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)

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

Acts 6:5
And the saying pleased the whole multitude: and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Ghost, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas a proselyte of Antioch:

Acts 12:3
And because he saw it pleased the Jews, he proceeded further to take Peter also. (Then were the days of unleavened bread.)

Acts 12:20
And Herod was highly displeased with them of Tyre and Sidon: but they came with one accord to him, and, having made Blastus the king's chamberlain their friend, desired peace; because their country was nourished by the king's country.

Acts 15:22
Then pleased it the apostles and elders, with the whole church, to send chosen men of their own company to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas; namely, Judas surnamed Barsabas, and Silas, chief men among the brethren:

Acts 15:34
Notwithstanding it pleased Silas to abide there still.