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)

 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.

 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,




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

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.