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)

 2:18 But before ye seek for riches, seek ye for the kingdom of God.

 2:19 And after ye have obtained a hope in Christ ye shall obtain riches, if ye seek them; and ye will seek them for the intent to do good-- to clothe the naked, and to feed the hungry, and to liberate the captive, and administer relief to the sick and the afflicted.





Zeph. 2:3 (3 in 1 verse)

 2:3 Seek ye the Lord, all ye meek of the earth, which have wrought his judgment; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be ye shall be hid in the day of the Lord's anger.





Alma 54:13 (3 in 1 verse)

 54:13 Behold, I am in my anger, and also my people; ye have sought to murder us, and we have only sought to defend ourselves. But behold, if ye seek to destroy us more we will seek to destroy you; yea, and we will seek our land, the land of our first inheritance.





D&C 88:118 (3 in 1 verse)

 88:118 And as all have not faith, seek ye diligently and teach one another words of wisdom; yea, seek ye out of the best books words of wisdom; seek learning, even by study and also by faith.





D&C 109:7 (3 in 1 verse)

 109:7 And as all have not faith, seek ye diligently and teach one another words of wisdom; yea, seek ye out of the best books words of wisdom, seek learning even by study and also by faith;





1 Chr. 16:10-11 (3 in 2 verses)

 16:10 Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the Lord.

 16:11 Seek the Lord and his strength, seek his face continually.





Ps. 105:3-4 (3 in 2 verses)

 105:3 Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the Lord.

 105:4 Seek the Lord, and his strength: seek his face evermore.





Amos 5:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

 5:4 For thus saith the Lord unto the house of Israel, Seek ye me, and ye shall live:

 5:5 But seek not Beth-el, nor enter into Gilgal, and pass not to Beer-sheba: for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and Beth-el shall come to nought.

 5:6 Seek the Lord, and ye shall live; lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and devour it, and there be none to quench it in Beth-el.





Luke 12:29-31 (3 in 3 verses)

 12:29 And seek not ye what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink, neither be ye of doubtful mind.

 12:30 For all these things do the nations of the world seek after: and your Father knoweth that ye have need of these things.

 12:31 But rather seek ye the kingdom of God; and all these things shall be added unto you.





D&C 11:21-23 (3 in 3 verses)

 11:21 Seek not to declare my word, but first seek to obtain my word, and then shall your tongue be loosed; then, if you desire, you shall have my Spirit and my word, yea, the power of God unto the convincing of men.

 11:22 But now hold your peace; study my word which hath gone forth among the children of men, and also study my word which shall come forth among the children of men, or that which is now translating, yea, until you have obtained all which I shall grant unto the children of men in this generation, and then shall all things be added thereto.

 11:23 Behold thou art Hyrum, my son; seek the kingdom of God, and all things shall be added according to that which is just.





Deut. 4:29 (2 in 1 verse)

 4:29 But if from thence thou shalt seek the Lord thy God, thou shalt find him, if thou seek him with all thy heart and with all thy soul.





Ps. 24:6 (2 in 1 verse)

 24:6 This is the generation of them that seek him, that seek thy face, O Jacob. Selah.





Ps. 27:8 (2 in 1 verse)

 27:8 When thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, Lord, will I seek.





Ps. 38:12 (2 in 1 verse)

 38:12 They also that seek after my life lay snares for me: and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long.





Isa. 8:19 (2 in 1 verse)

 8:19 And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that have familiar spirits, and unto wizards that peep, and that mutter: should not a people seek unto their God? for the living to the dead?





Hosea 5:15 (2 in 1 verse)

 5:15 I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early.





1 Cor. 7:27 (2 in 1 verse)

 7:27 Art thou bound unto a wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? seek not a wife.





2 Ne. 18:19 (2 in 1 verse)

 18:19 And when they shall say unto you: Seek unto them that have familiar spirits, and unto wizards that peep and mutter-- should not a people seek unto their God for the living to hear from the dead?





Alma 60:36 (2 in 1 verse)

 60:36 Behold, I am Moroni, your chief captain. I seek not for power, but to pull it down. I seek not for honor of the world, but for the glory of my God, and the freedom and welfare of my country. And thus I close mine epistle.





1 Chr. 28:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

 28:8 Now therefore in the sight of all Israel the congregation of the Lord, and in the audience of our God, keep and seek for all the commandments of the Lord your God: that ye may possess this good land, and leave it for an inheritance for your children after you for ever.

