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)

 5:17 Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months.

 5:18 And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.




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
NT 34 0 34
Matt. 3 0 3
Mark 4 0 4
Luke 7 0 7
John 1 0 1
Acts 17 0 17
James 2 0 2
BM 34 0 34
DC 1 0 1
PGP 2 0 2
TOTAL 102 0 102

James 5:17
Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months.

James 5:18
And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.