Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'joy' occurs 343 times in the standard works.

107 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'joy' in the standard works and contain 31.2% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 39 minutes to read the entire list.

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Alma 27:17-19 (7 in 3 verses)

Alma 7:4-5 (4 in 2 verses)

Alma 29:13-16 (4 in 4 verses)

D&C 18:13-16 (4 in 4 verses)

Isa. 9:3 (3 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 19:3 (3 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 28:10 (3 in 1 verse)

D&C 128:23 (3 in 1 verse)

Alma 26:10-11 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 36:20-21 (3 in 2 verses)

John 16:20-22 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 26:35-37 (3 in 3 verses)

Neh. 12:43 (2 in 1 verse)

Esth. 9:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 35:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 51:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Zeph. 3:17 (2 in 1 verse)

John 15:11 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Cor. 2:3 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Thes. 3:9 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 8:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 4:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 22:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 3:32 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 6:3 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 101:36 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezra 3:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Esth. 8:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 32:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 65:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Philip. 2:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Thes. 2:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 3:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 19:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 29:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 30:34-35 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 36:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 38:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 61:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 17:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 27:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 88:52-53 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 93:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 5:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 102 41 143
NT 63 10 73
BM 137 10 147
1 Ne. 7 3 10
2 Ne. 13 1 14
Jacob 4 0 4
Enos 1 0 1
Mosiah 16 1 17
Alma 69 3 72
Hel. 9 1 10
3 Ne. 16 1 17
Morm. 1 0 1
Ether 1 0 1
DC 37 6 43
PGP 4 1 5
TOTAL 343 68 411

2 Ne. 1:21
And now that my soul might have joy in you, and that my heart might leave this world with gladness because of you, that I might not be brought down with grief and sorrow to the grave, arise from the dust, my sons, and be men, and be determined in one mind and in one heart, united in all things, that ye may not come down into captivity;

2 Ne. 2:23
And they would have had no children; wherefore they would have remained in a state of innocence, having no joy, for they knew no misery; doing no good, for they knew no sin.

2 Ne. 2:25
Adam fell that men might be; and men are, that they might have joy.

2 Ne. 8:3
For the Lord shall comfort Zion, he will comfort all her waste places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the Lord. Joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving and the voice of melody.

2 Ne. 8:11
Therefore, the redeemed of the Lord shall return, and come with singing unto Zion; and everlasting joy and holiness shall be upon their heads; and they shall obtain gladness and joy; sorrow and mourning shall flee away.

2 Ne. 9:18
But, behold, the righteous, the saints of the Holy One of Israel, they who have believed in the Holy One of Israel, they who have endured the crosses of the world, and despised the shame of it, they shall inherit the kingdom of God, which was prepared for them from the foundation of the world, and their joy shall be full forever.

2 Ne. 19:3
Thou hast multiplied the nation, and increased the joy-- they joy before thee according to the joy in harvest, and as men rejoice when they divide the spoil.

2 Ne. 19:17
Therefore the Lord shall have no joy in their young men, neither shall have mercy on their fatherless and widows; for every one of them is a hypocrite and an evildoer, and every mouth speaketh folly. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.

2 Ne. 22:3
Therefore, with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation.

2 Ne. 27:30
And the meek also shall increase, and their joy shall be in the Lord, and the poor among men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.