Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'sit' occurs 150 times in the standard works.

25 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'sit' in the standard works and contain 16.7% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 10 minutes to read the entire list.

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Alma 60:21-23 (4 in 3 verses)

Ruth 3:18-4:2 (3 in 3 verses)

Luke 14:8-10 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 107:85-87 (3 in 3 verses)

Isa. 47:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 19:28 (2 in 1 verse)

James 2:3 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 38:26 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 7:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 9:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 70 191 261
NT 43 72 115
BM 21 86 107
1 Ne. 1 6 7
2 Ne. 3 12 15
Jacob 0 1 1
Enos 0 2 2
Omni 0 1 1
Mosiah 0 15 15
Alma 11 26 37
Hel. 2 6 8
3 Ne. 4 7 11
Morm. 0 4 4
Ether 0 4 4
Moro. 0 2 2
DC 16 49 65
PGP 0 19 19
TOTAL 150 417 567

Ether 4:11
But he that believeth these things which I have spoken, him will I visit with the manifestations of my Spirit, and he shall know and bear record. For because of my Spirit he shall know that these things are true; for it persuadeth men to do good.

Ether 8:24
Wherefore, the Lord commandeth you, when ye shall see these things come among you that ye shall awake to a sense of your awful situation, because of this secret combination which shall be among you; or wo be unto it, because of the blood of them who have been slain; for they cry from the dust for vengeance upon it, and also upon those who built it up.

Ether 12:37
And it came to pass that the Lord said unto me: If they have not charity it mattereth not unto thee, thou hast been faithful; wherefore, thy garments shall be made clean. And because thou hast seen thy weakness thou shalt be made strong, even unto the sitting down in the place which I have prepared in the mansions of my Father.

Ether 14:25
And thus we see that the Lord did visit them in the fulness of his wrath, and their wickedness and abominations had prepared a way for their everlasting destruction.