Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'prepared' occurs 246 times in the standard works.

53 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'prepared' in the standard works and contain 21.5% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 24 minutes to read the entire list.

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Alma 49:6-8 (5 in 3 verses)

Alma 13:3-7 (5 in 5 verses)

Alma 49:19-20 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 35:14-16 (3 in 3 verses)

Jonah 4:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

Ether 6:2-4 (3 in 3 verses)

Ether 12:32-34 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Chr. 22:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Neh. 5:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 37:46 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 29:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Esth. 5:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 23:56-24:1 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 15:34-35 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 4:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 5:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 37:38-39 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 43:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 58:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 88:127-128 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 101:68-69 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 78 1 79
Gen. 2 0 2
Ex. 2 0 2
Num. 2 0 2
Josh. 2 0 2
2 Sam. 1 0 1
1 Kgs. 3 0 3
2 Kgs. 1 0 1
1 Chr. 11 0 11
2 Chr. 18 0 18
Ezra 1 0 1
Neh. 4 0 4
Esth. 6 0 6
Job 2 0 2
Ps. 6 1 7
Prov. 3 0 3
Isa. 2 0 2
Ezek. 3 0 3
Dan. 1 0 1
Hosea 2 0 2
Jonah 4 0 4
Nahum 1 0 1
Zeph. 1 0 1
NT 23 1 24
BM 87 1 88
DC 51 0 51
PGP 7 0 7
TOTAL 246 3 249

Gen. 24:31
And he said, Come in, thou blessed of the Lord; wherefore standest thou without? for I have prepared the house, and room for the camels.

Gen. 27:17
And she gave the savoury meat and the bread, which she had prepared, into the hand of her son Jacob.

Ex. 12:39
And they baked unleavened cakes of the dough which they brought forth out of Egypt, for it was not leavened; because they were thrust out of Egypt, and could not tarry, neither had they prepared for themselves any victual.

Ex. 23:20
Behold, I send an Angel before thee, to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared.

Num. 21:27
Wherefore they that speak in proverbs say, Come into Heshbon, let the city of Sihon be built and prepared:

Num. 23:4
And God met Balaam: and he said unto him, I have prepared seven altars, and I have offered upon every altar a bullock and a ram.

Josh. 4:4
Then Joshua called the twelve men, whom he had prepared of the children of Israel, out of every tribe a man:

Josh. 4:13
About forty thousand prepared for war passed over before the Lord unto battle, to the plains of Jericho.

2 Sam. 15:1
And it came to pass after this, that Absalom prepared him chariots and horses, and fifty men to run before him.

1 Kgs. 1:5
Then Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, I will be king: and he prepared him chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him.

1 Kgs. 5:18
And Solomon's builders and Hiram's builders did hew them, and the stonesquarers: so they prepared timber and stones to build the house.

1 Kgs. 6:19
And the oracle he prepared in the house within, to set there the ark of the covenant of the Lord.

2 Kgs. 6:23
And he prepared great provision for them: and when they had eaten and drunk, he sent them away, and they went to their master. So the bands of Syria came no more into the land of Israel.

1 Chr. 12:39
And there they were with David three days, eating and drinking: for their brethren had prepared for them.

1 Chr. 15:1
And David made him houses in the city of David, and prepared a place for the ark of God, and pitched for it a tent.

1 Chr. 15:3
And David gathered all Israel together to Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the Lord unto his place, which he had prepared for it.

1 Chr. 15:12
And said unto them, Ye are the chief of the fathers of the Levites: sanctify yourselves, both ye and your brethren, that ye may bring up the ark of the Lord God of Israel unto the place that I have prepared for it.

1 Chr. 22:3
And David prepared iron in abundance for the nails for the doors of the gates, and for the joinings; and brass in abundance without weight;

1 Chr. 22:5
And David said, Solomon my son is young and tender, and the house that is to be builded for the Lord must be exceeding magnifical, of fame and of glory throughout all countries: I will therefore now make preparation for it. So David prepared abundantly before his death.

