Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'jesse' occurs 55 times in the standard works.

27 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'jesse' in the standard works and contain 49.1% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 13 minutes to read the entire list.

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1 Sam. 16:5-11 (7 in 7 verses)

D&C 113:3-6 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Sam. 16:18-20 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Sam. 22:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

Ruth 4:22 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 17:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 20:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 2:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 1:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 42 0 42
NT 5 0 5
BM 2 0 2
2 Ne. 2 0 2
DC 6 0 6
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 55 0 55

2 Ne. 21:1
And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a branch shall grow out of his roots.

2 Ne. 21:10
And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign of the people; to it shall the Gentiles seek; and his rest shall be glorious.