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)

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)

 20:16 Come ye near unto me; I have not spoken in secret; from the beginning, from the time that it was declared have I spoken; and the Lord God, and his Spirit, hath sent me.

 20:17 And thus saith the Lord, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; I have sent him, the Lord thy God who teacheth thee to profit, who leadeth thee by the way thou shouldst go, hath done it.




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
NT 196 70 266
BM 149 47 196
1 Ne. 4 6 10
2 Ne. 2 0 2
Jacob 1 1 2
Enos 0 1 1
Omni 1 0 1
Mosiah 26 3 29
Alma 84 19 103
Hel. 14 10 24
3 Ne. 10 6 16
Morm. 1 1 2
Ether 4 0 4
Moro. 2 0 2
DC 61 52 113
PGP 10 7 17
TOTAL 905 298 1203

1 Ne. 3:20
And also that we may preserve unto them the words which have been spoken by the mouth of all the holy prophets, which have been delivered unto them by the Spirit and power of God, since the world began, even down unto this present time.

1 Ne. 3:25
And it came to pass that when Laban saw our property, and that it was exceedingly great, he did lust after it, insomuch that he thrust us out, and sent his servants to slay us, that he might obtain our property.

1 Ne. 11:25
And it came to pass that I beheld that the rod of iron, which my father had seen, was the word of God, which led to the fountain of living waters, or to the tree of life; which waters are a representation of the love of God; and I also beheld that the tree of life was a representation of the love of God.

1 Ne. 15:22
And I said unto them: It was a representation of the tree of life.

1 Ne. 15:29
And I said unto them that it was a representation of that awful hell, which the angel said unto me was prepared for the wicked.

1 Ne. 15:32
And it came to pass that I said unto them that it was a representation of things both temporal and spiritual; for the day should come that they must be judged of their works, yea, even the works which were done by the temporal body in their days of probation.

1 Ne. 17:41
And he did straiten them in the wilderness with his rod; for they hardened their hearts, even as ye have; and the Lord straitened them because of their iniquity. He sent fiery flying serpents among them; and after they were bitten he prepared a way that they might be healed; and the labor which they had to perform was to look; and because of the simpleness of the way, or the easiness of it, there were many who perished.

1 Ne. 20:16
Come ye near unto me; I have not spoken in secret; from the beginning, from the time that it was declared have I spoken; and the Lord God, and his Spirit, hath sent me.

1 Ne. 20:17
And thus saith the Lord, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; I have sent him, the Lord thy God who teacheth thee to profit, who leadeth thee by the way thou shouldst go, hath done it.