Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'truly' occurs 97 times in the standard works.

15 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'truly' in the standard works and contain 15.5% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 7 minutes to read the entire list.

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2 Ne. 3:5-7 (3 in 3 verses)

Jer. 3:23 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 20:37 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 27:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 32:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 32:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 7:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 24 0 24
Gen. 4 0 4
Num. 2 0 2
Deut. 1 0 1
Josh. 2 0 2
Judg. 2 0 2
1 Sam. 1 0 1
Job 1 0 1
Ps. 3 0 3
Prov. 1 0 1
Eccl. 1 0 1
Jer. 4 0 4
Ezek. 1 0 1
Micah 1 0 1
NT 18 0 18
BM 41 0 41
DC 10 0 10
PGP 4 0 4
TOTAL 97 0 97

Jer. 3:23
Truly in vain is salvation hoped for from the hills, and from the multitude of mountains: truly in the Lord our God is the salvation of Israel.

Jer. 10:19
Woe is me for my hurt! my wound is grievous: but I said, Truly this is a grief, and I must bear it.

Jer. 28:9
The prophet which prophesieth of peace, when the word of the prophet shall come to pass, then shall the prophet be known, that the Lord hath truly sent him.