Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'wilderness' occurs 571 times in the standard works.

236 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'wilderness' in the standard works and contain 41.3% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 104 minutes to read the entire list.

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1 Ne. 16:9-16 (10 in 8 verses)

1 Ne. 16:35-17:4 (10 in 9 verses)

Alma 22:27-34 (9 in 8 verses)

1 Ne. 4:33-5:2 (8 in 8 verses)

Mosiah 22:11-23:1 (7 in 7 verses)

Alma 16:2-8 (7 in 7 verses)

1 Ne. 2:2-6 (6 in 5 verses)

Alma 43:22-27 (6 in 6 verses)

Alma 50:7-11 (5 in 5 verses)

Ether 14:3-7 (5 in 5 verses)

1 Sam. 26:2-3 (4 in 2 verses)

Omni 1:27-29 (4 in 3 verses)

Mosiah 9:2-4 (4 in 3 verses)

Alma 2:36-38 (4 in 3 verses)

Num. 14:32-35 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 25:5-8 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 58:16-19 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Sam. 23:14-15 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 23:24-25 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 17:20-21 (3 in 2 verses)

Omni 1:12-13 (3 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 20:4-5 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 46:31-32 (3 in 2 verses)

Ex. 16:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

Num. 33:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

Josh. 5:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 20:13-15 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 7:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 18:25-19:2 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 17:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 58:22-24 (3 in 3 verses)

Hel. 11:31-33 (3 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 4:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

Ether 2:5-7 (3 in 3 verses)

Ex. 15:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 10:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 29:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 64:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 7:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 19:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 24:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 31:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 62:34 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 4:13 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 88:66 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 128:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 21:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 8:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 14:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 19:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 16:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 26:64-65 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 33:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 2:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 8:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 32:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 41:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 43:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 20:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 20:35-36 (2 in 2 verses)

Joel 1:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 1:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 1:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 3:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 5:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 7:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 17:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 18:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 2:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 8:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 10:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 24:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 56:39-40 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 58:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 4:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 84:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 269 0 269
Gen. 7 0 7
Ex. 23 0 23
Lev. 4 0 4
Num. 45 0 45
Deut. 19 0 19
Josh. 15 0 15
Judg. 9 0 9
1 Sam. 18 0 18
2 Sam. 6 0 6
1 Kgs. 4 0 4
2 Kgs. 1 0 1
1 Chr. 4 0 4
2 Chr. 6 0 6
Neh. 2 0 2
Job 6 0 6
Ps. 22 0 22
Prov. 1 0 1
Song. 2 0 2
Isa. 21 0 21
Jer. 21 0 21
Lam. 3 0 3
Ezek. 15 0 15
Hosea 5 0 5
Joel 5 0 5
Amos 3 0 3
Zeph. 1 0 1
Mal. 1 0 1
NT 35 0 35
BM 249 0 249
DC 17 0 17
PGP 1 0 1
TOTAL 571 0 571

Ps. 29:8
The voice of the Lord shaketh the wilderness; the Lord shaketh the wilderness of Kadesh.

Ps. 55:7
Lo, then would I wander far off, and remain in the wilderness. Selah.

Ps. 65:12
They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness: and the little hills rejoice on every side.

Ps. 68:7
O God, when thou wentest forth before thy people, when thou didst march through the wilderness; Selah:

Ps. 72:9
They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him; and his enemies shall lick the dust.

Ps. 74:14
Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces, and gavest him to be meat to the people inhabiting the wilderness.

Ps. 78:15
He clave the rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink as out of the great depths.

Ps. 78:17
And they sinned yet more against him by provoking the most High in the wilderness.

Ps. 78:19
Yea, they spake against God; they said, Can God furnish a table in the wilderness?

Ps. 78:40
How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, and grieve him in the desert!

Ps. 78:52
But made his own people to go forth like sheep, and guided them in the wilderness like a flock.

Ps. 95:8
Harden not your heart, as in the provocation, and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness:

Ps. 102:6
I am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the desert.

Ps. 106:9
He rebuked the Red sea also, and it was dried up: so he led them through the depths, as through the wilderness.

Ps. 106:14
But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the desert.

Ps. 106:26
Therefore he lifted up his hand against them, to overthrow them in the wilderness:

Ps. 107:4
They wandered in the wilderness in a solitary way; they found no city to dwell in.

Ps. 107:33
He turneth rivers into a wilderness, and the watersprings into dry ground;

Ps. 107:35
He turneth the wilderness into a standing water, and dry ground into watersprings.

Ps. 107:40
He poureth contempt upon princes, and causeth them to wander in the wilderness, where there is no way.

Ps. 136:16
To him which led his people through the wilderness: for his mercy endureth for ever.