Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'joy' occurs 343 times in the standard works.

107 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'joy' in the standard works and contain 31.2% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 39 minutes to read the entire list.

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Alma 27:17-19 (7 in 3 verses)

Alma 7:4-5 (4 in 2 verses)

Alma 29:13-16 (4 in 4 verses)

D&C 18:13-16 (4 in 4 verses)

Isa. 9:3 (3 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 19:3 (3 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 28:10 (3 in 1 verse)

D&C 128:23 (3 in 1 verse)

Alma 26:10-11 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 36:20-21 (3 in 2 verses)

John 16:20-22 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 26:35-37 (3 in 3 verses)

Neh. 12:43 (2 in 1 verse)

Esth. 9:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 35:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 51:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Zeph. 3:17 (2 in 1 verse)

John 15:11 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Cor. 2:3 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Thes. 3:9 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 8:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 4:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 22:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 3:32 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 6:3 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 101:36 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezra 3:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Esth. 8:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 32:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 65:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Philip. 2:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Thes. 2:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)


Mosiah 3:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

 3:3 And he said unto me: Awake, and hear the words which I shall tell thee; for behold, I am come to declare unto you the glad tidings of great joy.

 3:4 For the Lord hath heard thy prayers, and hath judged of thy righteousness, and hath sent me to declare unto thee that thou mayest rejoice; and that thou mayest declare unto thy people, that they may also be filled with joy.




Alma 19:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 29:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 30:34-35 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 36:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 38:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 61:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 17:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 27:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 88:52-53 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 93:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 5:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 102 41 143
NT 63 10 73
BM 137 10 147
1 Ne. 7 3 10
2 Ne. 13 1 14
Jacob 4 0 4
Enos 1 0 1
Mosiah 16 1 17
Alma 69 3 72
Hel. 9 1 10
3 Ne. 16 1 17
Morm. 1 0 1
Ether 1 0 1
DC 37 6 43
PGP 4 1 5
TOTAL 343 68 411

Mosiah 3:3
And he said unto me: Awake, and hear the words which I shall tell thee; for behold, I am come to declare unto you the glad tidings of great joy.

Mosiah 3:4
For the Lord hath heard thy prayers, and hath judged of thy righteousness, and hath sent me to declare unto thee that thou mayest rejoice; and that thou mayest declare unto thy people, that they may also be filled with joy.

Mosiah 3:13
And the Lord God hath sent his holy prophets among all the children of men, to declare these things to every kindred, nation, and tongue, that thereby whosoever should believe that Christ should come, the same might receive remission of their sins, and rejoice with exceedingly great joy, even as though he had already come among them.

Mosiah 4:3
And it came to pass that after they had spoken these words the Spirit of the Lord came upon them, and they were filled with joy, having received a remission of their sins, and having peace of conscience, because of the exceeding faith which they had in Jesus Christ who should come, according to the words which king Benjamin had spoken unto them.

Mosiah 4:11
And again I say unto you as I have said before, that as ye have come to the knowledge of the glory of God, or if ye have known of his goodness and have tasted of his love, and have received a remission of your sins, which causeth such exceedingly great joy in your souls, even so I would that ye should remember, and always retain in remembrance, the greatness of God, and your own nothingness, and his goodness and long-suffering towards you, unworthy creatures, and humble yourselves even in the depths of humility, calling on the name of the Lord daily, and standing steadfastly in the faith of that which is to come, which was spoken by the mouth of the angel.

Mosiah 4:20
And behold, even at this time, ye have been calling on his name, and begging for a remission of your sins. And has he suffered that ye have begged in vain? Nay; he has poured out his Spirit upon you, and has caused that your hearts should be filled with joy, and has caused that your mouths should be stopped that ye could not find utterance, so exceedingly great was your joy.

Mosiah 5:4
And it is the faith which we have had on the things which our king has spoken unto us that has brought us to this great knowledge, whereby we do rejoice with such exceedingly great joy.

Mosiah 12:23
Break forth into joy; sing together ye waste places of Jerusalem; for the Lord hath comforted his people, he hath redeemed Jerusalem;

Mosiah 15:30
Break forth into joy, sing together, ye waste places of Jerusalem; for the Lord hath comforted his people, he hath redeemed Jerusalem.

Mosiah 18:11
And now when the people had heard these words, they clapped their hands for joy, and exclaimed: This is the desire of our hearts.

Mosiah 21:24
But when he found that they were not, but that they were his brethren, and had come from the land of Zarahemla, he was filled with exceedingly great joy.

Mosiah 21:28
And now Limhi was again filled with joy on learning from the mouth of Ammon that king Mosiah had a gift from God, whereby he could interpret such engravings; yea, and Ammon also did rejoice.

Mosiah 22:14
And it came to pass that Mosiah received them with joy; and he also received their records, and also the records which had been found by the people of Limhi.

Mosiah 24:25
And after they had been in the wilderness twelve days they arrived in the land of Zarahemla; and king Mosiah did also receive them with joy.

Mosiah 25:8
For they knew not what to think; for when they beheld those that had been delivered out of bondage they were filled with exceedingly great joy.

Mosiah 29:32
And now I desire that this inequality should be no more in this land, especially among this my people; but I desire that this land be a land of liberty, and every man may enjoy his rights and privileges alike, so long as the Lord sees fit that we may live and inherit the land, yea, even as long as any of our posterity remains upon the face of the land.