Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'please' occurs 45 times in the standard works.

5 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'please' in the standard works and contain 11.1% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 3 minutes to read the entire list.

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1 Cor. 7:32-34 (3 in 3 verses)

 7:32 But I would have you without carefulness. He that is unmarried careth for the things that belong to the Lord, how he may please the Lord:

 7:33 But he that is married careth for the things that are of the world, how he may please his wife.

 7:34 There is difference also between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman careth for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit: but she that is married careth for the things of the world, how she may please her husband.




Rom. 15:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 25 68 93
NT 14 32 46
Matt. 0 5 5
Mark 0 4 4
Luke 0 1 1
John 1 0 1
Acts 0 5 5
Rom. 3 3 6
1 Cor. 4 6 10
Gal. 1 2 3
Eph. 0 1 1
Col. 0 2 2
1 Thes. 2 0 2
2 Tim. 1 0 1
Titus 1 0 1
Heb. 1 2 3
2 Pet. 0 1 1
BM 3 9 12
DC 3 26 29
PGP 0 4 4
TOTAL 45 139 184

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. 7:32
But I would have you without carefulness. He that is unmarried careth for the things that belong to the Lord, how he may please the Lord:

1 Cor. 7:33
But he that is married careth for the things that are of the world, how he may please his wife.

1 Cor. 7:34
There is difference also between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman careth for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit: but she that is married careth for the things of the world, how she may please her husband.

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

1 Cor. 10:33
Even as I please all men in all things, not seeking mine own profit, but the profit of many, that they may be saved.

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.