Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'thanks' occurs 100 times in the standard works.

19 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'thanks' in the standard works and contain 19% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 8 minutes to read the entire list.

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Ps. 136:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

Ps. 75:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Rom. 14:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 31:23 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 16:34-35 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 14:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 5:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 2:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 24:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 36 21 57
NT 37 9 46
BM 24 6 30
1 Ne. 5 0 5
2 Ne. 1 1 2
Mosiah 9 0 9
Alma 8 4 12
3 Ne. 0 1 1
Morm. 1 0 1
DC 3 8 11
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 100 44 144

Mosiah 2:4
And also that they might give thanks to the Lord their God, who had brought them out of the land of Jerusalem, and who had delivered them out of the hands of their enemies, and had appointed just men to be their teachers, and also a just man to be their king, who had established peace in the land of Zarahemla, and who had taught them to keep the commandments of God, that they might rejoice and be filled with love towards God and all men.

Mosiah 2:19
And behold also, if I, whom ye call your king, who has spent his days in your service, and yet has been in the service of God, do merit any thanks from you, O how you ought to thank your heavenly King!

Mosiah 2:20
I say unto you, my brethren, that if you should render all the thanks and praise which your whole soul has power to possess, to that God who has created you, and has kept and preserved you, and has caused that ye should rejoice, and has granted that ye should live in peace one with another--

Mosiah 8:19
And now, when Ammon had made an end of speaking these words the king rejoiced exceedingly, and gave thanks to God, saying: Doubtless a great mystery is contained within these plates, and these interpreters were doubtless prepared for the purpose of unfolding all such mysteries to the children of men.

Mosiah 18:23
And he commanded them that they should observe the sabbath day, and keep it holy, and also every day they should give thanks to the Lord their God.

Mosiah 24:21
Yea, and in the valley of Alma they poured out their thanks to God because he had been merciful unto them, and eased their burdens, and had delivered them out of bondage; for they were in bondage, and none could deliver them except it were the Lord their God.

Mosiah 24:22
And they gave thanks to God, yea, all their men and all their women and all their children that could speak lifted their voices in the praises of their God.

Mosiah 25:10
And again, when they thought of the immediate goodness of God, and his power in delivering Alma and his brethren out of the hands of the Lamanites and of bondage, they did raise their voices and give thanks to God.

Mosiah 26:39
And they did admonish their brethren; and they were also admonished, every one by the word of God, according to his sins, or to the sins which he had committed, being commanded of God to pray without ceasing, and to give thanks in all things.