Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'search' occurs 85 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 'search' in the standard works and contain 17.6% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 6 minutes to read the entire list.

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Mosiah 20:16-17 (3 in 2 verses)

 20:16 And now Limhi had heard nothing concerning this matter; therefore he said: I will search among my people and whosoever has done this thing shall perish. Therefore he caused a search to be made among his people.

 20:17 Now when Gideon had heard these things, he being the king's captain, he went forth and said unto the king: I pray thee forbear, and do not search this people, and lay not this thing to their charge.




Judg. 18:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 64:6 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 23:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 2:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezra 5:17-6:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 17:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 45 33 78
NT 3 8 11
BM 30 10 40
1 Ne. 1 1 2
2 Ne. 2 2 4
Jacob 3 2 5
W of M 0 1 1
Mosiah 7 3 10
Alma 6 1 7
Hel. 3 0 3
3 Ne. 5 0 5
Morm. 1 0 1
Ether 1 0 1
Moro. 1 0 1
DC 7 1 8
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 85 52 137

Mosiah 1:7
And now, my sons, I would that ye should remember to search them diligently, that ye may profit thereby; and I would that ye should keep the commandments of God, that ye may prosper in the land according to the promises which the Lord made unto our fathers.

Mosiah 18:5
Now, there was in Mormon a fountain of pure water, and Alma resorted thither, there being near the water a thicket of small trees, where he did hide himself in the daytime from the searches of the king.

Mosiah 19:1
And it came to pass that the army of the king returned, having searched in vain for the people of the Lord.

Mosiah 19:18
And it came to pass that Gideon sent men into the wilderness secretly, to search for the king and those that were with him. And it came to pass that they met the people in the wilderness, all save the king and his priests.

Mosiah 20:16
And now Limhi had heard nothing concerning this matter; therefore he said: I will search among my people and whosoever has done this thing shall perish. Therefore he caused a search to be made among his people.

Mosiah 20:17
Now when Gideon had heard these things, he being the king's captain, he went forth and said unto the king: I pray thee forbear, and do not search this people, and lay not this thing to their charge.

Mosiah 21:25
Now king Limhi had sent, previous to the coming of Ammon, a small number of men to search for the land of Zarahemla; but they could not find it, and they were lost in the wilderness.

Mosiah 23:35
And Amulon and his brethren did join the Lamanites, and they were traveling in the wilderness in search of the land of Nephi when they discovered the land of Helam, which was possessed by Alma and his brethren.

Mosiah 27:31
Yea, every knee shall bow, and every tongue confess before him. Yea, even at the last day, when all men shall stand to be judged of him, then shall they confess that he is God; then shall they confess, who live without God in the world, that the judgment of an everlasting punishment is just upon them; and they shall quake, and tremble, and shrink beneath the glance of his all-searching eye.