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
2 Sam. 1 0 1
1 Kgs. 8 0 8
2 Kgs. 2 0 2
2 Chr. 12 0 12
Neh. 5 0 5
Job 3 0 3
Ps. 29 1 30
Prov. 3 0 3
Isa. 5 1 6
Jer. 2 0 2
Lam. 2 0 2
Dan. 4 0 4
Jonah 1 0 1
Hab. 1 0 1
NT 31 22 53
BM 29 30 59
DC 36 26 62
PGP 1 1 2
TOTAL 175 81 256

Dan. 9:3
And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes:

Dan. 9:13
As it is written in the law of Moses, all this evil is come upon us: yet made we not our prayer before the Lord our God, that we might turn from our iniquities, and understand thy truth.

Dan. 9:17
Now therefore, O our God, hear the prayer of thy servant, and his supplications, and cause thy face to shine upon thy sanctuary that is desolate, for the Lord's sake.

Dan. 9:21
Yea, whiles I was speaking in prayer, even the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, touched me about the time of the evening oblation.