Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'contend' occurs 64 times in the standard works.

11 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'contend' in the standard works and contain 17.2% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 4 minutes to read the entire list.

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Hel. 1:3-4 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 28:4 (2 in 1 verse)

W of M 1:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 17:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 44:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 13 9 22
Deut. 2 0 2
Neh. 0 3 3
Job 2 3 5
Prov. 1 1 2
Eccl. 1 0 1
Isa. 3 2 5
Jer. 2 0 2
Amos 1 0 1
Micah 1 0 1
NT 1 2 3
BM 44 13 57
DC 6 0 6
PGP 0 2 2
TOTAL 64 26 90

Neh. 13:11
Then contended I with the rulers, and said, Why is the house of God forsaken? And I gathered them together, and set them in their place.

Neh. 13:17
Then I contended with the nobles of Judah, and said unto them, What evil thing is this that ye do, and profane the sabbath day?

Neh. 13:25
And I contended with them, and cursed them, and smote certain of them, and plucked off their hair, and made them swear by God, saying, Ye shall not give your daughters unto their sons, nor take their daughters unto your sons, or for yourselves.

Job 10:2
I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; shew me wherefore thou contendest with me.

Job 31:13
If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me;

Job 40:2
Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct him? he that reproveth God, let him answer it.

Prov. 29:9
If a wise man contendeth with a foolish man, whether he rage or laugh, there is no rest.

Isa. 41:12
Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find them, even them that contended with thee: they that war against thee shall be as nothing, and as a thing of nought.

Isa. 49:25
But thus saith the Lord, Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered: for I will contend with him that contendeth with thee, and I will save thy children.