Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'sent' occurs 905 times in the standard works.

241 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'sent' in the standard works and contain 26.6% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 107 minutes to read the entire list.

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2 Sam. 10:2-7 (7 in 6 verses)

Mark 12:2-6 (6 in 5 verses)

2 Sam. 11:1-6 (6 in 6 verses)

Luke 20:10-12 (5 in 3 verses)

1 Chr. 19:2-6 (5 in 5 verses)

Alma 47:10-12 (4 in 3 verses)

Ex. 3:12-15 (4 in 4 verses)

2 Sam. 3:21-24 (4 in 4 verses)


2 Sam. 14:29-32 (4 in 4 verses)

 14:29 Therefore Absalom sent for Joab, to have sent him to the king; but he would not come to him: and when he sent again the second time, he would not come.

 14:30 Therefore he said unto his servants, See, Joab's field is near mine, and he hath barley there; go and set it on fire. And Absalom's servants set the field on fire.

 14:31 Then Joab arose, and came to Absalom unto his house, and said unto him, Wherefore have thy servants set my field on fire?

 14:32 And Absalom answered Joab, Behold, I sent unto thee, saying, Come hither, that I may send thee to the king, to say, Wherefore am I come from Geshur? it had been good for me to have been there still: now therefore let me see the king's face; and if there be any iniquity in me, let him kill me.




2 Chr. 25:15-18 (4 in 4 verses)

Neh. 6:2-5 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 23:1-4 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 52:7-10 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Sam. 19:20-21 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 14:8-9 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 62:12-13 (3 in 2 verses)

Hel. 9:12-13 (3 in 2 verses)

Judg. 11:17-19 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Kgs. 15:18-20 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Chr. 16:2-4 (3 in 3 verses)

John 5:36-38 (3 in 3 verses)

John 6:38-40 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 19:25-27 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 32:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 6:35 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 21:11 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 6:32 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 18:27 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 24:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 36:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 23:40 (2 in 1 verse)

John 13:16 (2 in 1 verse)

John 17:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Acts 10:29 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 22:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 29:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 43:23 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 28:34 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 39:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Moses 6:30 (2 in 1 verse)

JS-M 1:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 8:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 28:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 45:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 45:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 13:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 16:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 22:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 5:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 16:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 19:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 25:39-40 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 3:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 11:27-12:1 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 5:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 6:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 16:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 16:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 17:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 21:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 17:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezra 4:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezra 5:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezra 8:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Job 1:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 14:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 29:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 39:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 42:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 43:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 3:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Zech. 2:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 14:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 21:36-37 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 22:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 6:45-46 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 7:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

John 5:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

John 7:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

John 7:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

John 12:44-45 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 10:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 13:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 16:35-36 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Cor. 12:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Jn. 4:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 20:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 11:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 18:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 2:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 15:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 47:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 57:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 59:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 62:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 27:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 50:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 5:58-59 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 489 122 611
Gen. 44 15 59
Ex. 13 2 15
Lev. 0 10 10
Num. 18 3 21
Deut. 4 7 11
Josh. 20 1 21
Judg. 28 8 36
1 Sam. 37 10 47
2 Sam. 49 1 50
1 Kgs. 34 7 41
2 Kgs. 59 8 67
1 Chr. 15 1 16
2 Chr. 30 14 44
Ezra 10 1 11
Neh. 9 0 9
Esth. 7 2 9
Job 4 3 7
Ps. 14 7 21
Prov. 2 3 5
Eccl. 0 1 1
Isa. 16 3 19
Jer. 44 4 48
Lam. 1 0 1
Ezek. 8 2 10
Dan. 5 5 10
Hosea 1 2 3
Joel 1 0 1
Amos 2 0 2
Obad. 1 0 1
Jonah 1 0 1
Micah 1 1 2
Zeph. 0 1 1
Hag. 1 0 1
Zech. 9 0 9
Mal. 1 0 1
NT 196 70 266
BM 149 47 196
DC 61 52 113
PGP 10 7 17
TOTAL 905 298 1203

2 Sam. 2:5
And David sent messengers unto the men of Jabesh-gilead, and said unto them, Blessed be ye of the Lord, that ye have shewed this kindness unto your lord, even unto Saul, and have buried him.

2 Sam. 3:12
And Abner sent messengers to David on his behalf, saying, Whose is the land? saying also, Make thy league with me, and, behold, my hand shall be with thee, to bring about all Israel unto thee.

2 Sam. 3:14
And David sent messengers to Ish-bosheth Saul's son, saying, Deliver me my wife Michal, which I espoused to me for an hundred foreskins of the Philistines.

2 Sam. 3:15
And Ish-bosheth sent, and took her from her husband, even from Phaltiel the son of Laish.

2 Sam. 3:21
And Abner said unto David, I will arise and go, and will gather all Israel unto my lord the king, that they may make a league with thee, and that thou mayest reign over all that thine heart desireth. And David sent Abner away; and he went in peace.

2 Sam. 3:22
And, behold, the servants of David and Joab came from pursuing a troop, and brought in a great spoil with them: but Abner was not with David in Hebron; for he had sent him away, and he was gone in peace.

2 Sam. 3:23
When Joab and all the host that was with him were come, they told Joab, saying, Abner the son of Ner came to the king, and he hath sent him away, and he is gone in peace.

2 Sam. 3:24
Then Joab came to the king, and said, What hast thou done? behold, Abner came unto thee; why is it that thou hast sent him away, and he is quite gone?

2 Sam. 3:26
And when Joab was come out from David, he sent messengers after Abner, which brought him again from the well of Sirah: but David knew it not.

2 Sam. 5:11
And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, and carpenters, and masons: and they built David an house.

