Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'mighty' occurs 394 times in the standard works.

78 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'mighty' in the standard works and contain 19.8% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 32 minutes to read the entire list.

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Ether 12:23-24 (4 in 2 verses)


2 Ne. 6:16-18 (4 in 3 verses)

 6:16 For shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captive delivered?

 6:17 But thus saith the Lord: Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered; for the Mighty God shall deliver his covenant people. For thus saith the Lord: I will contend with them that contendeth with thee--

 6:18 And I will feed them that oppress thee, with their own flesh; and they shall be drunken with their own blood as with sweet wine; and all flesh shall know that I the Lord am thy Savior and thy Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.




Gen. 10:8-9 (3 in 2 verses)

Isa. 49:24-26 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 21:24-26 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 5:12-14 (3 in 3 verses)

Job 36:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 24:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 28:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 46:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 32:27 (2 in 1 verse)

Dan. 8:24 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 3:24 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 5:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Morm. 9:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 7:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 5:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 1:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 23:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 23:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 24:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 11:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 17:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 17:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 26:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 5:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 32:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 46:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 51:56-57 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 20:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 11:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 1:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 1:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 88:108-109 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 100:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 247 48 295
NT 37 9 46
BM 85 13 98
1 Ne. 8 3 11
2 Ne. 21 3 24
Jacob 0 1 1
Enos 1 0 1
Jarom 1 0 1
Omni 1 0 1
Mosiah 7 2 9
Alma 16 1 17
Hel. 7 1 8
3 Ne. 2 1 3
4 Ne. 2 0 2
Morm. 2 1 3
Ether 15 0 15
Moro. 2 0 2
DC 24 13 37
PGP 1 7 8
TOTAL 394 90 484

2 Ne. 3:17
And the Lord hath said: I will raise up a Moses; and I will give power unto him in a rod; and I will give judgment unto him in writing. Yet I will not loose his tongue, that he shall speak much, for I will not make him mighty in speaking. But I will write unto him my law, by the finger of mine own hand; and I will make a spokesman for him.

2 Ne. 3:24
And there shall rise up one mighty among them, who shall do much good, both in word and in deed, being an instrument in the hands of God, with exceeding faith, to work mighty wonders, and do that thing which is great in the sight of God, unto the bringing to pass much restoration unto the house of Israel, and unto the seed of thy brethren.

2 Ne. 4:24
And by day have I waxed bold in mighty prayer before him; yea, my voice have I sent up on high; and angels came down and ministered unto me.

2 Ne. 6:16
For shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captive delivered?

2 Ne. 6:17
But thus saith the Lord: Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered; for the Mighty God shall deliver his covenant people. For thus saith the Lord: I will contend with them that contendeth with thee--

2 Ne. 6:18
And I will feed them that oppress thee, with their own flesh; and they shall be drunken with their own blood as with sweet wine; and all flesh shall know that I the Lord am thy Savior and thy Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.

2 Ne. 9:46
Prepare your souls for that glorious day when justice shall be administered unto the righteous, even the day of judgment, that ye may not shrink with awful fear; that ye may not remember your awful guilt in perfectness, and be constrained to exclaim: Holy, holy are thy judgments, O Lord God Almighty-- but I know my guilt; I transgressed thy law, and my transgressions are mine; and the devil hath obtained me, that I am a prey to his awful misery.

2 Ne. 10:4
For should the mighty miracles be wrought among other nations they would repent, and know that he be their God.

2 Ne. 13:2
The mighty man, and the man of war, the judge, and the prophet, and the prudent, and the ancient;

2 Ne. 13:25
Thy men shall fall by the sword and thy mighty in the war.

2 Ne. 15:15
And the mean man shall be brought down, and the mighty man shall be humbled, and the eyes of the lofty shall be humbled.

2 Ne. 15:22
Wo unto the mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink;

2 Ne. 19:6
For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder; and his name shall be called, Wonderful, Counselor, The Mighty God, The Everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.

2 Ne. 20:21
The remnant shall return, yea, even the remnant of Jacob, unto the mighty God.

2 Ne. 20:34
And he shall cut down the thickets of the forests with iron, and Lebanon shall fall by a mighty one.

2 Ne. 21:15
And the Lord shall utterly destroy the tongue of the Egyptian sea; and with his mighty wind he shall shake his hand over the river, and shall smite it in the seven streams, and make men go over dry shod.

2 Ne. 23:3
I have commanded my sanctified ones, I have also called my mighty ones, for mine anger is not upon them that rejoice in my highness.

2 Ne. 23:6
Howl ye, for the day of the Lord is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty.

2 Ne. 26:13
And that he manifesteth himself unto all those who believe in him, by the power of the Holy Ghost; yea, unto every nation, kindred, tongue, and people, working mighty miracles, signs, and wonders, among the children of men according to their faith.

2 Ne. 28:15
O the wise, and the learned, and the rich, that are puffed up in the pride of their hearts, and all those who preach false doctrines, and all those who commit whoredoms, and pervert the right way of the Lord, wo, wo, wo be unto them, saith the Lord God Almighty, for they shall be thrust down to hell!

2 Ne. 31:19
And now, my beloved brethren, after ye have gotten into this strait and narrow path, I would ask if all is done? Behold, I say unto you, Nay; for ye have not come thus far save it were by the word of Christ with unshaken faith in him, relying wholly upon the merits of him who is mighty to save.

2 Ne. 33:1
And now I, Nephi, cannot write all the things which were taught among my people; neither am I mighty in writing, like unto speaking; for when a man speaketh by the power of the Holy Ghost the power of the Holy Ghost carrieth it unto the hearts of the children of men.