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.

To learn more about emphasis scriptures click here.

Expand All

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

Matt. 17:16
And I brought him to thy disciples, and they could not cure him.

Matt. 17:19
Then came the disciples to Jesus apart, and said, Why could not we cast him out?

Matt. 26:40
And he cometh unto the disciples, and findeth them asleep, and saith unto Peter, What, could ye not watch with me one hour?

Matt. 27:24
When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, but that rather a tumult was made, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just person: see ye to it.