Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'plead' occurs 56 times in the standard works.

14 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'plead' in the standard works and contain 25% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 5 minutes to read the entire list.

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Judg. 6:31-32 (4 in 2 verses)

Jer. 2:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Hosea 2:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 23:33 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 20:35-36 (2 in 2 verses)


1 Ne. 7:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

 7:19 And it came to pass that they were angry with me again, and sought to lay hands upon me; but behold, one of the daughters of Ishmael, yea, and also her mother, and one of the sons of Ishmael, did plead with my brethren, insomuch that they did soften their hearts; and they did cease striving to take away my life.

 7:20 And it came to pass that they were sorrowful, because of their wickedness, insomuch that they did bow down before me, and did plead with me that I would forgive them of the thing that they had done against me.




Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 39 7 46
NT 0 1 1
BM 14 2 16
1 Ne. 2 0 2
2 Ne. 1 1 2
Jacob 1 0 1
Mosiah 6 0 6
Alma 3 1 4
Hel. 1 0 1
DC 3 3 6
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 56 13 69

1 Ne. 7:19
And it came to pass that they were angry with me again, and sought to lay hands upon me; but behold, one of the daughters of Ishmael, yea, and also her mother, and one of the sons of Ishmael, did plead with my brethren, insomuch that they did soften their hearts; and they did cease striving to take away my life.

1 Ne. 7:20
And it came to pass that they were sorrowful, because of their wickedness, insomuch that they did bow down before me, and did plead with me that I would forgive them of the thing that they had done against me.