52 minutes to read the entire list.

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Alma 42:9-17 (9 in 9 verses)

Alma 42:13-21 (9 in 9 verses)

Ether 12:19-24 (6 in 6 verses)

Alma 60:11-15 (5 in 5 verses)

3 Ne. 8:20-21 (4 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 1:4 (3 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 3:26 (3 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 29:13 (3 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 28:39 (3 in 1 verse)


Morm. 8:24 (3 in 1 verse)

 8:24 And he knoweth their prayers, that they were in behalf of their brethren. And he knoweth their faith, for in his name could they remove mountains; and in his name could they cause the earth to shake; and by the power of his word did they cause prisons to tumble to the earth; yea, even the fiery furnace could not harm them, neither wild beasts nor poisonous serpents, because of the power of his word.




Ether 3:26 (3 in 1 verse)

JS-H 1:31 (3 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 27:18-19 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 19:23-24 (3 in 2 verses)

Hel. 7:7-8 (3 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 28:14-15 (3 in 2 verses)

JS-H 1:24-25 (3 in 2 verses)

Morm. 6:17-19 (3 in 3 verses)

Job 16:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 33:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 47:5 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 32:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 3:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 8:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 11:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 25:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 8:31 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 12:32 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 24:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 49:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 58:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 6:10 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 29:39 (2 in 1 verse)

Neh. 8:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 5:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 17:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 1:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Jacob 7:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 2:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 16:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 24:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 7:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 12:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 17:35-36 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 20:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 27:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 48:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 50:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 16:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 4:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 28:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 3:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 111 3 114
NT 55 2 57
BM 281 0 281
DC 15 0 15
PGP 23 0 23
TOTAL 485 5 490

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