Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'prayer' occurs 175 times in the standard works.

34 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'prayer' in the standard works and contain 19.4% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 14 minutes to read the entire list.

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Alma 33:3-6 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Kgs. 8:28-29 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 6:19-20 (3 in 2 verses)

Neh. 1:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 102:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 56:7 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 59:14 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 6:39-40 (2 in 2 verses)


2 Chr. 33:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

 33:18 Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and his prayer unto his God, and the words of the seers that spake to him in the name of the Lord God of Israel, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel.

 33:19 His prayer also, and how God was entreated of him, and all his sin, and his trespass, and the places wherein he built high places, and set up groves and graven images, before he was humbled: behold, they are written among the sayings of the seers.




Ps. 66:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

James 5:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 34:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 63:64-65 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 93:51-52 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 104:79-80 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 78 2 80
2 Sam. 1 0 1
1 Kgs. 8 0 8
2 Kgs. 2 0 2
2 Chr. 12 0 12
Neh. 5 0 5
Job 3 0 3
Ps. 29 1 30
Prov. 3 0 3
Isa. 5 1 6
Jer. 2 0 2
Lam. 2 0 2
Dan. 4 0 4
Jonah 1 0 1
Hab. 1 0 1
NT 31 22 53
BM 29 30 59
DC 36 26 62
PGP 1 1 2
TOTAL 175 81 256

2 Chr. 6:19
Have respect therefore to the prayer of thy servant, and to his supplication, O Lord my God, to hearken unto the cry and the prayer which thy servant prayeth before thee:

2 Chr. 6:20
That thine eyes may be open upon this house day and night, upon the place whereof thou hast said that thou wouldest put thy name there; to hearken unto the prayer which thy servant prayeth toward this place.

2 Chr. 6:29
Then what prayer or what supplication soever shall be made of any man, or of all thy people Israel, when every one shall know his own sore and his own grief, and shall spread forth his hands in this house:

2 Chr. 6:35
Then hear thou from the heavens their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.

2 Chr. 6:39
Then hear thou from the heavens, even from thy dwelling place, their prayer and their supplications, and maintain their cause, and forgive thy people which have sinned against thee.

2 Chr. 6:40
Now, my God, let, I beseech thee, thine eyes be open, and let thine ears be attent unto the prayer that is made in this place.

2 Chr. 7:12
And the Lord appeared to Solomon by night, and said unto him, I have heard thy prayer, and have chosen this place to myself for an house of sacrifice.

2 Chr. 7:15
Now mine eyes shall be open, and mine ears attent unto the prayer that is made in this place.

2 Chr. 30:27
Then the priests the Levites arose and blessed the people: and their voice was heard, and their prayer came up to his holy dwelling place, even unto heaven.

2 Chr. 33:18
Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and his prayer unto his God, and the words of the seers that spake to him in the name of the Lord God of Israel, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel.

2 Chr. 33:19
His prayer also, and how God was entreated of him, and all his sin, and his trespass, and the places wherein he built high places, and set up groves and graven images, before he was humbled: behold, they are written among the sayings of the seers.