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)

 60:21 Or do ye suppose that the Lord will still deliver us, while we sit upon our thrones and do not make use of the means which the Lord has provided for us?

 60:22 Yea, will ye sit in idleness while ye are surrounded with thousands of those, yea, and tens of thousands, who do also sit in idleness, while there are thousands round about in the borders of the land who are falling by the sword, yea, wounded and bleeding?

 60:23 Do ye suppose that God will look upon you as guiltless while ye sit still and behold these things? Behold I say unto you, Nay. Now I would that ye should remember that God has said that the inward vessel shall be cleansed first, and then shall the outer vessel be cleansed also.





Ruth 3:18-4:2 (3 in 3 verses)

 3:18 Then said she, Sit still, my daughter, until thou know how the matter will fall: for the man will not be in rest, until he have finished the thing this day.

 4:1 Then went Boaz up to the gate, and sat him down there: and, behold, the kinsman of whom Boaz spake came by; unto whom he said, Ho, such a one! turn aside, sit down here. And he turned aside, and sat down.

 4:2 And he took ten men of the elders of the city, and said, Sit ye down here. And they sat down.





Luke 14:8-10 (3 in 3 verses)

 14:8 When thou art bidden of any man to a wedding, sit not down in the highest room; lest a more honourable man than thou be bidden of him;

 14:9 And he that bade thee and him come and say to thee, Give this man place; and thou begin with shame to take the lowest room.

 14:10 But when thou art bidden, go and sit down in the lowest room; that when he that bade thee cometh, he may say unto thee, Friend, go up higher: then shalt thou have worship in the presence of them that sit at meat with thee.





D&C 107:85-87 (3 in 3 verses)

 107:85 And again, verily I say unto you, the duty of a president over the office of a deacon is to preside over twelve deacons, to sit in council with them, and to teach them their duty, edifying one another, as it is given according to the covenants.

 107:86 And also the duty of the president over the office of the teachers is to preside over twenty-four of the teachers, and to sit in council with them, teaching them the duties of their office, as given in the covenants.

 107:87 Also the duty of the president over the Priesthood of Aaron is to preside over forty-eight priests, and sit in council with them, to teach them the duties of their office, as is given in the covenants--





Isa. 47:1 (2 in 1 verse)

 47:1 Come down, and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon, sit on the ground: there is no throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called tender and delicate.





Matt. 19:28 (2 in 1 verse)

 19:28 And Jesus said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That ye which have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit in the throne of his glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.





James 2:3 (2 in 1 verse)

 2:3 And ye have respect to him that weareth the gay clothing, and say unto him, Sit thou here in a good place; and say to the poor, Stand thou there, or sit here under my footstool:





D&C 38:26 (2 in 1 verse)

 38:26 For what man among you having twelve sons, and is no respecter of them, and they serve him obediently, and he saith unto the one: Be thou clothed in robes and sit thou here; and to the other: Be thou clothed in rags and sit thou there-- and looketh upon his sons and saith I am just?





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)

 9:14 For they were about five thousand men. And he said to his disciples, Make them sit down by fifties in a company.

 9:15 And they did so, and made them all sit down.




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?