Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'might' occurs 1074 times in the standard works.

418 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'might' in the standard works and contain 38.9% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 152 minutes to read the entire list.

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D&C 1:18-30 (13 in 13 verses)

Mosiah 28:1-8 (9 in 8 verses)

Alma 22:33-23:3 (8 in 6 verses)

Mosiah 9:5-12 (8 in 8 verses)

Alma 43:7-9 (7 in 3 verses)

Alma 10:13-16 (7 in 4 verses)

1 Cor. 9:19-23 (7 in 5 verses)

Mosiah 2:3-8 (6 in 6 verses)

D&C 3:19-4:4 (6 in 6 verses)

Hel. 14:11-12 (5 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 1:19-21 (5 in 3 verses)

Alma 12:6-8 (5 in 3 verses)

Alma 4:16-19 (5 in 4 verses)

Hel. 9:16-19 (5 in 4 verses)

Hel. 14:28-31 (5 in 4 verses)

Alma 16:17 (4 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 17:7-8 (4 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 17:14-15 (4 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 27:21-22 (4 in 2 verses)

Jacob 1:19-2:2 (4 in 3 verses)

Mosiah 2:27-29 (4 in 3 verses)

Mosiah 10:5-7 (4 in 3 verses)

D&C 58:6-8 (4 in 3 verses)

Hel. 12:22-25 (4 in 4 verses)

D&C 10:48-51 (4 in 4 verses)

Josh. 11:20 (3 in 1 verse)

Alma 2:21 (3 in 1 verse)

Alma 3:8 (3 in 1 verse)

Alma 13:16 (3 in 1 verse)

Alma 23:16 (3 in 1 verse)

Alma 36:24 (3 in 1 verse)

Deut. 8:16-17 (3 in 2 verses)

Luke 8:9-10 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 17:10-11 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 19:22-23 (3 in 2 verses)

Jacob 7:2-3 (3 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 2:14-15 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 11:20-21 (3 in 2 verses)

Hel. 16:4-5 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 103:3-4 (3 in 2 verses)

Ps. 78:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

Rom. 4:16-18 (3 in 3 verses)

Col. 1:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 2:25-27 (3 in 3 verses)

Mosiah 6:7-7:2 (3 in 3 verses)

Mosiah 8:5-7 (3 in 3 verses)

Mosiah 12:17-19 (3 in 3 verses)

Mosiah 21:19-21 (3 in 3 verses)

Mosiah 25:17-19 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 7:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 17:14-16 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 33:19-21 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 43:22-24 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 52:17-19 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 52:19-21 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 59:2-4 (3 in 3 verses)

Ex. 39:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 4:42 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 4:24 (2 in 1 verse)

Neh. 6:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Job 23:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Job 38:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Eccl. 3:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 61:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 27:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 44:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 20:26 (2 in 1 verse)

Luke 20:20 (2 in 1 verse)

John 9:39 (2 in 1 verse)

John 10:10 (2 in 1 verse)

John 15:11 (2 in 1 verse)

John 19:31 (2 in 1 verse)

John 20:31 (2 in 1 verse)

Rom. 4:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Rom. 7:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Rom. 9:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Gal. 3:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Eph. 6:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Philip. 3:4 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Thes. 3:10 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Tim. 4:17 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 7:1 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 13:27 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 17:21 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 9:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Jacob 1:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Jacob 5:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Jacob 5:71 (2 in 1 verse)

Enos 1:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 1:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 9:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 18:26 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 19:28 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 26:33 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 14:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 24:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 48:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 49:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 56:37 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 60:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 6:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 7:5 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 9:11 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 27:14 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 28:38 (2 in 1 verse)

Morm. 3:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 12:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 15:14 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 61:8 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 74:6 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 88:60 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 136:39 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 138:37 (2 in 1 verse)

Abr. 2:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 6:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 23:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 6:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 9:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 32:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 1:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Jonah 4:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

John 12:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

John 17:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Rom. 5:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Cor. 4:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Gal. 2:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Eph. 5:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Rev. 12:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Jacob 5:61-62 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 1:18-2:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 3:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 7:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 10:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 17:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 14:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 21:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 29:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 43:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 47:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 58:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 6:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 1:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Morm. 4:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 6:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 7:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 18:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 49:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 102:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 236 326 562
Gen. 11 14 25
Ex. 5 10 15
Lev. 2 1 3
Num. 4 4 8
Deut. 18 24 42
Josh. 10 6 16
Judg. 6 11 17
Ruth 1 3 4
1 Sam. 5 5 10
2 Sam. 6 15 21
1 Kgs. 12 3 15
2 Kgs. 16 4 20
1 Chr. 8 24 32
2 Chr. 18 15 33
Ezra 3 2 5
Neh. 7 5 12
Esth. 2 0 2
Job 9 45 54
Ps. 16 34 50
Prov. 1 5 6
Eccl. 4 2 6
Song. 0 1 1
Isa. 8 25 33
Jer. 18 24 42
Lam. 0 1 1
Ezek. 17 14 31
Dan. 14 8 22
Hosea 0 1 1
Joel 2 4 6
Amos 1 4 5
Obad. 0 1 1
Jonah 2 2 4
Micah 2 0 2
Nahum 0 2 2
Hab. 1 1 2
Zeph. 0 2 2
Zech. 5 4 9
Mal. 2 0 2
NT 239 61 300
BM 462 127 589
DC 125 39 164
PGP 12 8 20
TOTAL 1074 561 1635

Ezek. 17:7
There was also another great eagle with great wings and many feathers: and, behold, this vine did bend her roots toward him, and shot forth her branches toward him, that he might water it by the furrows of her plantation.

Ezek. 17:8
It was planted in a good soil by great waters, that it might bring forth branches, and that it might bear fruit, that it might be a goodly vine.

Ezek. 17:14
That the kingdom might be base, that it might not lift itself up, but that by keeping of his covenant it might stand.

Ezek. 17:15
But he rebelled against him in sending his ambassadors into Egypt, that they might give him horses and much people. Shall he prosper? shall he escape that doeth such things? or shall he break the covenant, and be delivered?

Ezek. 20:12
Moreover also I gave them my sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I am the Lord that sanctify them.

Ezek. 20:26
And I polluted them in their own gifts, in that they caused to pass through the fire all that openeth the womb, that I might make them desolate, to the end that they might know that I am the Lord.

Ezek. 24:8
That it might cause fury to come up to take vengeance; I have set her blood upon the top of a rock, that it should not be covered.

Ezek. 32:29
There is Edom, her kings, and all her princes, which with their might are laid by them that were slain by the sword: they shall lie with the uncircumcised, and with them that go down to the pit.

Ezek. 32:30
There be the princes of the north, all of them, and all the Zidonians, which are gone down with the slain; with their terror they are ashamed of their might; and they lie uncircumcised with them that be slain by the sword, and bear their shame with them that go down to the pit.

Ezek. 36:3
Therefore prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord God; Because they have made you desolate, and swallowed you up on every side, that ye might be a possession unto the residue of the heathen, and ye are taken up in the lips of talkers, and are an infamy of the people:

Ezek. 40:4
And the man said unto me, Son of man, behold with thine eyes, and hear with thine ears, and set thine heart upon all that I shall shew thee; for to the intent that I might shew them unto thee art thou brought hither: declare all that thou seest to the house of Israel.

Ezek. 41:6
And the side chambers were three, one over another, and thirty in order; and they entered into the wall which was of the house for the side chambers round about, that they might have hold, but they had not hold in the wall of the house.