Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'pray' occurs 415 times in the standard works.

101 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'pray' in the standard works and contain 24.3% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 45 minutes to read the entire list.

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3 Ne. 19:17-30 (15 in 14 verses)

2 Ne. 32:8-33:3 (7 in 5 verses)

1 Cor. 14:13-15 (4 in 3 verses)

Matt. 6:5-7 (3 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 13:5-7 (3 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 18:21-23 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 47:29 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 50:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 16:28 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 20:29 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 37:20 (2 in 1 verse)

John 17:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 38:13 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 20:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 13:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 18:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 19:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 33:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 50:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 22:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 19:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 25:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 13:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 14:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 17:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 20:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 6:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 6:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 6:37-38 (2 in 2 verses)

Neh. 5:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 29:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Zech. 8:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 11:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 14:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

James 5:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 18:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 18:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 19:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 93:49-50 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 245 123 368
Gen. 48 1 49
Ex. 7 0 7
Lev. 0 1 1
Num. 12 2 14
Deut. 1 3 4
Josh. 2 0 2
Judg. 23 0 23
Ruth 1 0 1
1 Sam. 26 6 32
2 Sam. 18 1 19
1 Kgs. 23 10 33
2 Kgs. 22 8 30
1 Chr. 2 0 2
2 Chr. 9 19 28
Ezra 1 1 2
Neh. 4 7 11
Job 9 4 13
Ps. 5 30 35
Prov. 0 3 3
Isa. 7 10 17
Jer. 14 3 17
Lam. 1 2 3
Ezek. 1 0 1
Dan. 0 8 8
Jonah 2 3 5
Micah 2 0 2
Hab. 0 1 1
Hag. 1 0 1
Zech. 3 0 3
Mal. 1 0 1
NT 68 106 174
BM 74 104 178
DC 22 70 92
PGP 6 5 11
TOTAL 415 408 823

Num. 10:31
And he said, Leave us not, I pray thee; forasmuch as thou knowest how we are to encamp in the wilderness, and thou mayest be to us instead of eyes.

Num. 11:2
And the people cried unto Moses; and when Moses prayed unto the Lord, the fire was quenched.

Num. 11:15
And if thou deal thus with me, kill me, I pray thee, out of hand, if I have found favour in thy sight; and let me not see my wretchedness.

Num. 16:8
And Moses said unto Korah, Hear, I pray you, ye sons of Levi:

Num. 16:26
And he spake unto the congregation, saying, Depart, I pray you, from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, lest ye be consumed in all their sins.

Num. 20:17
Let us pass, I pray thee, through thy country: we will not pass through the fields, or through the vineyards, neither will we drink of the water of the wells: we will go by the king's high way, we will not turn to the right hand nor to the left, until we have passed thy borders.

Num. 21:7
Therefore the people came to Moses, and said, We have sinned, for we have spoken against the Lord, and against thee; pray unto the Lord, that he take away the serpents from us. And Moses prayed for the people.

Num. 22:6
Come now therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people; for they are too mighty for me: peradventure I shall prevail, that we may smite them, and that I may drive them out of the land: for I wot that he whom thou blessest is blessed, and he whom thou cursest is cursed.

Num. 22:16
And they came to Balaam, and said to him, Thus saith Balak the son of Zippor, Let nothing, I pray thee, hinder thee from coming unto me:

Num. 22:17
For I will promote thee unto very great honour, and I will do whatsoever thou sayest unto me: come therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people.

Num. 22:19
Now therefore, I pray you, tarry ye also here this night, that I may know what the Lord will say unto me more.

Num. 23:13
And Balak said unto him, Come, I pray thee, with me unto another place, from whence thou mayest see them: thou shalt see but the utmost part of them, and shalt not see them all: and curse me them from thence.

Num. 23:27
And Balak said unto Balaam, Come, I pray thee, I will bring thee unto another place; peradventure it will please God that thou mayest curse me them from thence.