Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'sought' occurs 219 times in the standard works.

46 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'sought' in the standard works and contain 21% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 16 minutes to read the entire list.

To learn more about emphasis scriptures click here.

Expand All

2 Ne. 1:24-25 (4 in 2 verses)

D&C 10:6-7 (4 in 2 verses)

Song. 3:1-2 (3 in 2 verses)

Hel. 13:37-38 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 14:7 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 22:9 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 26:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 65:1 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 17:44 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 51:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 54:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 10:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Moses 4:6 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 1:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 17:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Eccl. 12:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 2:48-49 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 2:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 8:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 13:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 87 11 98
NT 39 33 72
BM 65 2 67
1 Ne. 11 0 11
2 Ne. 8 0 8
Jacob 4 0 4
Mosiah 5 0 5
Alma 17 2 19
Hel. 10 0 10
4 Ne. 1 0 1
Ether 8 0 8
Moro. 1 0 1
DC 19 0 19
PGP 9 0 9
TOTAL 219 46 265

Mosiah 2:12
I say unto you that as I have been suffered to spend my days in your service, even up to this time, and have not sought gold nor silver nor any manner of riches of you;

Mosiah 10:15
And again, they were wroth with him when they had arrived in the promised land, because they said that he had taken the ruling of the people out of their hands; and they sought to kill him.

Mosiah 11:26
Now it came to pass that when Abinadi had spoken these words unto them they were wroth with him, and sought to take away his life; but the Lord delivered him out of their hands.

Mosiah 11:29
Now the eyes of the people were blinded; therefore they hardened their hearts against the words of Abinadi, and they sought from that time forward to take him. And king Noah hardened his heart against the word of the Lord, and he did not repent of his evil doings.

Mosiah 20:18
For do ye not remember the priests of thy father, whom this people sought to destroy? And are they not in the wilderness? And are not they the ones who have stolen the daughters of the Lamanites?