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
NT 57 27 84
Matt. 5 6 11
Mark 4 1 5
Luke 10 5 15
John 15 8 23
Acts 5 2 7
Rom. 2 2 4
1 Cor. 5 2 7
2 Cor. 2 0 2
Gal. 2 0 2
Philip. 1 0 1
Col. 1 0 1
Heb. 3 0 3
1 Pet. 1 1 2
Rev. 1 0 1
BM 65 19 84
DC 44 19 63
PGP 1 2 3
TOTAL 354 105 459

Mark 1:37
And when they had found him, they said unto him, All men seek for thee.

Mark 3:32
And the multitude sat about him, and they said unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren without seek for thee.

Mark 8:12
And he sighed deeply in his spirit, and saith, Why doth this generation seek after a sign? verily I say unto you, There shall no sign be given unto this generation.

Mark 16:6
And he saith unto them, Be not affrighted: Ye seek Jesus of Nazareth, which was crucified: he is risen; he is not here: behold the place where they laid him.