Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'prayer' occurs 175 times in the standard works.

34 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'prayer' in the standard works and contain 19.4% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 14 minutes to read the entire list.

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Alma 33:3-6 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Kgs. 8:28-29 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 6:19-20 (3 in 2 verses)

Neh. 1:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 102:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 56:7 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 59:14 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 6:39-40 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 33:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 66:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

James 5:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 34:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 63:64-65 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 93:51-52 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 104:79-80 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 78 2 80
NT 31 22 53
Matt. 4 0 4
Mark 2 1 3
Luke 4 3 7
Acts 7 2 9
Rom. 2 2 4
1 Cor. 1 0 1
2 Cor. 2 0 2
Eph. 1 1 2
Philip. 3 0 3
Col. 1 1 2
1 Thes. 0 1 1
1 Tim. 1 2 3
2 Tim. 0 1 1
Philem. 0 2 2
Heb. 0 1 1
James 2 0 2
1 Pet. 1 2 3
Rev. 0 3 3
BM 29 30 59
DC 36 26 62
PGP 1 1 2
TOTAL 175 81 256

Luke 1:13
But the angel said unto him, Fear not, Zacharias: for thy prayer is heard; and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name John.

Luke 6:12
And it came to pass in those days, that he went out into a mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God.

Luke 19:46
Saying unto them, It is written, My house is the house of prayer: but ye have made it a den of thieves.

Luke 22:45
And when he rose up from prayer, and was come to his disciples, he found them sleeping for sorrow,