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

Matt. 3:17
And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.

Matt. 12:18
Behold my servant, whom I have chosen; my beloved, in whom my soul is well pleased: I will put my spirit upon him, and he shall shew judgment to the Gentiles.

Matt. 14:6
But when Herod's birthday was kept, the daughter of Herodias danced before them, and pleased Herod.

Matt. 17:5
While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him.

Matt. 21:15
And when the chief priests and scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children crying in the temple, and saying, Hosanna to the Son of David; they were sore displeased,