Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'desire' occurs 230 times in the standard works.

48 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'desire' in the standard works and contain 20.9% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 20 minutes to read the entire list.

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Alma 44:1-2 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 5:8-10 (3 in 3 verses)

Hel. 5:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 11:8-10 (3 in 3 verses)

Ps. 92:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Philip. 4:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 29:32 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 32:27 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 60:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 8:10 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 6:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Gal. 4:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Gal. 6:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 18:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 17:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 20:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 29:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 42:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 57:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 28:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 18:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 43:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 77 43 120
Gen. 2 1 3
Ex. 2 0 2
Deut. 4 2 6
Judg. 1 0 1
1 Sam. 2 4 6
2 Sam. 1 1 2
1 Kgs. 7 2 9
2 Kgs. 1 0 1
2 Chr. 2 3 5
Neh. 1 0 1
Esth. 0 1 1
Job 8 3 11
Ps. 18 11 29
Prov. 10 5 15
Eccl. 2 2 4
Song. 1 0 1
Isa. 2 2 4
Jer. 3 1 4
Ezek. 3 0 3
Dan. 2 2 4
Hosea 1 1 2
Amos 1 0 1
Micah 1 1 2
Hab. 1 0 1
Zeph. 0 1 1
Hag. 1 0 1
NT 34 31 65
BM 89 116 205
DC 27 37 64
PGP 3 3 6
TOTAL 230 230 460

Dan. 2:16
Then Daniel went in, and desired of the king that he would give him time, and that he would shew the king the interpretation.

Dan. 2:18
That they would desire mercies of the God of heaven concerning this secret; that Daniel and his fellows should not perish with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.

Dan. 2:23
I thank thee, and praise thee, O thou God of my fathers, who hast given me wisdom and might, and hast made known unto me now what we desired of thee: for thou hast now made known unto us the king's matter.

Dan. 11:37
Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers, nor the desire of women, nor regard any god: for he shall magnify himself above all.