Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'plead' occurs 56 times in the standard works.

14 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'plead' in the standard works and contain 25% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 5 minutes to read the entire list.

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Judg. 6:31-32 (4 in 2 verses)

Jer. 2:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Hosea 2:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 23:33 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 20:35-36 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 7:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 39 7 46
NT 0 1 1
BM 14 2 16
DC 3 3 6
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 56 13 69

1 Sam. 25:39
And when David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, Blessed be the Lord, that hath pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and hath kept his servant from evil: for the Lord hath returned the wickedness of Nabal upon his own head. And David sent and communed with Abigail, to take her to him to wife.

Job 13:6
Hear now my reasoning, and hearken to the pleadings of my lips.

Job 16:21
O that one might plead for a man with God, as a man pleadeth for his neighbour!

Isa. 51:22
Thus saith thy Lord the Lord, and thy God that pleadeth the cause of his people, Behold, I have taken out of thine hand the cup of trembling, even the dregs of the cup of my fury; thou shalt no more drink it again:

Isa. 59:4
None calleth for justice, nor any pleadeth for truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.

Lam. 3:58
O Lord, thou hast pleaded the causes of my soul; thou hast redeemed my life.

Ezek. 20:36
Like as I pleaded with your fathers in the wilderness of the land of Egypt, so will I plead with you, saith the Lord God.

Acts 19:38
Wherefore if Demetrius, and the craftsmen which are with him, have a matter against any man, the law is open, and there are deputies: let them implead one another.

2 Ne. 8:22
Thus saith thy Lord, the Lord and thy God pleadeth the cause of his people; behold, I have taken out of thine hand the cup of trembling, the dregs of the cup of my fury; thou shalt no more drink it again.

Alma 55:23
And thus they saw that the Nephites had power over them; and in these circumstances they found that it was not expedient that they should fight with the Nephites; therefore their chief captains demanded their weapons of war, and they brought them forth and cast them at the feet of the Nephites, pleading for mercy.

D&C 38:4
I am the same which have taken the Zion of Enoch into mine own bosom; and verily, I say, even as many as have believed in my name, for I am Christ, and in mine own name, by the virtue of the blood which I have spilt, have I pleaded before the Father for them.

D&C 45:3
Listen to him who is the advocate with the Father, who is pleading your cause before him--

D&C 102:20
But should the remaining councilors, who have not spoken, or any one of them, after hearing the evidences and pleadings impartially, discover an error in the decision of the president, they can manifest it, and the case shall have a re-hearing.