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

Jer. 22:27
But to the land whereunto they desire to return, thither shall they not return.

Jer. 42:22
Now therefore know certainly that ye shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, in the place whither ye desire to go and to sojourn.

Jer. 44:14
So that none of the remnant of Judah, which are gone into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, shall escape or remain, that they should return into the land of Judah, to the which they have a desire to return to dwell there: for none shall return but such as shall escape.