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)

Luke 9:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 70 191 261
NT 43 72 115
Matt. 11 10 21
Mark 6 5 11
Luke 13 15 28
John 1 3 4
Acts 3 9 12
Rom. 0 1 1
1 Cor. 1 6 7
2 Cor. 0 3 3
Eph. 1 0 1
Philip. 0 1 1
Col. 0 1 1
2 Thes. 0 1 1
1 Tim. 0 1 1
Philem. 0 1 1
Heb. 1 5 6
James 2 1 3
1 Pet. 0 1 1
Rev. 4 8 12
BM 21 86 107
DC 16 49 65
PGP 0 19 19
TOTAL 150 417 567

Luke 1:68
Blessed be the Lord God of Israel; for he hath visited and redeemed his people,

Luke 1:78
Through the tender mercy of our God; whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us,

Luke 1:79
To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.

Luke 2:46
And it came to pass, that after three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the doctors, both hearing them, and asking them questions.

Luke 5:17
And it came to pass on a certain day, as he was teaching, that there were Pharisees and doctors of the law sitting by, which were come out of every town of Galilee, and Judaea, and Jerusalem: and the power of the Lord was present to heal them.

Luke 5:27
And after these things he went forth, and saw a publican, named Levi, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he said unto him, Follow me.

Luke 7:16
And there came a fear on all: and they glorified God, saying, That a great prophet is risen up among us; and, That God hath visited his people.

Luke 7:32
They are like unto children sitting in the marketplace, and calling one to another, and saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned to you, and ye have not wept.

Luke 8:35
Then they went out to see what was done; and came to Jesus, and found the man, out of whom the devils were departed, sitting at the feet of Jesus, clothed, and in his right mind: and they were afraid.

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

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

Luke 10:13
Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon, which have been done in you, they had a great while ago repented, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.

Luke 12:37
Blessed are those servants, whom the lord when he cometh shall find watching: verily I say unto you, that he shall gird himself, and make them to sit down to meat, and will come forth and serve them.

Luke 13:29
And they shall come from the east, and from the west, and from the north, and from the south, and shall sit down in the kingdom of God.

Luke 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;

Luke 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.

Luke 14:28
For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it?

Luke 14:31
Or what king, going to make war against another king, sitteth not down first, and consulteth whether he be able with ten thousand to meet him that cometh against him with twenty thousand?

Luke 16:6
And he said, An hundred measures of oil. And he said unto him, Take thy bill, and sit down quickly, and write fifty.

Luke 17:7
But which of you, having a servant plowing or feeding cattle, will say unto him by and by, when he is come from the field, Go and sit down to meat?

Luke 19:44
And shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children within thee; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another; because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation.

Luke 20:42
And David himself saith in the book of Psalms, The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand,

Luke 22:27
For whether is greater, he that sitteth at meat, or he that serveth? is not he that sitteth at meat? but I am among you as he that serveth.

Luke 22:30
That ye may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

Luke 22:69
Hereafter shall the Son of man sit on the right hand of the power of God.

Luke 23:17
(For of necessity he must release one unto them at the feast.)