Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'asketh' occurs 19 times in the standard works.

6 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'asketh' in the standard works and contain 31.6% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 2 minutes to read the entire list.

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D&C 46:28-30 (4 in 3 verses)

Micah 7:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 5 0 5
Gen. 1 0 1
Ex. 1 0 1
Deut. 1 0 1
Micah 2 0 2
NT 6 0 6
BM 4 0 4
DC 4 0 4
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 19 0 19

Gen. 32:17
And he commanded the foremost, saying, When Esau my brother meeteth thee, and asketh thee, saying, Whose art thou? and whither goest thou? and whose are these before thee?

Ex. 13:14
And it shall be when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What is this? that thou shalt say unto him, By strength of hand the Lord brought us out from Egypt, from the house of bondage:

Deut. 6:20
And when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What mean the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which the Lord our God hath commanded you?

Micah 7:3
That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asketh, and the judge asketh for a reward; and the great man, he uttereth his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up.