Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'thought' occurs 129 times in the standard works.

28 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'thought' in the standard works and contain 21.7% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 13 minutes to read the entire list.

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Alma 46:30-31 (3 in 2 verses)


Mosiah 25:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)

 25:9 And again, when they thought of their brethren who had been slain by the Lamanites they were filled with sorrow, and even shed many tears of sorrow.

 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.

 25:11 And again, when they thought upon the Lamanites, who were their brethren, of their sinful and polluted state, they were filled with pain and anguish for the welfare of their souls.




Matt. 6:34 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 13:34 (2 in 1 verse)

Zech. 8:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 6:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 12:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 26:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 36:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 36:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 13:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 84:84-85 (2 in 2 verses)

JS-H 1:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 48 45 93
NT 33 13 46
BM 36 25 61
1 Ne. 3 1 4
2 Ne. 1 0 1
Jacob 0 1 1
Mosiah 6 4 10
Alma 16 16 32
Hel. 0 1 1
3 Ne. 8 1 9
Ether 1 1 2
Moro. 1 0 1
DC 9 7 16
PGP 3 1 4
TOTAL 129 91 220

Mosiah 1:9
And it came to pass that after king Benjamin had made an end of teaching his sons, that he waxed old, and he saw that he must very soon go the way of all the earth; therefore, he thought it expedient that he should confer the kingdom upon one of his sons.

Mosiah 4:30
But this much I can tell you, that if ye do not watch yourselves, and your thoughts, and your words, and your deeds, and observe the commandments of God, and continue in the faith of what ye have heard concerning the coming of our Lord, even unto the end of your lives, ye must perish. And now, O man, remember, and perish not.

Mosiah 5:13
For how knoweth a man the master whom he has not served, and who is a stranger unto him, and is far from the thoughts and intents of his heart?

Mosiah 6:1
And now, king Benjamin thought it was expedient, after having finished speaking to the people, that he should take the names of all those who had entered into a covenant with God to keep his commandments.

Mosiah 20:6
And it came to pass that when the Lamanites found that their daughters had been missing, they were angry with the people of Limhi, for they thought it was the people of Limhi.

Mosiah 24:12
And Alma and his people did not raise their voices to the Lord their God, but did pour out their hearts to him; and he did know the thoughts of their hearts.

Mosiah 25:9
And again, when they thought of their brethren who had been slain by the Lamanites they were filled with sorrow, and even shed many tears of sorrow.

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 25:11
And again, when they thought upon the Lamanites, who were their brethren, of their sinful and polluted state, they were filled with pain and anguish for the welfare of their souls.

Mosiah 28:3
Now they were desirous that salvation should be declared to every creature, for they could not bear that any human soul should perish; yea, even the very thoughts that any soul should endure endless torment did cause them to quake and tremble.