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)

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
Matt. 4 0 4
Mark 11 1 12
Luke 12 0 12
John 4 1 5
Acts 8 0 8
Rom. 2 0 2
1 Cor. 2 0 2
2 Cor. 3 0 3
Gal. 1 0 1
1 Thes. 2 0 2
Heb. 4 0 4
Rev. 2 0 2
BM 281 0 281
DC 15 0 15
PGP 23 0 23
TOTAL 485 5 490

Acts 4:14
And beholding the man which was healed standing with them, they could say nothing against it.

Acts 11:17
Forasmuch then as God gave them the like gift as he did unto us, who believed on the Lord Jesus Christ; what was I, that I could withstand God?

Acts 13:39
And by him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses.

Acts 21:34
And some cried one thing, some another, among the multitude: and when he could not know the certainty for the tumult, he commanded him to be carried into the castle.

Acts 22:11
And when I could not see for the glory of that light, being led by the hand of them that were with me, I came into Damascus.

Acts 25:7
And when he was come, the Jews which came down from Jerusalem stood round about, and laid many and grievous complaints against Paul, which they could not prove.

Acts 27:15
And when the ship was caught, and could not bear up into the wind, we let her drive.

Acts 27:43
But the centurion, willing to save Paul, kept them from their purpose; and commanded that they which could swim should cast themselves first into the sea, and get to land: