Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'entreat' occurs 17 times in the standard works.

4 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'entreat' in the standard works and contain 23.5% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 2 minutes to read the entire list.

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Ex. 8:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

 8:8 Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron, and said, Entreat the Lord, that he may take away the frogs from me, and from my people; and I will let the people go, that they may do sacrifice unto the Lord.

 8:9 And Moses said unto Pharaoh, Glory over me: when shall I entreat for thee, and for thy servants, and for thy people, to destroy the frogs from thee and thy houses, that they may remain in the river only?




Ex. 8:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 13 20 33
NT 4 10 14
BM 0 2 2
DC 0 0 0
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 17 32 49

Gen. 12:16
And he entreated Abram well for her sake: and he had sheep, and oxen, and he asses, and menservants, and maidservants, and she asses, and camels.

Gen. 23:8
And he communed with them, saying, If it be your mind that I should bury my dead out of my sight; hear me, and entreat for me to Ephron the son of Zohar,

Gen. 25:21
And Isaac entreated the Lord for his wife, because she was barren: and the Lord was entreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.

Ex. 5:22
And Moses returned unto the Lord, and said, Lord, wherefore hast thou so evil entreated this people? why is it that thou hast sent me?

Ex. 8:8
Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron, and said, Entreat the Lord, that he may take away the frogs from me, and from my people; and I will let the people go, that they may do sacrifice unto the Lord.

Ex. 8:9
And Moses said unto Pharaoh, Glory over me: when shall I entreat for thee, and for thy servants, and for thy people, to destroy the frogs from thee and thy houses, that they may remain in the river only?

Ex. 8:28
And Pharaoh said, I will let you go, that ye may sacrifice to the Lord your God in the wilderness; only ye shall not go very far away: entreat for me.

Ex. 8:29
And Moses said, Behold, I go out from thee, and I will entreat the Lord that the swarms of flies may depart from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people, to morrow: but let not Pharaoh deal deceitfully any more in not letting the people go to sacrifice to the Lord.

Ex. 8:30
And Moses went out from Pharaoh, and entreated the Lord.

Ex. 9:28
Entreat the Lord (for it is enough) that there be no more mighty thunderings and hail; and I will let you go, and ye shall stay no longer.

Ex. 10:17
Now therefore forgive, I pray thee, my sin only this once, and entreat the Lord your God, that he may take away from me this death only.

Ex. 10:18
And he went out from Pharaoh, and entreated the Lord.

Deut. 26:6
And the Egyptians evil entreated us, and afflicted us, and laid upon us hard bondage:

Judg. 13:8
Then Manoah entreated the Lord, and said, O my Lord, let the man of God which thou didst send come again unto us, and teach us what we shall do unto the child that shall be born.

Ruth 1:16
And Ruth said, Entreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God:

1 Sam. 2:25
If one man sin against another, the judge shall judge him: but if a man sin against the Lord, who shall entreat for him? Notwithstanding they hearkened not unto the voice of their father, because the Lord would slay them.

2 Sam. 21:14
And the bones of Saul and Jonathan his son buried they in the country of Benjamin in Zelah, in the sepulchre of Kish his father: and they performed all that the king commanded. And after that God was entreated for the land.

2 Sam. 24:25
And David built there an altar unto the Lord, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. So the Lord was entreated for the land, and the plague was stayed from Israel.

1 Kgs. 13:6
And the king answered and said unto the man of God, Entreat now the face of the Lord thy God, and pray for me, that my hand may be restored me again. And the man of God besought the Lord, and the king's hand was restored him again, and became as it was before.

1 Chr. 5:20
And they were helped against them, and the Hagarites were delivered into their hand, and all that were with them: for they cried to God in the battle, and he was entreated of them; because they put their trust in him.

2 Chr. 33:13
And prayed unto him: and he was entreated of him, and heard his supplication, and brought him again to Jerusalem into his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the Lord he was God.

2 Chr. 33:19
His prayer also, and how God was entreated of him, and all his sin, and his trespass, and the places wherein he built high places, and set up groves and graven images, before he was humbled: behold, they are written among the sayings of the seers.

Ezra 8:23
So we fasted and besought our God for this: and he was entreated of us.

Job 19:16
I called my servant, and he gave me no answer; I entreated him with my mouth.

Job 19:17
My breath is strange to my wife, though I entreated for the children's sake of mine own body.

Job 24:21
He evil entreateth the barren that beareth not: and doeth not good to the widow.

Ps. 45:12
And the daughter of Tyre shall be there with a gift; even the rich among the people shall entreat thy favour.

Ps. 119:58
I entreated thy favour with my whole heart: be merciful unto me according to thy word.

Prov. 18:23
The poor useth entreaties; but the rich answereth roughly.

Prov. 19:6
Many will entreat the favour of the prince: and every man is a friend to him that giveth gifts.

Isa. 19:22
And the Lord shall smite Egypt: he shall smite and heal it: and they shall return even to the Lord, and he shall be entreated of them, and shall heal them.

Jer. 15:11
The Lord said, Verily it shall be well with thy remnant; verily I will cause the enemy to entreat thee well in the time of evil and in the time of affliction.

Matt. 22:6
And the remnant took his servants, and entreated them spitefully, and slew them.

Luke 15:28
And he was angry, and would not go in: therefore came his father out, and entreated him.

Luke 18:32
For he shall be delivered unto the Gentiles, and shall be mocked, and spitefully entreated, and spitted on:

Luke 20:11
And again he sent another servant: and they beat him also, and entreated him shamefully, and sent him away empty.

Acts 7:6
And God spake on this wise, That his seed should sojourn in a strange land; and that they should bring them into bondage, and entreat them evil four hundred years.

Acts 7:19
The same dealt subtilly with our kindred, and evil entreated our fathers, so that they cast out their young children, to the end they might not live.

Acts 27:3
And the next day we touched at Sidon. And Julius courteously entreated Paul, and gave him liberty to go unto his friends to refresh himself.

1 Cor. 4:13
Being defamed, we entreat: we are made as the filth of the world, and are the offscouring of all things unto this day.

2 Cor. 8:4
Praying us with much entreaty that we would receive the gift, and take upon us the fellowship of the ministering to the saints.

Philip. 4:3
And I entreat thee also, true yokefellow, help those women which laboured with me in the gospel, with Clement also, and with other my fellowlabourers, whose names are in the book of life.

1 Thes. 2:2
But even after that we had suffered before, and were shamefully entreated, as ye know, at Philippi, we were bold in our God to speak unto you the gospel of God with much contention.

1 Tim. 5:1
Rebuke not an elder, but entreat him as a father; and the younger men as brethren;

Heb. 12:19
And the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words; which voice they that heard entreated that the word should not be spoken to them any more:

James 3:17
But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.

Alma 7:23
And now I would that ye should be humble, and be submissive and gentle; easy to be entreated; full of patience and long-suffering; being temperate in all things; being diligent in keeping the commandments of God at all times; asking for whatsoever things ye stand in need, both spiritual and temporal; always returning thanks unto God for whatsoever things ye do receive.

Hel. 7:7
Oh, that I could have had my days in the days when my father Nephi first came out of the land of Jerusalem, that I could have joyed with him in the promised land; then were his people easy to be entreated, firm to keep the commandments of God, and slow to be led to do iniquity; and they were quick to hearken unto the words of the Lord--