Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'strive' occurs 31 times in the standard works.

6 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'strive' in the standard works and contain 19.4% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 2 minutes to read the entire list.

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Hosea 4:4 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Tim. 2:5 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 26:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 15 2 17
Gen. 2 0 2
Ex. 2 0 2
Deut. 2 0 2
Judg. 1 0 1
Job 1 0 1
Ps. 1 0 1
Prov. 2 0 2
Isa. 2 1 3
Jer. 0 1 1
Hosea 2 0 2
NT 7 2 9
BM 7 0 7
DC 1 1 2
PGP 1 0 1
TOTAL 31 5 36

Isa. 45:9
Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! Let the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth. Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou? or thy work, He hath no hands?

Jer. 50:24
I have laid a snare for thee, and thou art also taken, O Babylon, and thou wast not aware: thou art found, and also caught, because thou hast striven against the Lord.