Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'stay' occurs 64 times in the standard works.

12 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'stay' in the standard works and contain 18.8% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 3 minutes to read the entire list.

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Isa. 3:1 (3 in 1 verse)

D&C 105:20-21 (3 in 2 verses)

Isa. 10:20 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 13:1 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 20:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 33 34 67
NT 0 2 2
BM 15 0 15
DC 15 4 19
PGP 1 0 1
TOTAL 64 40 104

D&C 29:19
And their tongues shall be stayed that they shall not utter against me; and their flesh shall fall from off their bones, and their eyes from their sockets;

D&C 56:17
Wo unto you poor men, whose hearts are not broken, whose spirits are not contrite, and whose bellies are not satisfied, and whose hands are not stayed from laying hold upon other men's goods, whose eyes are full of greediness, and who will not labor with your own hands!

D&C 97:23
The Lord's scourge shall pass over by night and by day, and the report thereof shall vex all people; yea, it shall not be stayed until the Lord come;

D&C 121:2
How long shall thy hand be stayed, and thine eye, yea thy pure eye, behold from the eternal heavens the wrongs of thy people and of thy servants, and thine ear be penetrated with their cries?