Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'seek' occurs 354 times in the standard works.

83 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'seek' in the standard works and contain 23.4% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 31 minutes to read the entire list.

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Jacob 2:18-19 (4 in 2 verses)

Zeph. 2:3 (3 in 1 verse)

Alma 54:13 (3 in 1 verse)

D&C 88:118 (3 in 1 verse)

D&C 109:7 (3 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 16:10-11 (3 in 2 verses)

Ps. 105:3-4 (3 in 2 verses)

Amos 5:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

Luke 12:29-31 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 11:21-23 (3 in 3 verses)

Deut. 4:29 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 24:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 27:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 38:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 8:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Hosea 5:15 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Cor. 7:27 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 18:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 60:36 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 28:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 15:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 20:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezra 8:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 34:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 7:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 34:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Zech. 8:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 6:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

John 18:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 27:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 9:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 6:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 11:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 46:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 103:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 136:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 187 38 225
NT 57 27 84
Matt. 5 6 11
Mark 4 1 5
Luke 10 5 15
John 15 8 23
Acts 5 2 7
Rom. 2 2 4
1 Cor. 5 2 7
2 Cor. 2 0 2
Gal. 2 0 2
Philip. 1 0 1
Col. 1 0 1
Heb. 3 0 3
1 Pet. 1 1 2
Rev. 1 0 1
BM 65 19 84
DC 44 19 63
PGP 1 2 3
TOTAL 354 105 459

1 Pet. 5:8
Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: