Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'oft' occurs 32 times in the standard works.

14 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'oft' in the standard works and contain 43.8% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 5 minutes to read the entire list.

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3 Ne. 10:4-6 (4 in 3 verses)

Job 21:17 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 18:3 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 26:13 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 18:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Moro. 6:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 4 28 32
NT 9 26 35
BM 16 22 38
1 Ne. 2 5 7
2 Ne. 0 6 6
Jacob 0 1 1
Enos 0 1 1
Mosiah 0 5 5
Alma 1 2 3
Hel. 1 1 2
3 Ne. 8 1 9
4 Ne. 1 0 1
Moro. 3 0 3
DC 3 14 17
PGP 0 6 6
TOTAL 32 96 128

3 Ne. 10:4
O ye people of these great cities which have fallen, who are descendants of Jacob, yea, who are of the house of Israel, how oft have I gathered you as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and have nourished you.

3 Ne. 10:5
And again, how oft would I have gathered you as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, yea, O ye people of the house of Israel, who have fallen; yea, O ye people of the house of Israel, ye that dwell at Jerusalem, as ye that have fallen; yea, how oft would I have gathered you as a hen gathereth her chickens, and ye would not.

3 Ne. 10:6
O ye house of Israel whom I have spared, how oft will I gather you as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, if ye will repent and return unto me with full purpose of heart.

3 Ne. 18:22
And behold, ye shall meet together oft; and ye shall not forbid any man from coming unto you when ye shall meet together, but suffer them that they may come unto you and forbid them not;

3 Ne. 18:23
But ye shall pray for them, and shall not cast them out; and if it so be that they come unto you oft ye shall pray for them unto the Father, in my name.

3 Ne. 24:16
Then they that feared the Lord spake often one to another, and the Lord hearkened and heard; and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the Lord, and that thought upon his name.

3 Ne. 26:13
Therefore, I would that ye should behold that the Lord truly did teach the people, for the space of three days; and after that he did show himself unto them oft, and did break bread oft, and bless it, and give it unto them.