 28:9 And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the Lord searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.





2 Chr. 15:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

 15:12 And they entered into a covenant to seek the Lord God of their fathers with all their heart and with all their soul;

 15:13 That whosoever would not seek the Lord God of Israel should be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman.





2 Chr. 20:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

 20:3 And Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek the Lord, and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah.

 20:4 And Judah gathered themselves together, to ask help of the Lord: even out of all the cities of Judah they came to seek the Lord.





Ezra 8:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

 8:21 Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river of Ahava, that we might afflict ourselves before our God, to seek of him a right way for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance.

 8:22 For I was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way: because we had spoken unto the king, saying, The hand of our God is upon all them for good that seek him; but his power and his wrath is against all them that forsake him.





Jer. 34:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

 34:20 I will even give them into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of them that seek their life: and their dead bodies shall be for meat unto the fowls of the heaven, and to the beasts of the earth.

 34:21 And Zedekiah king of Judah and his princes will I give into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of them that seek their life, and into the hand of the king of Babylon's army, which are gone up from you.





Ezek. 7:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

 7:25 Destruction cometh; and they shall seek peace, and there shall be none.

 7:26 Mischief shall come upon mischief, and rumour shall be upon rumour; then shall they seek a vision of the prophet; but the law shall perish from the priest, and counsel from the ancients.





Ezek. 34:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

 34:11 For thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I, even I, will both search my sheep, and seek them out.

 34:12 As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered; so will I seek out my sheep, and will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day.





Zech. 8:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

 8:21 And the inhabitants of one city shall go to another, saying, Let us go speedily to pray before the Lord, and to seek the Lord of hosts: I will go also.

 8:22 Yea, many people and strong nations shall come to seek the Lord of hosts in Jerusalem, and to pray before the Lord.





Matt. 6:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

 6:32 (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.

 6:33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.





John 18:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

 18:7 Then asked he them again, Whom seek ye? And they said, Jesus of Nazareth.

 18:8 Jesus answered, I have told you that I am he: if therefore ye seek me, let these go their way:





Alma 27:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

 27:1 Now it came to pass that when those Lamanites who had gone to war against the Nephites had found, after their many struggles to destroy them, that it was in vain to seek their destruction, they returned again to the land of Nephi.

 27:2 And it came to pass that the Amalekites, because of their loss, were exceedingly angry. And when they saw that they could not seek revenge from the Nephites, they began to stir up the people in anger against their brethren, the people of Anti-Nephi-Lehi; therefore they began again to destroy them.





Hel. 9:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

 9:24 And because I have done this, ye say that I have agreed with a man that he should do this thing; yea, because I showed unto you this sign ye are angry with me, and seek to destroy my life.

 9:25 And now behold, I will show unto you another sign, and see if ye will in this thing seek to destroy me.





D&C 6:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

 6:6 Now, as you have asked, behold, I say unto you, keep my commandments, and seek to bring forth and establish the cause of Zion;

 6:7 Seek not for riches but for wisdom, and behold, the mysteries of God shall be unfolded unto you, and then shall you be made rich. Behold, he that hath eternal life is rich.





D&C 11:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

 11:6 Now, as you have asked, behold, I say unto you, keep my commandments, and seek to bring forth and establish the cause of Zion.

 11:7 Seek not for riches but for wisdom; and, behold, the mysteries of God shall be unfolded unto you, and then shall you be made rich. Behold, he that hath eternal life is rich.





D&C 46:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

 46:8 Wherefore, beware lest ye are deceived; and that ye may not be deceived seek ye earnestly the best gifts, always remembering for what they are given;

 46:9 For verily I say unto you, they are given for the benefit of those who love me and keep all my commandments, and him that seeketh so to do; that all may be benefited that seek or that ask of me, that ask and not for a sign that they may consume it upon their lusts.





D&C 103:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

 103:32 Therefore, if you cannot obtain five hundred, seek diligently that peradventure you may obtain three hundred.

 103:33 And if ye cannot obtain three hundred, seek diligently that peradventure ye may obtain one hundred.





D&C 136:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

 136:19 And if any man shall seek to build up himself, and seeketh not my counsel, he shall have no power, and his folly shall be made manifest.

 136:20 Seek ye; and keep all your pledges one with another; and covet not that which is thy brother's.




Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 187 38 225
NT 57 27 84
BM 65 19 84
DC 44 19 63
PGP 1 2 3
TOTAL 354 105 459

D&C 1:16
They seek not the Lord to establish his righteousness, but every man walketh in his own way, and after the image of his own god, whose image is in the likeness of the world, and whose substance is that of an idol, which waxeth old and shall perish in Babylon, even Babylon the great, which shall fall.

D&C 6:6
Now, as you have asked, behold, I say unto you, keep my commandments, and seek to bring forth and establish the cause of Zion;

D&C 6:7
Seek not for riches but for wisdom, and behold, the mysteries of God shall be unfolded unto you, and then shall you be made rich. Behold, he that hath eternal life is rich.

D&C 10:27
And thus he goeth up and down, to and fro in the earth, seeking to destroy the souls of men.

D&C 11:6
Now, as you have asked, behold, I say unto you, keep my commandments, and seek to bring forth and establish the cause of Zion.

D&C 11:7
Seek not for riches but for wisdom; and, behold, the mysteries of God shall be unfolded unto you, and then shall you be made rich. Behold, he that hath eternal life is rich.

D&C 11:21
Seek not to declare my word, but first seek to obtain my word, and then shall your tongue be loosed; then, if you desire, you shall have my Spirit and my word, yea, the power of God unto the convincing of men.

D&C 11:23
Behold thou art Hyrum, my son; seek the kingdom of God, and all things shall be added according to that which is just.

D&C 12:6
Now, as you have asked, behold, I say unto you, keep my commandments, and seek to bring forth and establish the cause of Zion.

D&C 14:6
Seek to bring forth and establish my Zion. Keep my commandments in all things.

D&C 19:25
And again, I command thee that thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife; nor seek thy neighbor's life.

D&C 22:4
Wherefore, enter ye in at the gate, as I have commanded, and seek not to counsel your God. Amen.

D&C 25:10
And verily I say unto thee that thou shalt lay aside the things of this world, and seek for the things of a better.

D&C 38:19
And I will give it unto you for the land of your inheritance, if you seek it with all your hearts.

D&C 38:28
And again, I say unto you that the enemy in the secret chambers seeketh your lives.

D&C 38:39
And if ye seek the riches which it is the will of the Father to give unto you, ye shall be the richest of all people, for ye shall have the riches of eternity; and it must needs be that the riches of the earth are mine to give; but beware of pride, lest ye become as the Nephites of old.

D&C 44:5
That your enemies may not have power over you; that you may be preserved in all things; that you may be enabled to keep my laws; that every bond may be broken wherewith the enemy seeketh to destroy my people.

D&C 45:9
And even so I have sent mine everlasting covenant into the world, to be a light to the world, and to be a standard for my people, and for the Gentiles to seek to it, and to be a messenger before my face to prepare the way before me.

D&C 46:5
And again I say unto you, ye shall not cast any out of your sacrament meetings who are earnestly seeking the kingdom-- I speak this concerning those who are not of the church.

D&C 46:6
And again I say unto you, concerning your confirmation meetings, that if there be any that are not of the church, that are earnestly seeking after the kingdom, ye shall not cast them out.

D&C 46:8
Wherefore, beware lest ye are deceived; and that ye may not be deceived seek ye earnestly the best gifts, always remembering for what they are given;

D&C 46:9
For verily I say unto you, they are given for the benefit of those who love me and keep all my commandments, and him that seeketh so to do; that all may be benefited that seek or that ask of me, that ask and not for a sign that they may consume it upon their lusts.

D&C 54:9
And after you have done journeying, behold, I say unto you, seek ye a living like unto men, until I prepare a place for you.

D&C 56:14
Behold, thus saith the Lord unto my people-- you have many things to do and to repent of; for behold, your sins have come up unto me, and are not pardoned, because you seek to counsel in your own ways.

D&C 58:39
And let him repent of his sins, for he seeketh the praise of the world.

D&C 58:41
And also he hath need to repent, for I, the Lord, am not well pleased with him, for he seeketh to excel, and he is not sufficiently meek before me.

D&C 63:7
And he that seeketh signs shall see signs, but not unto salvation.

D&C 63:8
Verily, I say unto you, there are those among you who seek signs, and there have been such even from the beginning;

D&C 63:65
Let my servants, Joseph Smith, Jun., and Sidney Rigdon, seek them a home, as they are taught through prayer by the Spirit.

