Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'sent' occurs 905 times in the standard works.

241 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'sent' in the standard works and contain 26.6% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 107 minutes to read the entire list.

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2 Sam. 10:2-7 (7 in 6 verses)

Mark 12:2-6 (6 in 5 verses)

2 Sam. 11:1-6 (6 in 6 verses)

Luke 20:10-12 (5 in 3 verses)

1 Chr. 19:2-6 (5 in 5 verses)

Alma 47:10-12 (4 in 3 verses)

Ex. 3:12-15 (4 in 4 verses)

2 Sam. 3:21-24 (4 in 4 verses)

2 Sam. 14:29-32 (4 in 4 verses)

2 Chr. 25:15-18 (4 in 4 verses)

Neh. 6:2-5 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 23:1-4 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 52:7-10 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Sam. 19:20-21 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 14:8-9 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 62:12-13 (3 in 2 verses)

Hel. 9:12-13 (3 in 2 verses)

Judg. 11:17-19 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Kgs. 15:18-20 (3 in 3 verses)


2 Chr. 16:2-4 (3 in 3 verses)

 16:2 Then Asa brought out silver and gold out of the treasures of the house of the Lord and of the king's house, and sent to Ben-hadad king of Syria, that dwelt at Damascus, saying,

 16:3 There is a league between me and thee, as there was between my father and thy father: behold, I have sent thee silver and gold; go, break thy league with Baasha king of Israel, that he may depart from me.

 16:4 And Ben-hadad hearkened unto king Asa, and sent the captains of his armies against the cities of Israel; and they smote Ijon, and Dan, and Abel-maim, and all the store cities of Naphtali.




John 5:36-38 (3 in 3 verses)

John 6:38-40 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 19:25-27 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 32:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 6:35 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 21:11 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 6:32 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 18:27 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 24:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 36:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 23:40 (2 in 1 verse)

John 13:16 (2 in 1 verse)

John 17:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Acts 10:29 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 22:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 29:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 43:23 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 28:34 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 39:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Moses 6:30 (2 in 1 verse)

JS-M 1:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 8:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 28:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 45:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 45:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 13:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 16:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 22:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 5:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 16:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 19:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 25:39-40 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 3:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 11:27-12:1 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 5:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 6:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 16:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 16:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 17:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 21:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 17:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezra 4:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezra 5:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezra 8:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Job 1:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 14:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 29:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 39:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 42:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 43:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 3:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Zech. 2:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 14:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 21:36-37 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 22:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 6:45-46 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 7:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

John 5:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

John 7:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

John 7:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

John 12:44-45 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 10:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 13:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 16:35-36 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Cor. 12:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Jn. 4:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 20:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 11:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 18:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 2:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 15:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 47:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 57:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 59:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 62:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 27:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 50:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 5:58-59 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 489 122 611
Gen. 44 15 59
Ex. 13 2 15
Lev. 0 10 10
Num. 18 3 21
Deut. 4 7 11
Josh. 20 1 21
Judg. 28 8 36
1 Sam. 37 10 47
2 Sam. 49 1 50
1 Kgs. 34 7 41
2 Kgs. 59 8 67
1 Chr. 15 1 16
2 Chr. 30 14 44
Ezra 10 1 11
Neh. 9 0 9
Esth. 7 2 9
Job 4 3 7
Ps. 14 7 21
Prov. 2 3 5
Eccl. 0 1 1
Isa. 16 3 19
Jer. 44 4 48
Lam. 1 0 1
Ezek. 8 2 10
Dan. 5 5 10
Hosea 1 2 3
Joel 1 0 1
Amos 2 0 2
Obad. 1 0 1
Jonah 1 0 1
Micah 1 1 2
Zeph. 0 1 1
Hag. 1 0 1
Zech. 9 0 9
Mal. 1 0 1
NT 196 70 266
BM 149 47 196
DC 61 52 113
PGP 10 7 17
TOTAL 905 298 1203

2 Chr. 2:3
And Solomon sent to Huram the king of Tyre, saying, As thou didst deal with David my father, and didst send him cedars to build him an house to dwell therein, even so deal with me.

