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

Matt. 17:21
Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting.

Matt. 21:13
And said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves.

Matt. 21:22
And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.

Matt. 23:14
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation.