Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'much' occurs 554 times in the standard works.

146 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'much' in the standard works and contain 26.4% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 54 minutes to read the entire list.

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Jacob 5:18-23 (8 in 6 verses)

Jacob 7:3-7 (6 in 5 verses)

Alma 7:1-6 (6 in 6 verses)

1 Ne. 18:15-19 (5 in 5 verses)

1 Ne. 17:5-6 (4 in 2 verses)

Alma 10:4-5 (4 in 2 verses)

Alma 17:3-5 (4 in 3 verses)

Josh. 22:8 (3 in 1 verse)

Luke 12:48 (3 in 1 verse)

Jacob 5:36-37 (3 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 27:32-33 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 58:3-4 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 18:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 1:33-2:2 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 60:16-18 (3 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 1:27-29 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Sam. 14:30 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 26:24 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 32:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Eccl. 1:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Luke 16:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Acts 5:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Rev. 18:7 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 16:19 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 16:35 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 3:24 (2 in 1 verse)

Omni 1:24 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 28:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 29:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 1:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 9:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 17:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 26:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 38:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 45:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 50:30 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 62:35 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 1:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 13:19 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 82:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 43:34-44:1 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 14:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Eccl. 7:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 7:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

John 6:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 27:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Rom. 5:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Thes. 1:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Jacob 5:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

W of M 1:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 27:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 27:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 7:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 63:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 3:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 2:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 123:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 157 33 190
NT 130 41 171
BM 232 214 446
1 Ne. 27 28 55
2 Ne. 10 13 23
Jacob 27 5 32
Jarom 3 1 4
Omni 4 2 6
W of M 2 0 2
Mosiah 29 0 29
Alma 93 72 165
Hel. 14 50 64
3 Ne. 15 24 39
4 Ne. 0 4 4
Morm. 1 8 9
Ether 6 7 13
Moro. 1 0 1
DC 31 119 150
PGP 4 6 10
TOTAL 554 413 967

1 Ne. 1:6
And it came to pass as he prayed unto the Lord, there came a pillar of fire and dwelt upon a rock before him; and he saw and heard much; and because of the things which he saw and heard he did quake and tremble exceedingly.

1 Ne. 4:31
And now I, Nephi, being a man large in stature, and also having received much strength of the Lord, therefore I did seize upon the servant of Laban, and held him, that he should not flee.

1 Ne. 10:8
Yea, even he should go forth and cry in the wilderness: Prepare ye the way of the Lord, and make his paths straight; for there standeth one among you whom ye know not; and he is mightier than I, whose shoe's latchet I am not worthy to unloose. And much spake my father concerning this thing.

1 Ne. 10:12
Yea, even my father spake much concerning the Gentiles, and also concerning the house of Israel, that they should be compared like unto an olive tree, whose branches should be broken off and should be scattered upon all the face of the earth.

1 Ne. 13:34
And it came to pass that the angel of the Lord spake unto me, saying: Behold, saith the Lamb of God, after I have visited the remnant of the house of Israel-- and this remnant of whom I speak is the seed of thy father-- wherefore, after I have visited them in judgment, and smitten them by the hand of the Gentiles, and after the Gentiles do stumble exceedingly, because of the most plain and precious parts of the gospel of the Lamb which have been kept back by that abominable church, which is the mother of harlots, saith the Lamb-- I will be merciful unto the Gentiles in that day, insomuch that I will bring forth unto them, in mine own power, much of my gospel, which shall be plain and precious, saith the Lamb.

1 Ne. 15:19
And it came to pass that I, Nephi, spake much unto them concerning these things; yea, I spake unto them concerning the restoration of the Jews in the latter days.

1 Ne. 15:27
And I said unto them that the water which my father saw was filthiness; and so much was his mind swallowed up in other things that he beheld not the filthiness of the water.

1 Ne. 16:19
And it came to pass that we did return without food to our families, and being much fatigued, because of their journeying, they did suffer much for the want of food.

1 Ne. 16:22
And it came to pass that I, Nephi, did speak much unto my brethren, because they had hardened their hearts again, even unto complaining against the Lord their God.

1 Ne. 16:35
And it came to pass that the daughters of Ishmael did mourn exceedingly, because of the loss of their father, and because of their afflictions in the wilderness; and they did murmur against my father, because he had brought them out of the land of Jerusalem, saying: Our father is dead; yea, and we have wandered much in the wilderness, and we have suffered much affliction, hunger, thirst, and fatigue; and after all these sufferings we must perish in the wilderness with hunger.

1 Ne. 17:1
And it came to pass that we did again take our journey in the wilderness; and we did travel nearly eastward from that time forth. And we did travel and wade through much affliction in the wilderness; and our women did bear children in the wilderness.

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. 17:6
And it came to pass that we did pitch our tents by the seashore; and notwithstanding we had suffered many afflictions and much difficulty, yea, even so much that we cannot write them all, we were exceedingly rejoiced when we came to the seashore; and we called the place Bountiful, because of its much fruit.

1 Ne. 17:12
For the Lord had not hitherto suffered that we should make much fire, as we journeyed in the wilderness; for he said: I will make thy food become sweet, that ye cook it not;

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. 18:9
And after we had been driven forth before the wind for the space of many days, behold, my brethren and the sons of Ishmael and also their wives began to make themselves merry, insomuch that they began to dance, and to sing, and to speak with much rudeness, yea, even that they did forget by what power they had been brought thither; yea, they were lifted up unto exceeding rudeness.

1 Ne. 18:10
And I, Nephi, began to fear exceedingly lest the Lord should be angry with us, and smite us because of our iniquity, that we should be swallowed up in the depths of the sea; wherefore, I, Nephi, began to speak to them with much soberness; but behold they were angry with me, saying: We will not that our younger brother shall be a ruler over us.

1 Ne. 18:11
And it came to pass that Laman and Lemuel did take me and bind me with cords, and they did treat me with much harshness; nevertheless, the Lord did suffer it that he might show forth his power, unto the fulfilling of his word which he had spoken concerning the wicked.

1 Ne. 18:15
And it came to pass that we were about to be swallowed up in the depths of the sea. And after we had been driven back upon the waters for the space of four days, my brethren began to see that the judgments of God were upon them, and that they must perish save that they should repent of their iniquities; wherefore, they came unto me, and loosed the bands which were upon my wrists, and behold they had swollen exceedingly; and also mine ankles were much swollen, and great was the soreness thereof.

1 Ne. 18:17
Now my father, Lehi, had said many things unto them, and also unto the sons of Ishmael; but, behold, they did breathe out much threatenings against anyone that should speak for me; and my parents being stricken in years, and having suffered much grief because of their children, they were brought down, yea, even upon their sick-beds.

1 Ne. 18:18
Because of their grief and much sorrow, and the iniquity of my brethren, they were brought near even to be carried out of this time to meet their God; yea, their grey hairs were about to be brought down to lie low in the dust; yea, even they were near to be cast with sorrow into a watery grave.

1 Ne. 18:19
And Jacob and Joseph also, being young, having need of much nourishment, were grieved because of the afflictions of their mother; and also my wife with her tears and prayers, and also my children, did not soften the hearts of my brethren that they would loose me.