1 Chr. 22:14
Now, behold, in my trouble I have prepared for the house of the Lord an hundred thousand talents of gold, and a thousand thousand talents of silver; and of brass and iron without weight; for it is in abundance: timber also and stone have I prepared; and thou mayest add thereto.

1 Chr. 29:2
Now I have prepared with all my might for the house of my God the gold for things to be made of gold, and the silver for things of silver, and the brass for things of brass, the iron for things of iron, and wood for things of wood; onyx stones, and stones to be set, glistering stones, and of divers colours, and all manner of precious stones, and marble stones in abundance.

1 Chr. 29:3
Moreover, because I have set my affection to the house of my God, I have of mine own proper good, of gold and silver, which I have given to the house of my God, over and above all that I have prepared for the holy house,

1 Chr. 29:16
O Lord our God, all this store that we have prepared to build thee an house for thine holy name cometh of thine hand, and is all thine own.

2 Chr. 1:4
But the ark of God had David brought up from Kirjath-jearim to the place which David had prepared for it: for he had pitched a tent for it at Jerusalem.

2 Chr. 3:1
Then Solomon began to build the house of the Lord at Jerusalem in mount Moriah, where the Lord appeared unto David his father, in the place that David had prepared in the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite.

2 Chr. 8:16
Now all the work of Solomon was prepared unto the day of the foundation of the house of the Lord, and until it was finished. So the house of the Lord was perfected.

2 Chr. 12:14
And he did evil, because he prepared not his heart to seek the Lord.

2 Chr. 16:14
And they buried him in his own sepulchres, which he had made for himself in the city of David, and laid him in the bed which was filled with sweet odours and divers kinds of spices prepared by the apothecaries' art: and they made a very great burning for him.

2 Chr. 17:18
And next him was Jehozabad, and with him an hundred and fourscore thousand ready prepared for the war.

2 Chr. 19:3
Nevertheless there are good things found in thee, in that thou hast taken away the groves out of the land, and hast prepared thine heart to seek God.

2 Chr. 20:33
Howbeit the high places were not taken away: for as yet the people had not prepared their hearts unto the God of their fathers.

2 Chr. 26:14
And Uzziah prepared for them throughout all the host shields, and spears, and helmets, and habergeons, and bows, and slings to cast stones.

2 Chr. 27:6
So Jotham became mighty, because he prepared his ways before the Lord his God.

2 Chr. 29:19
Moreover all the vessels, which king Ahaz in his reign did cast away in his transgression, have we prepared and sanctified, and, behold, they are before the altar of the Lord.

2 Chr. 29:36
And Hezekiah rejoiced, and all the people, that God had prepared the people: for the thing was done suddenly.

2 Chr. 31:11
Then Hezekiah commanded to prepare chambers in the house of the Lord; and they prepared them,

2 Chr. 35:10
So the service was prepared, and the priests stood in their place, and the Levites in their courses, according to the king's commandment.

2 Chr. 35:14
And afterward they made ready for themselves, and for the priests: because the priests the sons of Aaron were busied in offering of burnt offerings and the fat until night; therefore the Levites prepared for themselves, and for the priests the sons of Aaron.

2 Chr. 35:15
And the singers the sons of Asaph were in their place, according to the commandment of David, and Asaph, and Heman, and Jeduthun the king's seer; and the porters waited at every gate; they might not depart from their service; for their brethren the Levites prepared for them.

2 Chr. 35:16
So all the service of the Lord was prepared the same day, to keep the passover, and to offer burnt offerings upon the altar of the Lord, according to the commandment of king Josiah.

2 Chr. 35:20
After all this, when Josiah had prepared the temple, Necho king of Egypt came up to fight against Carchemish by Euphrates: and Josiah went out against him.

Ezra 7:10
For Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the law of the Lord, and to do it, and to teach in Israel statutes and judgments.

Neh. 5:18
Now that which was prepared for me daily was one ox and six choice sheep; also fowls were prepared for me, and once in ten days store of all sorts of wine: yet for all this required not I the bread of the governor, because the bondage was heavy upon this people.

