Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'prayed' occurs 102 times in the standard works.

17 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'prayed' in the standard works and contain 16.7% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 7 minutes to read the entire list.

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3 Ne. 19:31-34 (5 in 4 verses)

1 Ne. 18:21 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 17:15 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 6:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

James 5:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 1:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Enos 1:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 31 0 31
Gen. 1 0 1
Num. 2 0 2
Deut. 2 0 2
1 Sam. 4 0 4
2 Kgs. 6 0 6
2 Chr. 4 0 4
Ezra 1 0 1
Neh. 2 0 2
Job 1 0 1
Isa. 3 0 3
Jer. 1 0 1
Dan. 2 0 2
Jonah 2 0 2
NT 34 0 34
BM 34 0 34
DC 1 0 1
PGP 2 0 2
TOTAL 102 0 102

Gen. 20:17
So Abraham prayed unto God: and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maidservants; and they bare children.

Num. 11:2
And the people cried unto Moses; and when Moses prayed unto the Lord, the fire was quenched.

Num. 21:7
Therefore the people came to Moses, and said, We have sinned, for we have spoken against the Lord, and against thee; pray unto the Lord, that he take away the serpents from us. And Moses prayed for the people.

Deut. 9:20
And the Lord was very angry with Aaron to have destroyed him: and I prayed for Aaron also the same time.

Deut. 9:26
I prayed therefore unto the Lord, and said, O Lord God, destroy not thy people and thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed through thy greatness, which thou hast brought forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand.

1 Sam. 1:10
And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto the Lord, and wept sore.

1 Sam. 1:27
For this child I prayed; and the Lord hath given me my petition which I asked of him:

1 Sam. 2:1
And Hannah prayed, and said, My heart rejoiceth in the Lord, mine horn is exalted in the Lord: my mouth is enlarged over mine enemies; because I rejoice in thy salvation.

1 Sam. 8:6
But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed unto the Lord.

2 Kgs. 4:33
He went in therefore, and shut the door upon them twain, and prayed unto the Lord.

2 Kgs. 6:17
And Elisha prayed, and said, Lord, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see. And the Lord opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw: and, behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha.

2 Kgs. 6:18
And when they came down to him, Elisha prayed unto the Lord, and said, Smite this people, I pray thee, with blindness. And he smote them with blindness according to the word of Elisha.

2 Kgs. 19:15
And Hezekiah prayed before the Lord, and said, O Lord God of Israel, which dwellest between the cherubims, thou art the God, even thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; thou hast made heaven and earth.

2 Kgs. 19:20
Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, That which thou hast prayed to me against Sennacherib king of Assyria I have heard.

2 Kgs. 20:2
Then he turned his face to the wall, and prayed unto the Lord, saying,

2 Chr. 30:18
For a multitude of the people, even many of Ephraim, and Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun, had not cleansed themselves, yet did they eat the passover otherwise than it was written. But Hezekiah prayed for them, saying, The good Lord pardon every one

2 Chr. 32:20
And for this cause Hezekiah the king, and the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz, prayed and cried to heaven.

2 Chr. 32:24
In those days Hezekiah was sick to the death, and prayed unto the Lord: and he spake unto him, and he gave him a sign.

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.

Ezra 10:1
Now when Ezra had prayed, and when he had confessed, weeping and casting himself down before the house of God, there assembled unto him out of Israel a very great congregation of men and women and children: for the people wept very sore.

Neh. 1:4
And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned certain days, and fasted, and prayed before the God of heaven,

Neh. 2:4
Then the king said unto me, For what dost thou make request? So I prayed to the God of heaven.

Job 42:10
And the Lord turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends: also the Lord gave Job twice as much as he had before.

Isa. 37:15
And Hezekiah prayed unto the Lord, saying,

Isa. 37:21
Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent unto Hezekiah, saying, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Whereas thou hast prayed to me against Sennacherib king of Assyria:

Isa. 38:2
Then Hezekiah turned his face toward the wall, and prayed unto the Lord,

Jer. 32:16
Now when I had delivered the evidence of the purchase unto Baruch the son of Neriah, I prayed unto the Lord, saying,

Dan. 6:10
Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house; and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime.

Dan. 9:4
And I prayed unto the Lord my God, and made my confession, and said, O Lord, the great and dreadful God, keeping the covenant and mercy to them that love him, and to them that keep his commandments;

Jonah 2:1
Then Jonah prayed unto the Lord his God out of the fish's belly,

Jonah 4:2
And he prayed unto the Lord, and said, I pray thee, O Lord, was not this my saying, when I was yet in my country? Therefore I fled before unto Tarshish: for I knew that thou art a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repentest thee of the evil.