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

Rev. 5:8
And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and four and twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps, and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of saints.

Rev. 8:3
And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer; and there was given unto him much incense, that he should offer it with the prayers of all saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne.

Rev. 8:4
And the smoke of the incense, which came with the prayers of the saints, ascended up before God out of the angel's hand.