Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'ask' occurs 221 times in the standard works.

76 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'ask' in the standard works and contain 34.4% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 34 minutes to read the entire list.

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Luke 11:9-13 (5 in 5 verses)

D&C 8:9-11 (4 in 3 verses)

John 16:23-26 (4 in 4 verses)

JS-H 1:11-14 (4 in 4 verses)

Isa. 7:11-12 (3 in 2 verses)

James 4:2-3 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 17:11-12 (3 in 2 verses)

Morm. 9:27-28 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 2:20-22 (3 in 3 verses)

Matt. 7:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)

Mark 6:22-24 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Jn. 5:14-16 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 5:8-10 (3 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 14:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 46:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 50:29-31 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 88:63-65 (3 in 3 verses)

Deut. 4:32 (2 in 1 verse)

Moro. 10:4 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 109:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Moses 7:59 (2 in 1 verse)

John 14:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

James 1:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 27:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 9:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 42:61-62 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 129:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 47 101 148
Gen. 2 14 16
Ex. 0 15 15
Lev. 0 3 3
Num. 1 3 4
Deut. 4 5 9
Josh. 3 2 5
Judg. 2 9 11
1 Sam. 3 10 13
2 Sam. 2 1 3
1 Kgs. 6 8 14
2 Kgs. 1 3 4
1 Chr. 0 1 1
2 Chr. 2 4 6
Ezra 0 2 2
Neh. 0 1 1
Job 1 1 2
Ps. 1 3 4
Isa. 5 3 8
Jer. 8 7 15
Lam. 1 0 1
Dan. 2 2 4
Hosea 1 0 1
Amos 0 2 2
Micah 0 2 2
Hag. 1 0 1
Zech. 1 0 1
NT 62 89 151
BM 47 11 58
DC 56 16 72
PGP 9 3 12
TOTAL 221 220 441

Num. 27:21
And he shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall ask counsel for him after the judgment of Urim before the Lord: at his word shall they go out, and at his word they shall come in, both he, and all the children of Israel with him, even all the congregation.