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)

 17:3 And the Lord was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the first ways of his father David, and sought not unto Baalim;

 17:4 But sought to the Lord God of his father, and walked in his commandments, and not after the doings of Israel.




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

2 Chr. 1:5
Moreover the brasen altar, that Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, had made, he put before the tabernacle of the Lord: and Solomon and the congregation sought unto it.

2 Chr. 9:23
And all the kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom, that God had put in his heart.

2 Chr. 14:7
Therefore he said unto Judah, Let us build these cities, and make about them walls, and towers, gates, and bars, while the land is yet before us; because we have sought the Lord our God, we have sought him, and he hath given us rest on every side. So they built and prospered.

2 Chr. 15:4
But when they in their trouble did turn unto the Lord God of Israel, and sought him, he was found of them.

2 Chr. 15:15
And all Judah rejoiced at the oath: for they had sworn with all their heart, and sought him with their whole desire; and he was found of them: and the Lord gave them rest round about.

2 Chr. 16:12
And Asa in the thirty and ninth year of his reign was diseased in his feet, until his disease was exceeding great: yet in his disease he sought not to the Lord, but to the physicians.

2 Chr. 17:3
And the Lord was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the first ways of his father David, and sought not unto Baalim;

2 Chr. 17:4
But sought to the Lord God of his father, and walked in his commandments, and not after the doings of Israel.

2 Chr. 22:9
And he sought Ahaziah: and they caught him, (for he was hid in Samaria,) and brought him to Jehu: and when they had slain him, they buried him: Because, said they, he is the son of Jehoshaphat, who sought the Lord with all his heart. So the house of Ahaziah had no power to keep still the kingdom.

2 Chr. 25:15
Wherefore the anger of the Lord was kindled against Amaziah, and he sent unto him a prophet, which said unto him, Why hast thou sought after the gods of the people, which could not deliver their own people out of thine hand?

2 Chr. 25:20
But Amaziah would not hear; for it came of God, that he might deliver them into the hand of their enemies, because they sought after the gods of Edom.

2 Chr. 26:5
And he sought God in the days of Zechariah, who had understanding in the visions of God: and as long as he sought the Lord, God made him to prosper.

2 Chr. 33:12
And when he was in affliction, he besought the Lord his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers,