Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'thanks' occurs 100 times in the standard works.

19 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'thanks' in the standard works and contain 19% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 8 minutes to read the entire list.

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Ps. 136:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

 136:1 O give thanks unto the Lord; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.

 136:2 O give thanks unto the God of gods: for his mercy endureth for ever.

 136:3 O give thanks to the Lord of lords: for his mercy endureth for ever.





Ps. 75:1 (2 in 1 verse)

 75:1 Unto thee, O God, do we give thanks, unto thee do we give thanks: for that thy name is near thy wondrous works declare.





Rom. 14:6 (2 in 1 verse)

 14:6 He that regardeth the day, regardeth it unto the Lord; and he that regardeth not the day, to the Lord he doth not regard it. He that eateth, eateth to the Lord, for he giveth God thanks; and he that eateth not, to the Lord he eateth not, and giveth God thanks.





Alma 31:23 (2 in 1 verse)

 31:23 Now, after the people had all offered up thanks after this manner, they returned to their homes, never speaking of their God again until they had assembled themselves together again to the holy stand, to offer up thanks after their manner.





1 Chr. 16:34-35 (2 in 2 verses)

 16:34 O give thanks unto the Lord; for he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever.

 16:35 And say ye, Save us, O God of our salvation, and gather us together, and deliver us from the heathen, that we may give thanks to thy holy name, and glory in thy praise.





1 Cor. 14:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

 14:16 Else when thou shalt bless with the spirit, how shall he that occupieth the room of the unlearned say Amen at thy giving of thanks, seeing he understandeth not what thou sayest?

 14:17 For thou verily givest thanks well, but the other is not edified.





1 Ne. 5:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

 5:9 And it came to pass that they did rejoice exceedingly, and did offer sacrifice and burnt offerings unto the Lord; and they gave thanks unto the God of Israel.

 5:10 And after they had given thanks unto the God of Israel, my father, Lehi, took the records which were engraven upon the plates of brass, and he did search them from the beginning.





Mosiah 2:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

 2:19 And behold also, if I, whom ye call your king, who has spent his days in your service, and yet has been in the service of God, do merit any thanks from you, O how you ought to thank your heavenly King!

 2:20 I say unto you, my brethren, that if you should render all the thanks and praise which your whole soul has power to possess, to that God who has created you, and has kept and preserved you, and has caused that ye should rejoice, and has granted that ye should live in peace one with another--





Mosiah 24:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

 24:21 Yea, and in the valley of Alma they poured out their thanks to God because he had been merciful unto them, and eased their burdens, and had delivered them out of bondage; for they were in bondage, and none could deliver them except it were the Lord their God.

 24:22 And they gave thanks to God, yea, all their men and all their women and all their children that could speak lifted their voices in the praises of their God.




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Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 36 21 57
NT 37 9 46
BM 24 6 30
1 Ne. 5 0 5
2 Ne. 1 1 2
Mosiah 9 0 9
Alma 8 4 12
3 Ne. 0 1 1
Morm. 1 0 1
DC 3 8 11
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 100 44 144

1 Ne. 2:7
And it came to pass that he built an altar of stones, and made an offering unto the Lord, and gave thanks unto the Lord our God.

1 Ne. 5:9
And it came to pass that they did rejoice exceedingly, and did offer sacrifice and burnt offerings unto the Lord; and they gave thanks unto the God of Israel.

1 Ne. 5:10
And after they had given thanks unto the God of Israel, my father, Lehi, took the records which were engraven upon the plates of brass, and he did search them from the beginning.

1 Ne. 7:22
And it came to pass that we did come down unto the tent of our father. And after I and my brethren and all the house of Ishmael had come down unto the tent of my father, they did give thanks unto the Lord their God; and they did offer sacrifice and burnt offerings unto him.

1 Ne. 16:32
And it came to pass that I did return to our tents, bearing the beasts which I had slain; and now when they beheld that I had obtained food, how great was their joy! And it came to pass that they did humble themselves before the Lord, and did give thanks unto him.