Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'always' occurs 137 times in the standard works.

39 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'always' in the standard works and contain 28.5% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 16 minutes to read the entire list.

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3 Ne. 18:6-12 (7 in 7 verses)

Mosiah 29:12-13 (4 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 4:11-12 (3 in 2 verses)

Moro. 4:3-5:2 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 20:77-79 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 46:8-10 (3 in 3 verses)

Matt. 26:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Mark 14:7 (2 in 1 verse)

John 12:8 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 10:37 (2 in 1 verse)


Alma 7:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

 7:23 And now I would that ye should be humble, and be submissive and gentle; easy to be entreated; full of patience and long-suffering; being temperate in all things; being diligent in keeping the commandments of God at all times; asking for whatsoever things ye stand in need, both spiritual and temporal; always returning thanks unto God for whatsoever things ye do receive.

 7:24 And see that ye have faith, hope, and charity, and then ye will always abound in good works.




3 Ne. 18:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 81:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 93:49-50 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 20 0 20
NT 42 0 42
BM 41 0 41
1 Ne. 1 0 1
2 Ne. 2 0 2
Mosiah 11 0 11
Alma 7 0 7
Hel. 1 0 1
3 Ne. 11 0 11
Morm. 1 0 1
Ether 3 0 3
Moro. 4 0 4
DC 32 0 32
PGP 2 0 2
TOTAL 137 0 137

Alma 7:23
And now I would that ye should be humble, and be submissive and gentle; easy to be entreated; full of patience and long-suffering; being temperate in all things; being diligent in keeping the commandments of God at all times; asking for whatsoever things ye stand in need, both spiritual and temporal; always returning thanks unto God for whatsoever things ye do receive.

Alma 7:24
And see that ye have faith, hope, and charity, and then ye will always abound in good works.

Alma 13:29
Having faith on the Lord; having a hope that ye shall receive eternal life; having the love of God always in your hearts, that ye may be lifted up at the last day and enter into his rest.

Alma 19:27
And there were some who said that Ammon was sent by the Great Spirit to afflict them because of their iniquities; and that it was the Great Spirit that had always attended the Nephites, who had ever delivered them out of their hands; and they said that it was this Great Spirit who had destroyed so many of their brethren, the Lamanites.

Alma 29:12
Yea, I have always remembered the captivity of my fathers; and that same God who delivered them out of the hands of the Egyptians did deliver them out of bondage.

Alma 30:52
And Korihor put forth his hand and wrote, saying: I know that I am dumb, for I cannot speak; and I know that nothing save it were the power of God could bring this upon me; yea, and I always knew that there was a God.

Alma 36:29
Yea, and he has also brought our fathers out of the land of Jerusalem; and he has also, by his everlasting power, delivered them out of bondage and captivity, from time to time even down to the present day; and I have always retained in remembrance their captivity; yea, and ye also ought to retain in remembrance, as I have done, their captivity.