Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'pray' occurs 415 times in the standard works.

101 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'pray' in the standard works and contain 24.3% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 45 minutes to read the entire list.

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3 Ne. 19:17-30 (15 in 14 verses)

2 Ne. 32:8-33:3 (7 in 5 verses)

1 Cor. 14:13-15 (4 in 3 verses)

Matt. 6:5-7 (3 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 13:5-7 (3 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 18:21-23 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 47:29 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 50:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 16:28 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 20:29 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 37:20 (2 in 1 verse)

John 17:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 38:13 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 20:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 13:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 18:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 19:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 33:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 50:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 22:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 19:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 25:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 13:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 14:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 17:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 20:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 6:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 6:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 6:37-38 (2 in 2 verses)

Neh. 5:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 29:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)


Zech. 8:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

 8:21 And the inhabitants of one city shall go to another, saying, Let us go speedily to pray before the Lord, and to seek the Lord of hosts: I will go also.

 8:22 Yea, many people and strong nations shall come to seek the Lord of hosts in Jerusalem, and to pray before the Lord.




Luke 11:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 14:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

James 5:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 18:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 18:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 19:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 93:49-50 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 245 123 368
Gen. 48 1 49
Ex. 7 0 7
Lev. 0 1 1
Num. 12 2 14
Deut. 1 3 4
Josh. 2 0 2
Judg. 23 0 23
Ruth 1 0 1
1 Sam. 26 6 32
2 Sam. 18 1 19
1 Kgs. 23 10 33
2 Kgs. 22 8 30
1 Chr. 2 0 2
2 Chr. 9 19 28
Ezra 1 1 2
Neh. 4 7 11
Job 9 4 13
Ps. 5 30 35
Prov. 0 3 3
Isa. 7 10 17
Jer. 14 3 17
Lam. 1 2 3
Ezek. 1 0 1
Dan. 0 8 8
Jonah 2 3 5
Micah 2 0 2
Hab. 0 1 1
Hag. 1 0 1
Zech. 3 0 3
Mal. 1 0 1
NT 68 106 174
BM 74 104 178
DC 22 70 92
PGP 6 5 11
TOTAL 415 408 823

Zech. 7:2
When they had sent unto the house of God Sherezer and Regem-melech, and their men, to pray before the Lord,

Zech. 8:21
And the inhabitants of one city shall go to another, saying, Let us go speedily to pray before the Lord, and to seek the Lord of hosts: I will go also.

Zech. 8:22
Yea, many people and strong nations shall come to seek the Lord of hosts in Jerusalem, and to pray before the Lord.