2 Chr. 2:11
Then Huram the king of Tyre answered in writing, which he sent to Solomon, Because the Lord hath loved his people, he hath made thee king over them.

2 Chr. 2:13
And now I have sent a cunning man, endued with understanding, of Huram my father's,

2 Chr. 5:11
And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy place: (for all the priests that were present were sanctified, and did not then wait by course:

2 Chr. 7:10
And on the three and twentieth day of the seventh month he sent the people away into their tents, glad and merry in heart for the goodness that the Lord had shewed unto David, and to Solomon, and to Israel his people.

2 Chr. 8:18
And Huram sent him by the hands of his servants ships, and servants that had knowledge of the sea; and they went with the servants of Solomon to Ophir, and took thence four hundred and fifty talents of gold, and brought them to king Solomon.

2 Chr. 9:24
And they brought every man his present, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and raiment, harness, and spices, horses, and mules, a rate year by year.

2 Chr. 10:3
And they sent and called him. So Jeroboam and all Israel came and spake to Rehoboam, saying,

2 Chr. 10:18
Then king Rehoboam sent Hadoram that was over the tribute; and the children of Israel stoned him with stones, that he died. But king Rehoboam made speed to get him up to his chariot, to flee to Jerusalem.

2 Chr. 16:2
Then Asa brought out silver and gold out of the treasures of the house of the Lord and of the king's house, and sent to Ben-hadad king of Syria, that dwelt at Damascus, saying,

2 Chr. 16:3
There is a league between me and thee, as there was between my father and thy father: behold, I have sent thee silver and gold; go, break thy league with Baasha king of Israel, that he may depart from me.

2 Chr. 16:4
And Ben-hadad hearkened unto king Asa, and sent the captains of his armies against the cities of Israel; and they smote Ijon, and Dan, and Abel-maim, and all the store cities of Naphtali.

2 Chr. 17:5
Therefore the Lord stablished the kingdom in his hand; and all Judah brought to Jehoshaphat presents; and he had riches and honour in abundance.

2 Chr. 17:7
Also in the third year of his reign he sent to his princes, even to Ben-hail, and to Obadiah, and to Zechariah, and to Nethaneel, and to Michaiah, to teach in the cities of Judah.

2 Chr. 17:8
And with them he sent Levites, even Shemaiah, and Nethaniah, and Zebadiah, and Asahel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehonathan, and Adonijah, and Tobijah, and Tob-adonijah, Levites; and with them Elishama and Jehoram, priests.

2 Chr. 17:11
Also some of the Philistines brought Jehoshaphat presents, and tribute silver; and the Arabians brought him flocks, seven thousand and seven hundred rams, and seven thousand and seven hundred he goats.

2 Chr. 18:12
And the messenger that went to call Micaiah spake to him, saying, Behold, the words of the prophets declare good to the king with one assent; let thy word therefore, I pray thee, be like one of theirs, and speak thou good.

2 Chr. 24:19
Yet he sent prophets to them, to bring them again unto the Lord; and they testified against them: but they would not give ear.

2 Chr. 24:23
And it came to pass at the end of the year, that the host of Syria came up against him: and they came to Judah and Jerusalem, and destroyed all the princes of the people from among the people, and sent all the spoil of them unto the king of Damascus.

2 Chr. 25:13
But the soldiers of the army which Amaziah sent back, that they should not go with him to battle, fell upon the cities of Judah, from Samaria even unto Beth-horon, and smote three thousand of them, and took much spoil.

2 Chr. 25:15
Wherefore the anger of the Lord was kindled against Amaziah, and he sent unto him a prophet, which said unto him, Why hast thou sought after the gods of the people, which could not deliver their own people out of thine hand?

