Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'state' occurs 107 times in the standard works.

55 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'state' in the standard works and contain 51.4% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 20 minutes to read the entire list.

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Alma 40:11-15 (9 in 5 verses)

Alma 41:11-42:1 (7 in 6 verses)

Alma 42:10-13 (6 in 4 verses)

2 Ne. 2:21-23 (4 in 3 verses)

JS-H 1:3 (3 in 1 verse)

Alma 12:12-14 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 12:24-26 (3 in 3 verses)

Mosiah 2:41 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 27:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 12:31 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 135:7 (2 in 1 verse)

JS-H 1:56 (2 in 1 verse)

JS-H 1:61 (2 in 1 verse)

Philip. 2:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 16:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 28:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 60:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 8 14 22
NT 6 6 12
BM 77 1 78
1 Ne. 4 0 4
2 Ne. 6 0 6
Mosiah 11 0 11
Alma 44 1 45
Hel. 4 0 4
3 Ne. 4 0 4
Morm. 2 0 2
Ether 1 0 1
Moro. 1 0 1
DC 8 14 22
PGP 8 9 17
TOTAL 107 44 151

3 Ne. 2:19
And thus ended the fifteenth year, and thus were the people in a state of many afflictions; and the sword of destruction did hang over them, insomuch that they were about to be smitten down by it, and this because of their iniquity.

3 Ne. 6:17
And thus, in the commencement of the thirtieth year-- the people having been delivered up for the space of a long time to be carried about by the temptations of the devil whithersoever he desired to carry them, and to do whatsoever iniquity he desired they should-- and thus in the commencement of this, the thirtieth year, they were in a state of awful wickedness.

3 Ne. 28:15
And whether they were in the body or out of the body, they could not tell; for it did seem unto them like a transfiguration of them, that they were changed from this body of flesh into an immortal state, that they could behold the things of God.

3 Ne. 28:40
And in this state they were to remain until the judgment day of Christ; and at that day they were to receive a greater change, and to be received into the kingdom of the Father to go no more out, but to dwell with God eternally in the heavens.