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)

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)

 15:34 But behold, I say unto you, the kingdom of God is not filthy, and there cannot any unclean thing enter into the kingdom of God; wherefore there must needs be a place of filthiness prepared for that which is filthy.

 15:35 And there is a place prepared, yea, even that awful hell of which I have spoken, and the devil is the preparator of it; wherefore the final state of the souls of men is to dwell in the kingdom of God, or to be cast out because of that justice of which I have spoken.




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
NT 23 1 24
BM 87 1 88
1 Ne. 9 0 9
2 Ne. 6 0 6
Enos 1 0 1
Jarom 1 0 1
Mosiah 8 0 8
Alma 42 1 43
Hel. 1 0 1
3 Ne. 2 0 2
Morm. 1 0 1
Ether 16 0 16
DC 51 0 51
PGP 7 0 7
TOTAL 246 3 249

1 Ne. 2:20
And inasmuch as ye shall keep my commandments, ye shall prosper, and shall be led to a land of promise; yea, even a land which I have prepared for you; yea, a land which is choice above all other lands.

1 Ne. 10:18
For he is the same yesterday, today, and forever; and the way is prepared for all men from the foundation of the world, if it so be that they repent and come unto him.

1 Ne. 15:29
And I said unto them that it was a representation of that awful hell, which the angel said unto me was prepared for the wicked.

1 Ne. 15:34
But behold, I say unto you, the kingdom of God is not filthy, and there cannot any unclean thing enter into the kingdom of God; wherefore there must needs be a place of filthiness prepared for that which is filthy.

1 Ne. 15:35
And there is a place prepared, yea, even that awful hell of which I have spoken, and the devil is the preparator of it; wherefore the final state of the souls of men is to dwell in the kingdom of God, or to be cast out because of that justice of which I have spoken.

1 Ne. 17:5
And we did come to the land which we called Bountiful, because of its much fruit and also wild honey; and all these things were prepared of the Lord that we might not perish. And we beheld the sea, which we called Irreantum, which, being interpreted, is many waters.

1 Ne. 17:41
And he did straiten them in the wilderness with his rod; for they hardened their hearts, even as ye have; and the Lord straitened them because of their iniquity. He sent fiery flying serpents among them; and after they were bitten he prepared a way that they might be healed; and the labor which they had to perform was to look; and because of the simpleness of the way, or the easiness of it, there were many who perished.

1 Ne. 18:6
And it came to pass that on the morrow, after we had prepared all things, much fruits and meat from the wilderness, and honey in abundance, and provisions according to that which the Lord had commanded us, we did go down into the ship, with all our loading and our seeds, and whatsoever thing we had brought with us, every one according to his age; wherefore, we did all go down into the ship, with our wives and our children.

1 Ne. 18:12
And it came to pass that after they had bound me insomuch that I could not move, the compass, which had been prepared of the Lord, did cease to work.