D&C 64:17
And also my servant Edward Partridge, behold, he hath sinned, and Satan seeketh to destroy his soul; but when these things are made known unto them, and they repent of the evil, they shall be forgiven.

D&C 66:10
Seek not to be cumbered. Forsake all unrighteousness. Commit not adultery-- a temptation with which thou hast been troubled.

D&C 67:6
Now, seek ye out of the Book of Commandments, even the least that is among them, and appoint him that is the most wise among you;

D&C 68:31
Now, I, the Lord, am not well pleased with the inhabitants of Zion, for there are idlers among them; and their children are also growing up in wickedness; they also seek not earnestly the riches of eternity, but their eyes are full of greediness.

D&C 78:10
Otherwise Satan seeketh to turn their hearts away from the truth, that they become blinded and understand not the things which are prepared for them.

D&C 82:19
Every man seeking the interest of his neighbor, and doing all things with an eye single to the glory of God.

D&C 88:35
That which breaketh a law, and abideth not by law, but seeketh to become a law unto itself, and willeth to abide in sin, and altogether abideth in sin, cannot be sanctified by law, neither by mercy, justice, nor judgment. Therefore, they must remain filthy still.

D&C 88:63
Draw near unto me and I will draw near unto you; seek me diligently and ye shall find me; ask, and ye shall receive; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.

D&C 88:83
He that seeketh me early shall find me, and shall not be forsaken.

D&C 88:115
For Michael shall fight their battles, and shall overcome him who seeketh the throne of him who sitteth upon the throne, even the Lamb.

D&C 88:118
And as all have not faith, seek ye diligently and teach one another words of wisdom; yea, seek ye out of the best books words of wisdom; seek learning, even by study and also by faith.

D&C 96:3
And again, let it be divided into lots, according to wisdom, for the benefit of those who seek inheritances, as it shall be determined in council among you.

D&C 96:9
Therefore ye shall ordain him unto this blessing, and he shall seek diligently to take away incumbrances that are upon the house named among you, that he may dwell therein. Even so. Amen.

D&C 97:1
Verily I say unto you my friends, I speak unto you with my voice, even the voice of my Spirit, that I may show unto you my will concerning your brethren in the land of Zion, many of whom are truly humble and are seeking diligently to learn wisdom and to find truth.

D&C 98:16
Therefore, renounce war and proclaim peace, and seek diligently to turn the hearts of the children to their fathers, and the hearts of the fathers to the children;

D&C 98:23
Now, I speak unto you concerning your families-- if men will smite you, or your families, once, and ye bear it patiently and revile not against them, neither seek revenge, ye shall be rewarded;

D&C 101:38
And seek the face of the Lord always, that in patience ye may possess your souls, and ye shall have eternal life.

D&C 103:32
Therefore, if you cannot obtain five hundred, seek diligently that peradventure you may obtain three hundred.

D&C 103:33
And if ye cannot obtain three hundred, seek diligently that peradventure ye may obtain one hundred.

D&C 106:3
And devote his whole time to this high and holy calling, which I now give unto him, seeking diligently the kingdom of heaven and its righteousness, and all things necessary shall be added thereunto; for the laborer is worthy of his hire.

D&C 109:7
And as all have not faith, seek ye diligently and teach one another words of wisdom; yea, seek ye out of the best books words of wisdom, seek learning even by study and also by faith;

D&C 109:14
And do thou grant, Holy Father, that all those who shall worship in this house may be taught words of wisdom out of the best books, and that they may seek learning even by study, and also by faith, as thou hast said;

D&C 122:2
While the pure in heart, and the wise, and the noble, and the virtuous, shall seek counsel, and authority, and blessings constantly from under thy hand.

D&C 124:109
Behold, it is not my will that he shall seek to find safety and refuge out of the city which I have appointed unto you, even the city of Nauvoo.

D&C 132:57
And again, I say, let not my servant Joseph put his property out of his hands, lest an enemy come and destroy him; for Satan seeketh to destroy; for I am the Lord thy God, and he is my servant; and behold, and lo, I am with him, as I was with Abraham, thy father, even unto his exaltation and glory.

D&C 136:19
And if any man shall seek to build up himself, and seeketh not my counsel, he shall have no power, and his folly shall be made manifest.

D&C 136:20
Seek ye; and keep all your pledges one with another; and covet not that which is thy brother's.