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

Gen. 42:21
And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.