Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'hearts' occurs 511 times in the standard works.

145 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'hearts' in the standard works and contain 28.4% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 59 minutes to read the entire list.

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3 Ne. 2:1-3 (5 in 3 verses)

D&C 98:16-20 (5 in 5 verses)

Hel. 13:20-22 (4 in 3 verses)

Hel. 3:33-36 (4 in 4 verses)

Hel. 12:1-4 (4 in 4 verses)

Jacob 2:35 (3 in 1 verse)

Morm. 8:36 (3 in 1 verse)

Hel. 16:22-23 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 19:13-15 (3 in 3 verses)

Jacob 6:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 12:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 48:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Sam. 6:6 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 7:3 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 7:8 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 17:19 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 32:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Jacob 7:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 24:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 5:53 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 7:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 23:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 34:31 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 13:8 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 19:33 (2 in 1 verse)

Morm. 1:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Morm. 8:28 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 15:19 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 2:2 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 27:9 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 110:6 (2 in 1 verse)

JS-H 1:39 (2 in 1 verse)

Acts 15:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Col. 3:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 14:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 15:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 15:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 17:41-42 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 18:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 33:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 4:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 5:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 11:29-12:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 18:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 23:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 5:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 12:36-37 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 13:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 24:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 31:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 31:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 33:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 39:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 6:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 11:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 8:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 10:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 10:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 29:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 56:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 104:80-81 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 137:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Abr. 1:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 52 0 52
NT 61 0 61
BM 280 0 280
1 Ne. 32 0 32
2 Ne. 22 0 22
Jacob 15 0 15
Jarom 2 0 2
Mosiah 33 0 33
Alma 87 0 87
Hel. 37 0 37
3 Ne. 24 0 24
4 Ne. 5 0 5
Morm. 11 0 11
Ether 7 0 7
Moro. 5 0 5
DC 108 0 108
PGP 10 0 10
TOTAL 511 0 511

2 Ne. 1:17
My heart hath been weighed down with sorrow from time to time, for I have feared, lest for the hardness of your hearts the Lord your God should come out in the fulness of his wrath upon you, that ye be cut off and destroyed forever;

2 Ne. 5:21
And he had caused the cursing to come upon them, yea, even a sore cursing, because of their iniquity. For behold, they had hardened their hearts against him, that they had become like unto a flint; wherefore, as they were white, and exceedingly fair and delightsome, that they might not be enticing unto my people the Lord God did cause a skin of blackness to come upon them.

2 Ne. 6:10
And after they have hardened their hearts and stiffened their necks against the Holy One of Israel, behold, the judgments of the Holy One of Israel shall come upon them. And the day cometh that they shall be smitten and afflicted.

2 Ne. 9:30
But wo unto the rich, who are rich as to the things of the world. For because they are rich they despise the poor, and they persecute the meek, and their hearts are upon their treasures; wherefore, their treasure is their god. And behold, their treasure shall perish with them also.

2 Ne. 9:52
Behold, my beloved brethren, remember the words of your God; pray unto him continually by day, and give thanks unto his holy name by night. Let your hearts rejoice.

2 Ne. 10:18
Wherefore, my beloved brethren, thus saith our God: I will afflict thy seed by the hand of the Gentiles; nevertheless, I will soften the hearts of the Gentiles, that they shall be like unto a father to them; wherefore, the Gentiles shall be blessed and numbered among the house of Israel.

2 Ne. 10:23
Therefore, cheer up your hearts, and remember that ye are free to act for yourselves-- to choose the way of everlasting death or the way of eternal life.

2 Ne. 11:8
And now I write some of the words of Isaiah, that whoso of my people shall see these words may lift up their hearts and rejoice for all men. Now these are the words, and ye may liken them unto you and unto all men.

2 Ne. 25:10
Wherefore, it hath been told them concerning the destruction which should come upon them, immediately after my father left Jerusalem; nevertheless, they hardened their hearts; and according to my prophecy they have been destroyed, save it be those which are carried away captive into Babylon.

2 Ne. 25:12
But, behold, they shall have wars, and rumors of wars; and when the day cometh that the Only Begotten of the Father, yea, even the Father of heaven and of earth, shall manifest himself unto them in the flesh, behold, they will reject him, because of their iniquities, and the hardness of their hearts, and the stiffness of their necks.

2 Ne. 25:16
And after they have been scattered, and the Lord God hath scourged them by other nations for the space of many generations, yea, even down from generation to generation until they shall be persuaded to believe in Christ, the Son of God, and the atonement, which is infinite for all mankind-- and when that day shall come that they shall believe in Christ, and worship the Father in his name, with pure hearts and clean hands, and look not forward any more for another Messiah, then, at that time, the day will come that it must needs be expedient that they should believe these things.

2 Ne. 25:27
Wherefore, we speak concerning the law that our children may know the deadness of the law; and they, by knowing the deadness of the law, may look forward unto that life which is in Christ, and know for what end the law was given. And after the law is fulfilled in Christ, that they need not harden their hearts against him when the law ought to be done away.

2 Ne. 27:25
Forasmuch as this people draw near unto me with their mouth, and with their lips do honor me, but have removed their hearts far from me, and their fear towards me is taught by the precepts of men--

2 Ne. 28:9
Yea, and there shall be many which shall teach after this manner, false and vain and foolish doctrines, and shall be puffed up in their hearts, and shall seek deep to hide their counsels from the Lord; and their works shall be in the dark.

2 Ne. 28:15
O the wise, and the learned, and the rich, that are puffed up in the pride of their hearts, and all those who preach false doctrines, and all those who commit whoredoms, and pervert the right way of the Lord, wo, wo, wo be unto them, saith the Lord God Almighty, for they shall be thrust down to hell!

2 Ne. 28:20
For behold, at that day shall he rage in the hearts of the children of men, and stir them up to anger against that which is good.

2 Ne. 30:18
Wherefore, all things which have been revealed unto the children of men shall at that day be revealed; and Satan shall have power over the hearts of the children of men no more, for a long time. And now, my beloved brethren, I make an end of my sayings.

2 Ne. 32:1
And now, behold, my beloved brethren, I suppose that ye ponder somewhat in your hearts concerning that which ye should do after ye have entered in by the way. But, behold, why do ye ponder these things in your hearts?

2 Ne. 32:8
And now, my beloved brethren, I perceive that ye ponder still in your hearts; and it grieveth me that I must speak concerning this thing. For if ye would hearken unto the Spirit which teacheth a man to pray, ye would know that ye must pray; for the evil spirit teacheth not a man to pray, but teacheth him that he must not pray.

2 Ne. 33:1
And now I, Nephi, cannot write all the things which were taught among my people; neither am I mighty in writing, like unto speaking; for when a man speaketh by the power of the Holy Ghost the power of the Holy Ghost carrieth it unto the hearts of the children of men.

2 Ne. 33:2
But behold, there are many that harden their hearts against the Holy Spirit, that it hath no place in them; wherefore, they cast many things away which are written and esteem them as things of naught.