Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'pleased' occurs 92 times in the standard works.

14 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'pleased' in the standard works and contain 15.2% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 5 minutes to read the entire list.

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2 Sam. 3:36 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 5:32 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 90:35 (2 in 1 verse)

JS-H 1:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Rom. 15:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)


1 Cor. 7:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

 7:12 But to the rest speak I, not the Lord: If any brother hath a wife that believeth not, and she be pleased to dwell with him, let him not put her away.

 7:13 And the woman which hath an husband that believeth not, and if he be pleased to dwell with her, let her not leave him.




D&C 63:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 36 21 57
NT 26 4 30
Matt. 4 1 5
Mark 2 2 4
Luke 1 0 1
Acts 4 1 5
Rom. 3 0 3
1 Cor. 6 0 6
Gal. 2 0 2
Col. 1 0 1
Heb. 2 0 2
2 Pet. 1 0 1
BM 6 2 8
DC 21 1 22
PGP 3 1 4
TOTAL 92 29 121

1 Cor. 1:21
For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe.

1 Cor. 7:12
But to the rest speak I, not the Lord: If any brother hath a wife that believeth not, and she be pleased to dwell with him, let him not put her away.

1 Cor. 7:13
And the woman which hath an husband that believeth not, and if he be pleased to dwell with her, let her not leave him.

1 Cor. 10:5
But with many of them God was not well pleased: for they were overthrown in the wilderness.

1 Cor. 12:18
But now hath God set the members every one of them in the body, as it hath pleased him.

1 Cor. 15:38
But God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him, and to every seed his own body.