Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'ask' occurs 221 times in the standard works.

76 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'ask' in the standard works and contain 34.4% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 34 minutes to read the entire list.

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Luke 11:9-13 (5 in 5 verses)

D&C 8:9-11 (4 in 3 verses)

John 16:23-26 (4 in 4 verses)

JS-H 1:11-14 (4 in 4 verses)

Isa. 7:11-12 (3 in 2 verses)

James 4:2-3 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 17:11-12 (3 in 2 verses)

Morm. 9:27-28 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 2:20-22 (3 in 3 verses)

Matt. 7:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)

Mark 6:22-24 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Jn. 5:14-16 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 5:8-10 (3 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 14:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 46:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 50:29-31 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 88:63-65 (3 in 3 verses)

Deut. 4:32 (2 in 1 verse)

Moro. 10:4 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 109:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Moses 7:59 (2 in 1 verse)

John 14:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

James 1:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 27:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 9:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 42:61-62 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 129:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 47 101 148
NT 62 89 151
Matt. 12 13 25
Mark 7 28 35
Luke 13 19 32
John 17 15 32
Acts 2 9 11
Rom. 0 1 1
1 Cor. 1 2 3
2 Cor. 0 1 1
Eph. 1 0 1
James 5 0 5
1 Pet. 0 1 1
1 Jn. 4 0 4
BM 47 11 58
DC 56 16 72
PGP 9 3 12
TOTAL 221 220 441

Matt. 5:42
Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away.

Matt. 6:8
Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him.

Matt. 7:7
Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:

Matt. 7:8
For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.

Matt. 7:9
Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone?

Matt. 7:10
Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent?

Matt. 7:11
If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?

Matt. 12:10
And, behold, there was a man which had his hand withered. And they asked him, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath days? that they might accuse him.

Matt. 14:7
Whereupon he promised with an oath to give her whatsoever she would ask.

Matt. 14:20
And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up of the fragments that remained twelve baskets full.

Matt. 15:37
And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up of the broken meat that was left seven baskets full.

Matt. 16:9
Do ye not yet understand, neither remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and how many baskets ye took up?

Matt. 16:10
Neither the seven loaves of the four thousand, and how many baskets ye took up?

Matt. 16:13
When Jesus came into the coasts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Whom do men say that I the Son of man am?

Matt. 17:10
And his disciples asked him, saying, Why then say the scribes that Elias must first come?

Matt. 18:19
Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven.

Matt. 20:22
But Jesus answered and said, Ye know not what ye ask. Are ye able to drink of the cup that I shall drink of, and to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with? They say unto him, We are able.

Matt. 21:22
And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.

Matt. 21:24
And Jesus answered and said unto them, I also will ask you one thing, which if ye tell me, I in like wise will tell you by what authority I do these things.

Matt. 22:23
The same day came to him the Sadducees, which say that there is no resurrection, and asked him,

Matt. 22:35
Then one of them, which was a lawyer, asked him a question, tempting him, and saying,

Matt. 22:41
While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them,

Matt. 22:46
And no man was able to answer him a word, neither durst any man from that day forth ask him any more questions.

Matt. 27:11
And Jesus stood before the governor: and the governor asked him, saying, Art thou the King of the Jews? And Jesus said unto him, Thou sayest.

Matt. 27:20
But the chief priests and elders persuaded the multitude that they should ask Barabbas, and destroy Jesus.