2 Chr. 25:17
Then Amaziah king of Judah took advice, and sent to Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, Come, let us see one another in the face.

2 Chr. 25:18
And Joash king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to my son to wife: and there passed by a wild beast that was in Lebanon, and trode down the thistle.

2 Chr. 25:27
Now after the time that Amaziah did turn away from following the Lord they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem; and he fled to Lachish: but they sent to Lachish after him, and slew him there.

2 Chr. 29:29
And when they had made an end of offering, the king and all that were present with him bowed themselves, and worshipped.

2 Chr. 30:1
And Hezekiah sent to all Israel and Judah, and wrote letters also to Ephraim and Manasseh, that they should come to the house of the Lord at Jerusalem, to keep the passover unto the Lord God of Israel.

2 Chr. 30:21
And the children of Israel that were present at Jerusalem kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with great gladness: and the Levites and the priests praised the Lord day by day, singing with loud instruments unto the Lord.

2 Chr. 31:1
Now when all this was finished, all Israel that were present went out to the cities of Judah, and brake the images in pieces, and cut down the groves, and threw down the high places and the altars out of all Judah and Benjamin, in Ephraim also and Manasseh, until they had utterly destroyed them all. Then all the children of Israel returned, every man to his possession, into their own cities.

2 Chr. 32:21
And the Lord sent an angel, which cut off all the mighty men of valour, and the leaders and captains in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he returned with shame of face to his own land. And when he was come into the house of his god, they that came forth of his own bowels slew him there with the sword.

2 Chr. 32:23
And many brought gifts unto the Lord to Jerusalem, and presents to Hezekiah king of Judah: so that he was magnified in the sight of all nations from thenceforth.

2 Chr. 32:31
Howbeit in the business of the ambassadors of the princes of Babylon, who sent unto him to inquire of the wonder that was done in the land, God left him, to try him, that he might know all that was in his heart.

2 Chr. 34:8
Now in the eighteenth year of his reign, when he had purged the land, and the house, he sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, and Maaseiah the governor of the city, and Joah the son of Joahaz the recorder, to repair the house of the Lord his God.

2 Chr. 34:23
And she answered them, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Tell ye the man that sent you to me,

2 Chr. 34:26
And as for the king of Judah, who sent you to inquire of the Lord, so shall ye say unto him, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel concerning the words which thou hast heard;

2 Chr. 34:29
Then the king sent and gathered together all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.

2 Chr. 34:32
And he caused all that were present in Jerusalem and Benjamin to stand to it. And the inhabitants of Jerusalem did according to the covenant of God, the God of their fathers.

2 Chr. 34:33
And Josiah took away all the abominations out of all the countries that pertained to the children of Israel, and made all that were present in Israel to serve, even to serve the Lord their God. And all his days they departed not from following the Lord, the God of their fathers.

2 Chr. 35:7
And Josiah gave to the people, of the flock, lambs and kids, all for the passover offerings, for all that were present, to the number of thirty thousand, and three thousand bullocks: these were of the king's substance.

2 Chr. 35:17
And the children of Israel that were present kept the passover at that time, and the feast of unleavened bread seven days.

2 Chr. 35:18
And there was no passover like to that kept in Israel from the days of Samuel the prophet; neither did all the kings of Israel keep such a passover as Josiah kept, and the priests, and the Levites, and all Judah and Israel that were present, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

2 Chr. 35:21
But he sent ambassadors to him, saying, What have I to do with thee, thou king of Judah? I come not against thee this day, but against the house wherewith I have war: for God commanded me to make haste: forbear thee from meddling with God, who is with me, that he destroy thee not.

2 Chr. 36:10
And when the year was expired, king Nebuchadnezzar sent, and brought him to Babylon, with the goodly vessels of the house of the Lord, and made Zedekiah his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem.

2 Chr. 36:15
And the Lord God of their fathers sent to them by his messengers, rising up betimes, and sending; because he had compassion on his people, and on his dwelling place: