Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'pray' occurs 415 times in the standard works.

101 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'pray' in the standard works and contain 24.3% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 45 minutes to read the entire list.

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3 Ne. 19:17-30 (15 in 14 verses)

2 Ne. 32:8-33:3 (7 in 5 verses)

1 Cor. 14:13-15 (4 in 3 verses)

Matt. 6:5-7 (3 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 13:5-7 (3 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 18:21-23 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 47:29 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 50:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 16:28 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 20:29 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 37:20 (2 in 1 verse)

John 17:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 38:13 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 20:1 (2 in 1 verse)


Gen. 13:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

 13:8 And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen; for we be brethren.

 13:9 Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me: if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left.




Gen. 18:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 19:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 33:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 50:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 22:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 19:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 25:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 13:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 14:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 17:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 20:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 6:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 6:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 6:37-38 (2 in 2 verses)

Neh. 5:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 29:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Zech. 8:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 11:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 14:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

James 5:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 18:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 18:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 19:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 93:49-50 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 245 123 368
NT 68 106 174
BM 74 104 178
DC 22 70 92
PGP 6 5 11
TOTAL 415 408 823

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