Neh. 8:10
Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared: for this day is holy unto our Lord: neither be ye sorry; for the joy of the Lord is your strength.

Neh. 13:5
And he had prepared for him a great chamber, where aforetime they laid the meat offerings, the frankincense, and the vessels, and the tithes of the corn, the new wine, and the oil, which was commanded to be given to the Levites, and the singers, and the porters; and the offerings of the priests.

Esth. 5:4
And Esther answered, If it seem good unto the king, let the king and Haman come this day unto the banquet that I have prepared for him.

Esth. 5:5
Then the king said, Cause Haman to make haste, that he may do as Esther hath said. So the king and Haman came to the banquet that Esther had prepared.

Esth. 5:12
Haman said moreover, Yea, Esther the queen did let no man come in with the king unto the banquet that she had prepared but myself; and to morrow am I invited unto her also with the king.

Esth. 6:4
And the king said, Who is in the court? Now Haman was come into the outward court of the king's house, to speak unto the king to hang Mordecai on the gallows that he had prepared for him.

Esth. 6:14
And while they were yet talking with him, came the king's chamberlains, and hasted to bring Haman unto the banquet that Esther had prepared.

Esth. 7:10
So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king's wrath pacified.

Job 28:27
Then did he see it, and declare it; he prepared it, yea, and searched it out.

Job 29:7
When I went out to the gate through the city, when I prepared my seat in the street!

Ps. 7:13
He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; he ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors.

Ps. 9:7
But the Lord shall endure for ever: he hath prepared his throne for judgment.

Ps. 57:6
They have prepared a net for my steps; my soul is bowed down: they have digged a pit before me, into the midst whereof they are fallen themselves. Selah.

Ps. 68:10
Thy congregation hath dwelt therein: thou, O God, hast prepared of thy goodness for the poor.

Ps. 74:16
The day is thine, the night also is thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun.

Ps. 80:9
Thou preparedst room before it, and didst cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land.

Ps. 103:19
The Lord hath prepared his throne in the heavens; and his kingdom ruleth over all.

Prov. 8:27
When he prepared the heavens, I was there: when he set a compass upon the face of the depth:

Prov. 19:29
Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back of fools.

Prov. 21:31
The horse is prepared against the day of battle: but safety is of the Lord.

Isa. 30:33
For Tophet is ordained of old; yea, for the king it is prepared; he hath made it deep and large: the pile thereof is fire and much wood; the breath of the Lord, like a stream of brimstone, doth kindle it.

Isa. 64:4
For since the beginning of the world men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither hath the eye seen, O God, beside thee, what he hath prepared for him that waiteth for him.

Ezek. 23:41
And satest upon a stately bed, and a table prepared before it, whereupon thou hast set mine incense and mine oil.

Ezek. 28:13
Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created.

Ezek. 38:7
Be thou prepared, and prepare for thyself, thou, and all thy company that are assembled unto thee, and be thou a guard unto them.

Dan. 2:9
But if ye will not make known unto me the dream, there is but one decree for you: for ye have prepared lying and corrupt words to speak before me, till the time be changed: therefore tell me the dream, and I shall know that ye can shew me the interpretation thereof.

Hosea 2:8
For she did not know that I gave her corn, and wine, and oil, and multiplied her silver and gold, which they prepared for Baal.

Hosea 6:3
Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the Lord: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth.

Jonah 1:17
Now the Lord had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.

Jonah 4:6
And the Lord God prepared a gourd, and made it to come up over Jonah, that it might be a shadow over his head, to deliver him from his grief. So Jonah was exceeding glad of the gourd.

Jonah 4:7
But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd that it withered.

Jonah 4:8
And it came to pass, when the sun did arise, that God prepared a vehement east wind; and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah, that he fainted, and wished in himself to die, and said, It is better for me to die than to live.

Nahum 2:5
He shall recount his worthies: they shall stumble in their walk; they shall make haste to the wall thereof, and the defence shall be prepared.

Zeph. 1:7
Hold thy peace at the presence of the Lord God: for the day of the Lord is at hand: for the Lord hath prepared a sacrifice, he hath bid his guests.