Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'most' occurs 230 times in the standard works.

43 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'most' in the standard works and contain 18.7% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 18 minutes to read the entire list.

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Num. 18:9-10 (3 in 2 verses)

Gen. 14:18-20 (3 in 3 verses)

Dan. 7:25-27 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 42:13 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 11:6 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 13:26 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 15:36 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 4:32 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 107:78 (2 in 1 verse)

JS-H 1:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 26:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 21:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 50:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 33:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 4:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 7:42-43 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 11:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)


Jacob 2:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

 2:12 And now behold, my brethren, this is the word which I declare unto you, that many of you have begun to search for gold, and for silver, and for all manner of precious ores, in the which this land, which is a land of promise unto you and to your seed, doth abound most plentifully.

 2:13 And the hand of providence hath smiled upon you most pleasingly, that you have obtained many riches; and because some of you have obtained more abundantly than that of your brethren ye are lifted up in the pride of your hearts, and wear stiff necks and high heads because of the costliness of your apparel, and persecute your brethren because ye suppose that ye are better than they.




3 Ne. 3:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Moro. 9:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 114 55 169
NT 21 18 39
BM 53 25 78
1 Ne. 16 0 16
2 Ne. 2 1 3
Jacob 7 7 14
W of M 0 1 1
Mosiah 1 0 1
Alma 15 8 23
Hel. 2 3 5
3 Ne. 6 4 10
Morm. 1 1 2
Ether 1 0 1
Moro. 2 0 2
DC 36 5 41
PGP 6 2 8
TOTAL 230 105 335

Jacob 1:2
And he gave me, Jacob, a commandment that I should write upon these plates a few of the things which I considered to be most precious; that I should not touch, save it were lightly, concerning the history of this people which are called the people of Nephi.

Jacob 2:12
And now behold, my brethren, this is the word which I declare unto you, that many of you have begun to search for gold, and for silver, and for all manner of precious ores, in the which this land, which is a land of promise unto you and to your seed, doth abound most plentifully.

Jacob 2:13
And the hand of providence hath smiled upon you most pleasingly, that you have obtained many riches; and because some of you have obtained more abundantly than that of your brethren ye are lifted up in the pride of your hearts, and wear stiff necks and high heads because of the costliness of your apparel, and persecute your brethren because ye suppose that ye are better than they.

Jacob 5:13
And these will I place in the nethermost part of my vineyard, whithersoever I will, it mattereth not unto thee; and I do it that I may preserve unto myself the natural branches of the tree; and also, that I may lay up fruit thereof against the season, unto myself; for it grieveth me that I should lose this tree and the fruit thereof.

Jacob 5:14
And it came to pass that the Lord of the vineyard went his way, and hid the natural branches of the tame olive tree in the nethermost parts of the vineyard, some in one and some in another, according to his will and pleasure.

Jacob 5:19
And it came to pass that the Lord of the vineyard said unto the servant: Come, let us go to the nethermost part of the vineyard, and behold if the natural branches of the tree have not brought forth much fruit also, that I may lay up of the fruit thereof against the season, unto mine own self.

Jacob 5:38
And it came to pass that the Lord of the vineyard said unto his servant: Let us go down into the nethermost parts of the vineyard, and behold if the natural branches have also brought forth evil fruit.

Jacob 5:39
And it came to pass that they went down into the nethermost parts of the vineyard. And it came to pass that they beheld that the fruit of the natural branches had become corrupt also; yea, the first and the second and also the last; and they had all become corrupt.

Jacob 5:47
But what could I have done more in my vineyard? Have I slackened mine hand, that I have not nourished it? Nay, I have nourished it, and I have digged about it, and I have pruned it, and I have dunged it; and I have stretched forth mine hand almost all the day long, and the end draweth nigh. And it grieveth me that I should hew down all the trees of my vineyard, and cast them into the fire that they should be burned. Who is it that has corrupted my vineyard?

Jacob 5:52
Wherefore, let us take of the branches of these which I have planted in the nethermost parts of my vineyard, and let us graft them into the tree from whence they came; and let us pluck from the tree those branches whose fruit is most bitter, and graft in the natural branches of the tree in the stead thereof.

Jacob 5:57
And the Lord of the vineyard said unto the servant: Pluck not the wild branches from the trees, save it be those which are most bitter; and in them ye shall graft according to that which I have said.

Jacob 5:61
Wherefore, go to, and call servants, that we may labor diligently with our might in the vineyard, that we may prepare the way, that I may bring forth again the natural fruit, which natural fruit is good and the most precious above all other fruit.

Jacob 5:74
And thus they labored, with all diligence, according to the commandments of the Lord of the vineyard, even until the bad had been cast away out of the vineyard, and the Lord had preserved unto himself that the trees had become again the natural fruit; and they became like unto one body; and the fruits were equal; and the Lord of the vineyard had preserved unto himself the natural fruit, which was most precious unto him from the beginning.