Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'pursued' occurs 56 times in the standard works.

14 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'pursued' in the standard works and contain 25% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 7 minutes to read the entire list.

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Alma 47:28-30 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 47:30-32 (3 in 3 verses)

Josh. 2:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 14:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)


Ex. 14:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

 14:8 And the Lord hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he pursued after the children of Israel: and the children of Israel went out with an high hand.

 14:9 But the Egyptians pursued after them, all the horses and chariots of Pharaoh, and his horsemen, and his army, and overtook them encamping by the sea, beside Pi-hahiroth, before Baal-zephon.




Josh. 8:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 38 0 38
Gen. 4 0 4
Ex. 3 0 3
Deut. 1 0 1
Josh. 5 0 5
Judg. 7 0 7
1 Sam. 4 0 4
2 Sam. 5 0 5
1 Kgs. 1 0 1
2 Kgs. 1 0 1
2 Chr. 2 0 2
Ps. 1 0 1
Isa. 1 0 1
Jer. 2 0 2
Lam. 1 0 1
NT 0 0 0
BM 17 0 17
DC 1 0 1
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 56 0 56

Ex. 14:8
And the Lord hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he pursued after the children of Israel: and the children of Israel went out with an high hand.

Ex. 14:9
But the Egyptians pursued after them, all the horses and chariots of Pharaoh, and his horsemen, and his army, and overtook them encamping by the sea, beside Pi-hahiroth, before Baal-zephon.

Ex. 14:23
And the Egyptians pursued, and went in after them to the midst of the sea, even all Pharaoh's horses, his chariots, and his horsemen.