Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'desired' occurs 123 times in the standard works.

32 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'desired' in the standard works and contain 26% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 13 minutes to read the entire list.

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3 Ne. 28:5-9 (5 in 5 verses)

Alma 19:6-7 (3 in 2 verses)

Jacob 4:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 5:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 47:33 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 54:2 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 6:17 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 19:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 132:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 19:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 41:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 47:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Morm. 6:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 7:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 24 1 25
NT 26 1 27
BM 62 0 62
DC 10 1 11
PGP 1 0 1
TOTAL 123 3 126

Deut. 18:16
According to all that thou desiredst of the Lord thy God in Horeb in the day of the assembly, saying, Let me not hear again the voice of the Lord my God, neither let me see this great fire any more, that I die not.

Matt. 18:32
Then his lord, after that he had called him, said unto him, O thou wicked servant, I forgave thee all that debt, because thou desiredst me:

D&C 7:4
And for this cause the Lord said unto Peter: If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee? For he desired of me that he might bring souls unto me, but thou desiredst that thou mightest speedily come unto me in my kingdom.