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
BM 47 11 58
DC 56 16 72
PGP 9 3 12
Moses 4 1 5
JS-H 5 2 7
TOTAL 221 220 441

Moses 6:52
And he also said unto him: If thou wilt turn unto me, and hearken unto my voice, and believe, and repent of all thy transgressions, and be baptized, even in water, in the name of mine Only Begotten Son, who is full of grace and truth, which is Jesus Christ, the only name which shall be given under heaven, whereby salvation shall come unto the children of men, ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost, asking all things in his name, and whatsoever ye shall ask, it shall be given you.

Moses 7:50
And it came to pass that Enoch continued his cry unto the Lord, saying: I ask thee, O Lord, in the name of thine Only Begotten, even Jesus Christ, that thou wilt have mercy upon Noah and his seed, that the earth might never more be covered by the floods.

Moses 7:59
And Enoch beheld the Son of Man ascend up unto the Father; and he called unto the Lord, saying: Wilt thou not come again upon the earth? Forasmuch as thou art God, and I know thee, and thou hast sworn unto me, and commanded me that I should ask in the name of thine Only Begotten; thou hast made me, and given unto me a right to thy throne, and not of myself, but through thine own grace; wherefore, I ask thee if thou wilt not come again on the earth.

JS-H 1:11
While I was laboring under the extreme difficulties caused by the contests of these parties of religionists, I was one day reading the Epistle of James, first chapter and fifth verse, which reads: If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.

JS-H 1:13
At length I came to the conclusion that I must either remain in darkness and confusion, or else I must do as James directs, that is, ask of God. I at length came to the determination to "ask of God," concluding that if he gave wisdom to them that lacked wisdom, and would give liberally, and not upbraid, I might venture.

JS-H 1:14
So, in accordance with this, my determination to ask of God, I retired to the woods to make the attempt. It was on the morning of a beautiful, clear day, early in the spring of eighteen hundred and twenty. It was the first time in my life that I had made such an attempt, for amidst all my anxieties I had never as yet made the attempt to pray vocally.

JS-H 1:26
I had now got my mind satisfied so far as the sectarian world was concerned-- that it was not my duty to join with any of them, but to continue as I was until further directed. I had found the testimony of James to be true-- that a man who lacked wisdom might ask of God, and obtain, and not be upbraided.