Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'persuade' occurs 19 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 'persuade' in the standard works and contain 26.3% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 3 minutes to read the entire list.

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1 Kgs. 22:20-22 (3 in 3 verses)

 22:20 And the Lord said, Who shall persuade Ahab, that he may go up and fall at Ramoth-gilead? And one said on this manner, and another said on that manner.

 22:21 And there came forth a spirit, and stood before the Lord, and said, I will persuade him.

 22:22 And the Lord said unto him, Wherewith? And he said, I will go forth, and I will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, Thou shalt persuade him, and prevail also: go forth, and do so.




Jacob 1:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 6 3 9
1 Kgs. 3 0 3
2 Kgs. 0 1 1
2 Chr. 2 1 3
Prov. 0 1 1
Isa. 1 0 1
NT 3 20 23
BM 10 9 19
DC 0 1 1
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 19 33 52

1 Kgs. 22:20
And the Lord said, Who shall persuade Ahab, that he may go up and fall at Ramoth-gilead? And one said on this manner, and another said on that manner.

1 Kgs. 22:21
And there came forth a spirit, and stood before the Lord, and said, I will persuade him.

1 Kgs. 22:22
And the Lord said unto him, Wherewith? And he said, I will go forth, and I will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, Thou shalt persuade him, and prevail also: go forth, and do so.