Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'ought' occurs 142 times in the standard works.

26 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'ought' in the standard works and contain 18.3% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 9 minutes to read the entire list.

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Alma 1:3 (3 in 1 verse)

 1:3 And he had gone about among the people, preaching to them that which he termed to be the word of God, bearing down against the church; declaring unto the people that every priest and teacher ought to become popular; and they ought not to labor with their hands, but that they ought to be supported by the people.




Alma 36:29-30 (3 in 2 verses)

Lev. 25:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 26:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Acts 24:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 9:30 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 60:10 (2 in 1 verse)

JS-H 1:28 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 12:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 2:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 15:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 29:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 39 1138 1177
NT 58 306 364
BM 35 459 494
DC 8 67 75
PGP 2 24 26
TOTAL 142 1994 2136

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