Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'sent' occurs 905 times in the standard works.

241 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'sent' in the standard works and contain 26.6% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 107 minutes to read the entire list.

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2 Sam. 10:2-7 (7 in 6 verses)

Mark 12:2-6 (6 in 5 verses)

2 Sam. 11:1-6 (6 in 6 verses)

Luke 20:10-12 (5 in 3 verses)


1 Chr. 19:2-6 (5 in 5 verses)

 19:2 And David said, I will shew kindness unto Hanun the son of Nahash, because his father shewed kindness to me. And David sent messengers to comfort him concerning his father. So the servants of David came into the land of the children of Ammon to Hanun, to comfort him.

 19:3 But the princes of the children of Ammon said to Hanun, Thinkest thou that David doth honour thy father, that he hath sent comforters unto thee? are not his servants come unto thee for to search, and to overthrow, and to spy out the land?

 19:4 Wherefore Hanun took David's servants, and shaved them, and cut off their garments in the midst hard by their buttocks, and sent them away.

 19:5 Then there went certain, and told David how the men were served. And he sent to meet them: for the men were greatly ashamed. And the king said, Tarry at Jericho until your beards be grown, and then return.

 19:6 And when the children of Ammon saw that they had made themselves odious to David, Hanun and the children of Ammon sent a thousand talents of silver to hire them chariots and horsemen out of Mesopotamia, and out of Syria-maachah, and out of Zobah.




Alma 47:10-12 (4 in 3 verses)

Ex. 3:12-15 (4 in 4 verses)

2 Sam. 3:21-24 (4 in 4 verses)

2 Sam. 14:29-32 (4 in 4 verses)

2 Chr. 25:15-18 (4 in 4 verses)

Neh. 6:2-5 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 23:1-4 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 52:7-10 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Sam. 19:20-21 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 14:8-9 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 62:12-13 (3 in 2 verses)

Hel. 9:12-13 (3 in 2 verses)

Judg. 11:17-19 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Kgs. 15:18-20 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Chr. 16:2-4 (3 in 3 verses)

John 5:36-38 (3 in 3 verses)

John 6:38-40 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 19:25-27 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 32:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 6:35 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 21:11 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 6:32 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 18:27 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 24:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 36:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 23:40 (2 in 1 verse)

John 13:16 (2 in 1 verse)

John 17:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Acts 10:29 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 22:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 29:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 43:23 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 28:34 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 39:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Moses 6:30 (2 in 1 verse)

JS-M 1:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 8:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 28:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 45:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 45:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 13:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 16:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 22:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 5:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 16:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 19:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 25:39-40 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 3:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 11:27-12:1 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 5:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 6:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 16:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 16:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 17:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 21:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 17:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezra 4:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezra 5:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezra 8:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Job 1:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 14:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 29:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 39:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 42:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 43:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 3:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Zech. 2:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 14:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 21:36-37 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 22:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 6:45-46 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 7:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

John 5:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

John 7:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

John 7:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

John 12:44-45 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 10:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 13:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 16:35-36 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Cor. 12:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Jn. 4:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 20:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 11:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 18:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 2:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 15:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 47:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 57:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 59:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 62:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 27:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 50:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 5:58-59 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 489 122 611
Gen. 44 15 59
Ex. 13 2 15
Lev. 0 10 10
Num. 18 3 21
Deut. 4 7 11
Josh. 20 1 21
Judg. 28 8 36
1 Sam. 37 10 47
2 Sam. 49 1 50
1 Kgs. 34 7 41
2 Kgs. 59 8 67
1 Chr. 15 1 16
2 Chr. 30 14 44
Ezra 10 1 11
Neh. 9 0 9
Esth. 7 2 9
Job 4 3 7
Ps. 14 7 21
Prov. 2 3 5
Eccl. 0 1 1
Isa. 16 3 19
Jer. 44 4 48
Lam. 1 0 1
Ezek. 8 2 10
Dan. 5 5 10
Hosea 1 2 3
Joel 1 0 1
Amos 2 0 2
Obad. 1 0 1
Jonah 1 0 1
Micah 1 1 2
Zeph. 0 1 1
Hag. 1 0 1
Zech. 9 0 9
Mal. 1 0 1
NT 196 70 266
BM 149 47 196
DC 61 52 113
PGP 10 7 17
TOTAL 905 298 1203

1 Chr. 8:8
And Shaharaim begat children in the country of Moab, after he had sent them away; Hushim and Baara were his wives.

1 Chr. 10:9
And when they had stripped him, they took his head, and his armour, and sent into the land of the Philistines round about, to carry tidings unto their idols, and to the people.

1 Chr. 12:19
And there fell some of Manasseh to David, when he came with the Philistines against Saul to battle: but they helped them not: for the lords of the Philistines upon advisement sent him away, saying, He will fall to his master Saul to the jeopardy of our heads.

1 Chr. 14:1
Now Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and timber of cedars, with masons and carpenters, to build him an house.

1 Chr. 18:10
He sent Hadoram his son to king David, to inquire of his welfare, and to congratulate him, because he had fought against Hadarezer, and smitten him; (for Hadarezer had war with Tou;) and with him all manner of vessels of gold and silver and brass.

1 Chr. 19:2
And David said, I will shew kindness unto Hanun the son of Nahash, because his father shewed kindness to me. And David sent messengers to comfort him concerning his father. So the servants of David came into the land of the children of Ammon to Hanun, to comfort him.

1 Chr. 19:3
But the princes of the children of Ammon said to Hanun, Thinkest thou that David doth honour thy father, that he hath sent comforters unto thee? are not his servants come unto thee for to search, and to overthrow, and to spy out the land?

1 Chr. 19:4
Wherefore Hanun took David's servants, and shaved them, and cut off their garments in the midst hard by their buttocks, and sent them away.

1 Chr. 19:5
Then there went certain, and told David how the men were served. And he sent to meet them: for the men were greatly ashamed. And the king said, Tarry at Jericho until your beards be grown, and then return.

1 Chr. 19:6
And when the children of Ammon saw that they had made themselves odious to David, Hanun and the children of Ammon sent a thousand talents of silver to hire them chariots and horsemen out of Mesopotamia, and out of Syria-maachah, and out of Zobah.

1 Chr. 19:8
And when David heard of it, he sent Joab, and all the host of the mighty men.

1 Chr. 19:16
And when the Syrians saw that they were put to the worse before Israel, they sent messengers, and drew forth the Syrians that were beyond the river: and Shophach the captain of the host of Hadarezer went before them.

1 Chr. 21:12
Either three years' famine; or three months to be destroyed before thy foes, while that the sword of thine enemies overtaketh thee; or else three days the sword of the Lord, even the pestilence, in the land, and the angel of the Lord destroying throughout all the coasts of Israel. Now therefore advise thyself what word I shall bring again to him that sent me.

1 Chr. 21:14
So the Lord sent pestilence upon Israel: and there fell of Israel seventy thousand men.

1 Chr. 21:15
And God sent an angel unto Jerusalem to destroy it: and as he was destroying, the Lord beheld, and he repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed, It is enough, stay now thine hand. And the angel of the Lord stood by the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite.

1 Chr. 29:17
I know also, my God, that thou triest the heart, and hast pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of mine heart I have willingly offered all these things: and now have I seen with joy thy people, which are present here, to offer willingly unto thee.