Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'prevail' occurs 48 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 'prevail' in the standard works and contain 10.4% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 3 minutes to read the entire list.

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D&C 103:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)


Jer. 20:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

 20:10 For I heard the defaming of many, fear on every side. Report, say they, and we will report it. All my familiars watched for my halting, saying, Peradventure he will be enticed, and we shall prevail against him, and we shall take our revenge on him.

 20:11 But the Lord is with me as a mighty terrible one: therefore my persecutors shall stumble, and they shall not prevail: they shall be greatly ashamed; for they shall not prosper: their everlasting confusion shall never be forgotten.




Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 26 34 60
Gen. 1 8 9
Ex. 0 2 2
Num. 1 0 1
Judg. 1 4 5
1 Sam. 3 1 4
2 Sam. 0 2 2
1 Kgs. 1 1 2
2 Kgs. 0 1 1
1 Chr. 0 2 2
2 Chr. 2 3 5
Esth. 1 0 1
Job 2 1 3
Ps. 3 2 5
Eccl. 1 0 1
Isa. 4 0 4
Jer. 5 2 7
Lam. 0 2 2
Dan. 1 1 2
Hosea 0 1 1
Obad. 0 1 1
NT 3 5 8
BM 4 1 5
DC 14 0 14
PGP 1 2 3
TOTAL 48 42 90

Jer. 1:19
And they shall fight against thee; but they shall not prevail against thee; for I am with thee, saith the Lord, to deliver thee.

Jer. 5:22
Fear ye not me? saith the Lord: will ye not tremble at my presence, which have placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it: and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it?

Jer. 15:20
And I will make thee unto this people a fenced brasen wall: and they shall fight against thee, but they shall not prevail against thee: for I am with thee to save thee and to deliver thee, saith the Lord.

Jer. 20:7
O Lord, thou hast deceived me, and I was deceived: thou art stronger than I, and hast prevailed: I am in derision daily, every one mocketh me.

Jer. 20:10
For I heard the defaming of many, fear on every side. Report, say they, and we will report it. All my familiars watched for my halting, saying, Peradventure he will be enticed, and we shall prevail against him, and we shall take our revenge on him.

Jer. 20:11
But the Lord is with me as a mighty terrible one: therefore my persecutors shall stumble, and they shall not prevail: they shall be greatly ashamed; for they shall not prosper: their everlasting confusion shall never be forgotten.

Jer. 38:22
And, behold, all the women that are left in the king of Judah's house shall be brought forth to the king of Babylon's princes, and those women shall say, Thy friends have set thee on, and have prevailed against thee: thy feet are sunk in the mire, and they are turned away back.