Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'truly' occurs 97 times in the standard works.

15 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'truly' in the standard works and contain 15.5% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 7 minutes to read the entire list.

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2 Ne. 3:5-7 (3 in 3 verses)

Jer. 3:23 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 20:37 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 27:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 32:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 32:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 7:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 24 0 24
Gen. 4 0 4
Num. 2 0 2
Deut. 1 0 1
Josh. 2 0 2
Judg. 2 0 2
1 Sam. 1 0 1
Job 1 0 1
Ps. 3 0 3
Prov. 1 0 1
Eccl. 1 0 1
Jer. 4 0 4
Ezek. 1 0 1
Micah 1 0 1
NT 18 0 18
BM 41 0 41
DC 10 0 10
PGP 4 0 4
TOTAL 97 0 97

1 Sam. 20:3
And David sware moreover, and said, Thy father certainly knoweth that I have found grace in thine eyes; and he saith, Let not Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved: but truly as the Lord liveth, and as thy soul liveth, there is but a step between me and death.