Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'earnestly' occurs 26 times in the standard works.

4 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'earnestly' in the standard works and contain 15.4% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 2 minutes to read the entire list.

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D&C 46:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 130:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 8 0 8
Num. 1 0 1
1 Sam. 2 0 2
Neh. 1 0 1
Job 1 0 1
Jer. 2 0 2
Micah 1 0 1
NT 8 0 8
BM 0 0 0
DC 8 0 8
PGP 2 0 2
TOTAL 26 0 26

Num. 22:37
And Balak said unto Balaam, Did I not earnestly send unto thee to call thee? wherefore camest thou not unto me? am I not able indeed to promote thee to honour?

1 Sam. 20:6
If thy father at all miss me, then say, David earnestly asked leave of me that he might run to Beth-lehem his city: for there is a yearly sacrifice there for all the family.

1 Sam. 20:28
And Jonathan answered Saul, David earnestly asked leave of me to go to Beth-lehem:

Neh. 3:20
After him Baruch the son of Zabbai earnestly repaired the other piece, from the turning of the wall unto the door of the house of Eliashib the high priest.

Job 7:2
As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, and as an hireling looketh for the reward of his work:

Jer. 11:7
For I earnestly protested unto your fathers in the day that I brought them up out of the land of Egypt, even unto this day, rising early and protesting, saying, Obey my voice.

Jer. 31:20
Is Ephraim my dear son? is he a pleasant child? for since I spake against him, I do earnestly remember him still: therefore my bowels are troubled for him; I will surely have mercy upon him, saith the Lord.

Micah 7:3
That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asketh, and the judge asketh for a reward; and the great man, he uttereth his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up.