Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'desires' occurs 61 times in the standard works.

12 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'desires' in the standard works and contain 19.7% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 6 minutes to read the entire list.

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Alma 41:3-5 (4 in 3 verses)

Alma 29:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 30:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 5:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 18:37-38 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 2 2 4
NT 1 0 1
BM 39 8 47
DC 18 3 21
PGP 1 0 1
TOTAL 61 13 74

D&C 7:1
And the Lord said unto me: John, my beloved, what desirest thou? For if you shall ask what you will, it shall be granted unto you.

D&C 7:3
And the Lord said unto me: Verily, verily, I say unto thee, because thou desirest this thou shalt tarry until I come in my glory, and shalt prophesy before nations, kindreds, tongues and people.

D&C 99:7
And after a few years, if thou desirest of me, thou mayest go up also unto the goodly land, to possess thine inheritance;