2 Sam. 8:10
Then Toi sent Joram his son unto king David, to salute him, and to bless him, because he had fought against Hadadezer, and smitten him: for Hadadezer had wars with Toi. And Joram brought with him vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and vessels of brass:

2 Sam. 9:5
Then king David sent, and fetched him out of the house of Machir, the son of Ammiel, from Lo-debar.

2 Sam. 10:2
Then said David, I will shew kindness unto Hanun the son of Nahash, as his father shewed kindness unto me. And David sent to comfort him by the hand of his servants for his father. And David's servants came into the land of the children of Ammon.

2 Sam. 10:3
And the princes of the children of Ammon said unto Hanun their lord, Thinkest thou that David doth honour thy father, that he hath sent comforters unto thee? hath not David rather sent his servants unto thee, to search the city, and to spy it out, and to overthrow it?

2 Sam. 10:4
Wherefore Hanun took David's servants, and shaved off the one half of their beards, and cut off their garments in the middle, even to their buttocks, and sent them away.

2 Sam. 10:5
When they told it unto David, he sent to meet them, because the men were greatly ashamed: and the king said, Tarry at Jericho until your beards be grown, and then return.

2 Sam. 10:6
And when the children of Ammon saw that they stank before David, the children of Ammon sent and hired the Syrians of Beth-rehob, and the Syrians of Zoba, twenty thousand footmen, and of king Maacah a thousand men, and of Ish-tob twelve thousand men.

2 Sam. 10:7
And when David heard of it, he sent Joab, and all the host of the mighty men.

2 Sam. 10:16
And Hadarezer sent, and brought out the Syrians that were beyond the river: and they came to Helam; and Shobach the captain of the host of Hadarezer went before them.

2 Sam. 11:1
And it came to pass, after the year was expired, at the time when kings go forth to battle, that David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel; and they destroyed the children of Ammon, and besieged Rabbah. But David tarried still at Jerusalem.

2 Sam. 11:3
And David sent and inquired after the woman. And one said, Is not this Bath-sheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?

2 Sam. 11:4
And David sent messengers, and took her; and she came in unto him, and he lay with her; for she was purified from her uncleanness: and she returned unto her house.

2 Sam. 11:5
And the woman conceived, and sent and told David, and said, I am with child.

2 Sam. 11:6
And David sent to Joab, saying, Send me Uriah the Hittite. And Joab sent Uriah to David.

2 Sam. 11:14
And it came to pass in the morning, that David wrote a letter to Joab, and sent it by the hand of Uriah.

2 Sam. 11:18
Then Joab sent and told David all the things concerning the war;

2 Sam. 11:22
So the messenger went, and came and shewed David all that Joab had sent him for.

2 Sam. 11:27
And when the mourning was past, David sent and fetched her to his house, and she became his wife, and bare him a son. But the thing that David had done displeased the Lord.

2 Sam. 12:1
And the Lord sent Nathan unto David. And he came unto him, and said unto him, There were two men in one city; the one rich, and the other poor.

2 Sam. 12:25
And he sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet; and he called his name Jedidiah, because of the Lord.

2 Sam. 12:27
And Joab sent messengers to David, and said, I have fought against Rabbah, and have taken the city of waters.

2 Sam. 13:7
Then David sent home to Tamar, saying, Go now to thy brother Amnon's house, and dress him meat.

2 Sam. 14:2
And Joab sent to Tekoah, and fetched thence a wise woman, and said unto her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on now mourning apparel, and anoint not thyself with oil, but be as a woman that had a long time mourned for the dead:

2 Sam. 14:29
Therefore Absalom sent for Joab, to have sent him to the king; but he would not come to him: and when he sent again the second time, he would not come.

2 Sam. 14:32
And Absalom answered Joab, Behold, I sent unto thee, saying, Come hither, that I may send thee to the king, to say, Wherefore am I come from Geshur? it had been good for me to have been there still: now therefore let me see the king's face; and if there be any iniquity in me, let him kill me.

2 Sam. 15:10
But Absalom sent spies throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, As soon as ye hear the sound of the trumpet, then ye shall say, Absalom reigneth in Hebron.

2 Sam. 15:12
And Absalom sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David's counsellor, from his city, even from Giloh, while he offered sacrifices. And the conspiracy was strong; for the people increased continually with Absalom.

2 Sam. 18:2
And David sent forth a third part of the people under the hand of Joab, and a third part under the hand of Abishai the son of Zeruiah, Joab's brother, and a third part under the hand of Ittai the Gittite. And the king said unto the people, I will surely go forth with you myself also.

2 Sam. 18:29
And the king said, Is the young man Absalom safe? And Ahimaaz answered, When Joab sent the king's servant, and me thy servant, I saw a great tumult, but I knew not what it was.

2 Sam. 19:11
And king David sent to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, saying, Speak unto the elders of Judah, saying, Why are ye the last to bring the king back to his house? seeing the speech of all Israel is come to the king, even to his house.

2 Sam. 19:14
And he bowed the heart of all the men of Judah, even as the heart of one man; so that they sent this word unto the king, Return thou, and all thy servants.

2 Sam. 20:4
Then said the king to Amasa, Assemble me the men of Judah within three days, and be thou here present.

2 Sam. 22:15
And he sent out arrows, and scattered them; lightning, and discomfited them.

2 Sam. 22:17
He sent from above, he took me; he drew me out of many waters;

2 Sam. 24:13
So Gad came to David, and told him, and said unto him, Shall seven years of famine come unto thee in thy land? or wilt thou flee three months before thine enemies, while they pursue thee? or that there be three days' pestilence in thy land? now advise, and see what answer I shall return to him that sent me.

2 Sam. 24:15
So the Lord sent a pestilence upon Israel from the morning even to the time appointed: and there died of the people from Dan even to Beer-sheba seventy thousand men.