Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'stay' occurs 64 times in the standard works.

12 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'stay' in the standard works and contain 18.8% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 3 minutes to read the entire list.

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Isa. 3:1 (3 in 1 verse)

D&C 105:20-21 (3 in 2 verses)

Isa. 10:20 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 13:1 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 20:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 33 34 67
NT 0 2 2
BM 15 0 15
1 Ne. 1 0 1
2 Ne. 5 0 5
Mosiah 2 0 2
Alma 3 0 3
Hel. 1 0 1
3 Ne. 1 0 1
Morm. 1 0 1
Moro. 1 0 1
DC 15 4 19
PGP 1 0 1
TOTAL 64 40 104

1 Ne. 20:2
Nevertheless, they call themselves of the holy city, but they do not stay themselves upon the God of Israel, who is the Lord of Hosts; yea, the Lord of Hosts is his name.

2 Ne. 13:1
For behold, the Lord, the Lord of Hosts, doth take away from Jerusalem, and from Judah, the stay and the staff, the whole staff of bread, and the whole stay of water--

2 Ne. 20:20
And it shall come to pass in that day, that the remnant of Israel, and such as are escaped of the house of Jacob, shall no more again stay upon him that smote them, but shall stay upon the Lord, the Holy One of Israel, in truth.

2 Ne. 27:4
For behold, all ye that doeth iniquity, stay yourselves and wonder, for ye shall cry out, and cry; yea, ye shall be drunken but not with wine, ye shall stagger but not with strong drink.

Mosiah 4:17
Perhaps thou shalt say: The man has brought upon himself his misery; therefore I will stay my hand, and will not give unto him of my food, nor impart unto him of my substance that he may not suffer, for his punishments are just--

Mosiah 19:12
Now there were many that would not leave them, but had rather stay and perish with them. And the rest left their wives and their children and fled.

Alma 10:23
But it is by the prayers of the righteous that ye are spared; now therefore, if ye will cast out the righteous from among you then will not the Lord stay his hand; but in his fierce anger he will come out against you; then ye shall be smitten by famine, and by pestilence, and by the sword; and the time is soon at hand except ye repent.

Alma 18:13
And one of the king's servants said unto him, Rabbanah, which is, being interpreted, powerful or great king, considering their kings to be powerful; and thus he said unto him: Rabbanah, the king desireth thee to stay.

Alma 61:10
And now, behold, we will resist wickedness even unto bloodshed. We would not shed the blood of the Lamanites if they would stay in their own land.

Hel. 7:3
And they did reject all his words, insomuch that he could not stay among them, but returned again unto the land of his nativity.

3 Ne. 3:8
And behold, I swear unto you, if ye will do this, with an oath, ye shall not be destroyed; but if ye will not do this, I swear unto you with an oath, that on the morrow month I will command that my armies shall come down against you, and they shall not stay their hand and shall spare not, but shall slay you, and shall let fall the sword upon you even until ye shall become extinct.

Morm. 8:26
And no one need say they shall not come, for they surely shall, for the Lord hath spoken it; for out of the earth shall they come, by the hand of the Lord, and none can stay it; and it shall come in a day when it shall be said that miracles are done away; and it shall come even as if one should speak from the dead.

Moro. 9:14
How can we expect that God will stay his hand in judgment against us?