Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'wait' occurs 131 times in the standard works.

22 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'wait' in the standard works and contain 16.8% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 8 minutes to read the entire list.

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Judg. 20:36-38 (4 in 3 verses)

Ps. 10:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 27:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 130:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 30:18 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 6:13 (2 in 1 verse)


Judg. 9:34-35 (2 in 2 verses)

 9:34 And Abimelech rose up, and all the people that were with him, by night, and they laid wait against Shechem in four companies.

 9:35 And Gaal the son of Ebed went out, and stood in the entering of the gate of the city: and Abimelech rose up, and the people that were with him, from lying in wait.




Lam. 3:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 58:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 5:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 90 39 129
NT 16 16 32
BM 16 10 26
DC 9 15 24
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 131 80 211

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