Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'messenger' occurs 57 times in the standard works.

31 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'messenger' in the standard works and contain 54.4% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 13 minutes to read the entire list.

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JS-H 1:44-50 (7 in 7 verses)

JS-H 1:59-60 (4 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 6:32-33 (3 in 2 verses)

JS-H 1:48-50 (3 in 3 verses)

JS-H 1:50-52 (3 in 3 verses)

JS-H 1:52-54 (3 in 3 verses)

Mal. 3:1 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 24:1 (2 in 1 verse)

JS-H 1:72 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 11:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 29 75 104
Gen. 1 2 3
Num. 0 4 4
Deut. 0 1 1
Josh. 0 3 3
Judg. 0 9 9
1 Sam. 2 17 19
2 Sam. 5 7 12
1 Kgs. 2 4 6
2 Kgs. 6 11 17
1 Chr. 0 3 3
2 Chr. 1 2 3
Neh. 0 1 1
Job 2 0 2
Prov. 3 1 4
Isa. 1 6 7
Jer. 1 1 2
Ezek. 1 2 3
Nahum 0 1 1
Hag. 1 0 1
Mal. 3 0 3
NT 5 4 9
BM 2 3 5
DC 3 4 7
PGP 18 0 18
TOTAL 57 86 143

1 Sam. 4:17
And the messenger answered and said, Israel is fled before the Philistines, and there hath been also a great slaughter among the people, and thy two sons also, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God is taken.

1 Sam. 6:21
And they sent messengers to the inhabitants of Kirjath-jearim, saying, The Philistines have brought again the ark of the Lord; come ye down, and fetch it up to you.

1 Sam. 11:3
And the elders of Jabesh said unto him, Give us seven days' respite, that we may send messengers unto all the coasts of Israel: and then, if there be no man to save us, we will come out to thee.

1 Sam. 11:4
Then came the messengers to Gibeah of Saul, and told the tidings in the ears of the people: and all the people lifted up their voices, and wept.

1 Sam. 11:7
And he took a yoke of oxen, and hewed them in pieces, and sent them throughout all the coasts of Israel by the hands of messengers, saying, Whosoever cometh not forth after Saul and after Samuel, so shall it be done unto his oxen. And the fear of the Lord fell on the people, and they came out with one consent.

1 Sam. 11:9
And they said unto the messengers that came, Thus shall ye say unto the men of Jabesh-gilead, To morrow, by that time the sun be hot, ye shall have help. And the messengers came and shewed it to the men of Jabesh; and they were glad.

1 Sam. 16:19
Wherefore Saul sent messengers unto Jesse, and said, Send me David thy son, which is with the sheep.

1 Sam. 19:11
Saul also sent messengers unto David's house, to watch him, and to slay him in the morning: and Michal David's wife told him, saying, If thou save not thy life to night, to morrow thou shalt be slain.

1 Sam. 19:14
And when Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, He is sick.

1 Sam. 19:15
And Saul sent the messengers again to see David, saying, Bring him up to me in the bed, that I may slay him.

1 Sam. 19:16
And when the messengers were come in, behold, there was an image in the bed, with a pillow of goats' hair for his bolster.

1 Sam. 19:20
And Saul sent messengers to take David: and when they saw the company of the prophets prophesying, and Samuel standing as appointed over them, the Spirit of God was upon the messengers of Saul, and they also prophesied.

1 Sam. 19:21
And when it was told Saul, he sent other messengers, and they prophesied likewise. And Saul sent messengers again the third time, and they prophesied also.

1 Sam. 23:27
But there came a messenger unto Saul, saying, Haste thee, and come; for the Philistines have invaded the land.

1 Sam. 25:14
But one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal's wife, saying, Behold, David sent messengers out of the wilderness to salute our master; and he railed on them.

1 Sam. 25:42
And Abigail hasted, and arose, and rode upon an ass, with five damsels of hers that went after her; and she went after the messengers of David, and became his wife.