Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'exceedingly' occurs 319 times in the standard works.

80 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'exceedingly' in the standard works and contain 25.1% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 30 minutes to read the entire list.

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Ether 9:15-16 (4 in 2 verses)

Jarom 1:5-8 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Ne. 16:20-21 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 62:29-30 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 62:48-49 (3 in 2 verses)

JS-H 1:31-32 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 18:13-15 (3 in 3 verses)

Mosiah 29:38-40 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 62:35-37 (3 in 3 verses)

Ether 8:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 19:28 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 20:29 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 43:43 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 45:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 50:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 51:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 59:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 60:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 62:41 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 63:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 3:36 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 6:12 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 19:3 (2 in 1 verse)

4 Ne. 1:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 13:27 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 123:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Enos 1:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 23:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 46:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 49:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 62:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 3:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 2:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 10:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 28 0 28
NT 11 0 11
BM 267 0 267
1 Ne. 36 0 36
2 Ne. 7 0 7
Jacob 6 0 6
Enos 2 0 2
Jarom 5 0 5
Omni 2 0 2
Mosiah 20 0 20
Alma 88 0 88
Hel. 31 0 31
3 Ne. 20 0 20
4 Ne. 7 0 7
Morm. 4 0 4
Ether 34 0 34
Moro. 5 0 5
DC 8 0 8
PGP 5 0 5
TOTAL 319 0 319

3 Ne. 1:10
Now it came to pass that when Nephi, the son of Nephi, saw this wickedness of his people, his heart was exceedingly sorrowful.

3 Ne. 1:17
And they began to know that the Son of God must shortly appear; yea, in fine, all the people upon the face of the whole earth from the west to the east, both in the land north and in the land south, were so exceedingly astonished that they fell to the earth.

3 Ne. 2:13
And it came to pass that before this thirteenth year had passed away the Nephites were threatened with utter destruction because of this war, which had become exceedingly sore.

3 Ne. 2:16
And their young men and their daughters became exceedingly fair, and they were numbered among the Nephites, and were called Nephites. And thus ended the thirteenth year.

3 Ne. 2:17
And it came to pass in the commencement of the fourteenth year, the war between the robbers and the people of Nephi did continue and did become exceedingly sore; nevertheless, the people of Nephi did gain some advantage of the robbers, insomuch that they did drive them back out of their lands into the mountains and into their secret places.

3 Ne. 3:2
Lachoneus, most noble and chief governor of the land, behold, I write this epistle unto you, and do give unto you exceedingly great praise because of your firmness, and also the firmness of your people, in maintaining that which ye suppose to be your right and liberty; yea, ye do stand well, as if ye were supported by the hand of a god, in the defence of your liberty, and your property, and your country, or that which ye do call so.

3 Ne. 3:11
And now it came to pass when Lachoneus received this epistle he was exceedingly astonished, because of the boldness of Giddianhi demanding the possession of the land of the Nephites, and also of threatening the people and avenging the wrongs of those that had received no wrong, save it were they had wronged themselves by dissenting away unto those wicked and abominable robbers.

3 Ne. 3:14
And he caused that fortifications should be built round about them, and the strength thereof should be exceedingly great. And he caused that armies, both of the Nephites and of the Lamanites, or of all them who were numbered among the Nephites, should be placed as guards round about to watch them, and to guard them from the robbers day and night.

3 Ne. 3:26
And they were exceedingly sorrowful because of their enemies. And Gidgiddoni did cause that they should make weapons of war of every kind, and they should be strong with armor, and with shields, and with bucklers, after the manner of his instruction.

3 Ne. 6:10
But it came to pass in the twenty and ninth year there began to be some disputings among the people; and some were lifted up unto pride and boastings because of their exceedingly great riches, yea, even unto great persecutions;

3 Ne. 6:13
Some were lifted up in pride, and others were exceedingly humble; some did return railing for railing, while others would receive railing and persecution and all manner of afflictions, and would not turn and revile again, but were humble and penitent before God.

3 Ne. 6:21
Now there were many of the people who were exceedingly angry because of those who testified of these things; and those who were angry were chiefly the chief judges, and they who had been high priests and lawyers; yea, all those who were lawyers were angry with those who testified of these things.

3 Ne. 7:4
Now behold, there was no man among them save he had much family and many kindreds and friends; therefore their tribes became exceedingly great.

3 Ne. 8:7
And there were exceedingly sharp lightnings, such as never had been known in all the land.

3 Ne. 8:12
But behold, there was a more great and terrible destruction in the land northward; for behold, the whole face of the land was changed, because of the tempest and the whirlwinds, and the thunderings and the lightnings, and the exceedingly great quaking of the whole earth;

3 Ne. 8:15
And there were some cities which remained; but the damage thereof was exceedingly great, and there were many in them who were slain.

3 Ne. 8:21
And there could be no light, because of the darkness, neither candles, neither torches; neither could there be fire kindled with their fine and exceedingly dry wood, so that there could not be any light at all;

3 Ne. 12:12
For ye shall have great joy and be exceedingly glad, for great shall be your reward in heaven; for so persecuted they the prophets who were before you.

3 Ne. 19:3
Yea, and even all the night it was noised abroad concerning Jesus; and insomuch did they send forth unto the people that there were many, yea, an exceedingly great number, did labor exceedingly all that night, that they might be on the morrow in the place where Jesus should show himself unto the multitude.