Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'plead' occurs 56 times in the standard works.

14 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'plead' in the standard works and contain 25% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 5 minutes to read the entire list.

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Judg. 6:31-32 (4 in 2 verses)

Jer. 2:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Hosea 2:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 23:33 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 20:35-36 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 7:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 39 7 46
Judg. 4 0 4
1 Sam. 1 1 2
Job 5 2 7
Ps. 4 0 4
Prov. 3 0 3
Isa. 4 2 6
Jer. 9 0 9
Lam. 0 1 1
Ezek. 4 1 5
Hosea 2 0 2
Joel 1 0 1
Micah 2 0 2
NT 0 1 1
BM 14 2 16
DC 3 3 6
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 56 13 69

1 Sam. 25:39
And when David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, Blessed be the Lord, that hath pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and hath kept his servant from evil: for the Lord hath returned the wickedness of Nabal upon his own head. And David sent and communed with Abigail, to take her to him to wife.

Job 13:6
Hear now my reasoning, and hearken to the pleadings of my lips.

Job 16:21
O that one might plead for a man with God, as a man pleadeth for his neighbour!

Isa. 51:22
Thus saith thy Lord the Lord, and thy God that pleadeth the cause of his people, Behold, I have taken out of thine hand the cup of trembling, even the dregs of the cup of my fury; thou shalt no more drink it again:

Isa. 59:4
None calleth for justice, nor any pleadeth for truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.

Lam. 3:58
O Lord, thou hast pleaded the causes of my soul; thou hast redeemed my life.

Ezek. 20:36
Like as I pleaded with your fathers in the wilderness of the land of Egypt, so will I plead with you, saith the Lord God.