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)

 6:2 And I, Mormon, wrote an epistle unto the king of the Lamanites, and desired of him that he would grant unto us that we might gather together our people unto the land of Cumorah, by a hill which was called Cumorah, and there we could give them battle.

 6:3 And it came to pass that the king of the Lamanites did grant unto me the thing which I desired.




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
1 Ne. 5 0 5
2 Ne. 1 0 1
Jacob 2 0 2
Enos 1 0 1
Mosiah 5 0 5
Alma 26 0 26
Hel. 3 0 3
3 Ne. 10 0 10
Morm. 3 0 3
Ether 6 0 6
DC 10 1 11
PGP 1 0 1
TOTAL 123 3 126

Morm. 6:2
And I, Mormon, wrote an epistle unto the king of the Lamanites, and desired of him that he would grant unto us that we might gather together our people unto the land of Cumorah, by a hill which was called Cumorah, and there we could give them battle.

Morm. 6:3
And it came to pass that the king of the Lamanites did grant unto me the thing which I desired.

Morm. 9:36
And behold, these things which we have desired concerning our brethren, yea, even their restoration to the knowledge of Christ, are according to the prayers of all the saints who have dwelt in the land.