Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'seek' occurs 354 times in the standard works.

83 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'seek' in the standard works and contain 23.4% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 31 minutes to read the entire list.

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Jacob 2:18-19 (4 in 2 verses)

Zeph. 2:3 (3 in 1 verse)

Alma 54:13 (3 in 1 verse)

D&C 88:118 (3 in 1 verse)

D&C 109:7 (3 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 16:10-11 (3 in 2 verses)

Ps. 105:3-4 (3 in 2 verses)

Amos 5:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

Luke 12:29-31 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 11:21-23 (3 in 3 verses)

Deut. 4:29 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 24:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 27:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 38:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 8:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Hosea 5:15 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Cor. 7:27 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 18:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 60:36 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 28:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 15:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 20:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezra 8:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 34:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 7:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 34:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Zech. 8:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 6:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

John 18:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 27:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 9:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 6:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 11:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 46:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 103:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 136:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 187 38 225
Gen. 2 1 3
Lev. 2 0 2
Num. 3 0 3
Deut. 5 0 5
Judg. 0 1 1
Ruth 1 0 1
1 Sam. 13 6 19
2 Sam. 1 3 4
1 Kgs. 4 2 6
2 Kgs. 2 1 3
1 Chr. 8 0 8
2 Chr. 13 0 13
Ezra 6 0 6
Neh. 1 0 1
Esth. 0 1 1
Job 4 1 5
Ps. 39 1 40
Prov. 9 11 20
Eccl. 3 1 4
Song. 2 0 2
Isa. 16 2 18
Jer. 20 4 24
Lam. 1 1 2
Ezek. 6 2 8
Dan. 1 0 1
Hosea 7 0 7
Amos 6 0 6
Nahum 2 0 2
Zeph. 3 0 3
Zech. 4 0 4
Mal. 3 0 3
NT 57 27 84
BM 65 19 84
DC 44 19 63
PGP 1 2 3
TOTAL 354 105 459

2 Kgs. 2:16
And they said unto him, Behold now, there be with thy servants fifty strong men; let them go, we pray thee, and seek thy master: lest peradventure the Spirit of the Lord hath taken him up, and cast him upon some mountain, or into some valley. And he said, Ye shall not send.

2 Kgs. 5:7
And it came to pass, when the king of Israel had read the letter, that he rent his clothes, and said, Am I God, to kill and to make alive, that this man doth send unto me to recover a man of his leprosy? wherefore consider, I pray you, and see how he seeketh a quarrel against me.

2 Kgs. 6:19
And Elisha said unto them, This is not the way, neither is this the city: follow me, and I will bring you to the man whom ye seek. But he led them to Samaria.