Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'sought' occurs 219 times in the standard works.

46 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'sought' in the standard works and contain 21% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 16 minutes to read the entire list.

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2 Ne. 1:24-25 (4 in 2 verses)

D&C 10:6-7 (4 in 2 verses)

Song. 3:1-2 (3 in 2 verses)

Hel. 13:37-38 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 14:7 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 22:9 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 26:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 65:1 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 17:44 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 51:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 54:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 10:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Moses 4:6 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 1:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 17:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Eccl. 12:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 2:48-49 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 2:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 8:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 13:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 87 11 98
Gen. 1 1 2
Ex. 4 1 5
Lev. 1 0 1
Num. 1 0 1
Deut. 1 1 2
Josh. 1 0 1
Judg. 2 0 2
1 Sam. 6 0 6
2 Sam. 4 1 5
1 Kgs. 4 1 5
2 Kgs. 1 2 3
1 Chr. 2 0 2
2 Chr. 15 1 16
Ezra 1 1 2
Neh. 2 0 2
Esth. 5 1 6
Ps. 8 0 8
Eccl. 4 0 4
Song. 4 0 4
Isa. 4 0 4
Jer. 5 1 6
Lam. 1 0 1
Ezek. 3 0 3
Dan. 4 0 4
Obad. 1 0 1
Zeph. 1 0 1
Zech. 1 0 1
NT 39 33 72
BM 65 2 67
DC 19 0 19
PGP 9 0 9
TOTAL 219 46 265

Dan. 2:13
And the decree went forth that the wise men should be slain; and they sought Daniel and his fellows to be slain.

Dan. 4:36
At the same time my reason returned unto me; and for the glory of my kingdom, mine honour and brightness returned unto me; and my counsellors and my lords sought unto me; and I was established in my kingdom, and excellent majesty was added unto me.

Dan. 6:4
Then the presidents and princes sought to find occasion against Daniel concerning the kingdom; but they could find none occasion nor fault; forasmuch as he was faithful, neither was there any error or fault found in him.

Dan. 8:15
And it came to pass, when I, even I Daniel, had seen the vision, and sought for the meaning, then, behold, there stood before me as the appearance of a man.