Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'sit' occurs 150 times in the standard works.

25 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'sit' in the standard works and contain 16.7% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 10 minutes to read the entire list.

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Alma 60:21-23 (4 in 3 verses)

Ruth 3:18-4:2 (3 in 3 verses)

Luke 14:8-10 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 107:85-87 (3 in 3 verses)

Isa. 47:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 19:28 (2 in 1 verse)

James 2:3 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 38:26 (2 in 1 verse)


2 Kgs. 7:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

 7:3 And there were four leprous men at the entering in of the gate: and they said one to another, Why sit we here until we die?

 7:4 If we say, We will enter into the city, then the famine is in the city, and we shall die there: and if we sit still here, we die also. Now therefore come, and let us fall unto the host of the Syrians: if they save us alive, we shall live; and if they kill us, we shall but die.




Luke 9:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 70 191 261
Gen. 1 7 8
Ex. 0 17 17
Lev. 0 6 6
Num. 1 4 5
Deut. 0 9 9
Josh. 0 8 8
Judg. 1 7 8
Ruth 3 1 4
1 Sam. 3 3 6
2 Sam. 1 5 6
1 Kgs. 11 5 16
2 Kgs. 5 4 9
1 Chr. 1 6 7
2 Chr. 1 6 7
Ezra 0 2 2
Neh. 0 2 2
Esth. 0 3 3
Job 0 5 5
Ps. 7 22 29
Prov. 0 7 7
Eccl. 1 1 2
Song. 0 1 1
Isa. 12 10 22
Jer. 8 30 38
Lam. 2 3 5
Ezek. 4 3 7
Dan. 2 0 2
Hosea 0 4 4
Joel 1 0 1
Amos 0 2 2
Micah 2 1 3
Nahum 0 1 1
Zeph. 0 1 1
Zech. 2 5 7
Mal. 1 0 1
NT 43 72 115
BM 21 86 107
DC 16 49 65
PGP 0 19 19
TOTAL 150 417 567

2 Kgs. 2:19
And the men of the city said unto Elisha, Behold, I pray thee, the situation of this city is pleasant, as my lord seeth: but the water is naught, and the ground barren.

2 Kgs. 4:38
And Elisha came again to Gilgal: and there was a dearth in the land; and the sons of the prophets were sitting before him: and he said unto his servant, Set on the great pot, and seethe pottage for the sons of the prophets.

2 Kgs. 7:3
And there were four leprous men at the entering in of the gate: and they said one to another, Why sit we here until we die?

2 Kgs. 7:4
If we say, We will enter into the city, then the famine is in the city, and we shall die there: and if we sit still here, we die also. Now therefore come, and let us fall unto the host of the Syrians: if they save us alive, we shall live; and if they kill us, we shall but die.

2 Kgs. 9:5
And when he came, behold, the captains of the host were sitting; and he said, I have an errand to thee, O captain. And Jehu said, Unto which of all us? And he said, To thee, O captain.

2 Kgs. 10:30
And the Lord said unto Jehu, Because thou hast done well in executing that which is right in mine eyes, and hast done unto the house of Ahab according to all that was in mine heart, thy children of the fourth generation shall sit on the throne of Israel.

2 Kgs. 10:33
From Jordan eastward, all the land of Gilead, the Gadites, and the Reubenites, and the Manassites, from Aroer, which is by the river Arnon, even Gilead and Bashan.

2 Kgs. 15:12
This was the word of the Lord which he spake unto Jehu, saying, Thy sons shall sit on the throne of Israel unto the fourth generation. And so it came to pass.

2 Kgs. 18:27
But Rab-shakeh said unto them, Hath my master sent me to thy master, and to thee, to speak these words? hath he not sent me to the men which sit on the wall, that they may eat their own dung, and drink their own piss with you?