Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'cease' occurs 128 times in the standard works.

19 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'cease' in the standard works and contain 14.8% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 6 minutes to read the entire list.

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D&C 88:121-124 (6 in 4 verses)

3 Ne. 10:9-10 (4 in 2 verses)

D&C 136:23-24 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 18:21 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 20:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 6:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 65 29 94
Gen. 1 1 2
Ex. 1 2 3
Num. 3 0 3
Deut. 2 0 2
Josh. 1 1 2
Judg. 2 3 5
1 Sam. 1 2 3
2 Chr. 1 0 1
Ezra 3 2 5
Neh. 2 0 2
Job 3 1 4
Ps. 4 4 8
Prov. 5 1 6
Eccl. 1 0 1
Isa. 9 7 16
Jer. 7 0 7
Lam. 1 3 4
Ezek. 13 0 13
Dan. 2 0 2
Hosea 2 1 3
Amos 1 0 1
Jonah 0 1 1
NT 5 18 23
BM 35 24 59
DC 20 0 20
PGP 3 2 5
TOTAL 128 73 201

Gen. 8:22
While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.

Gen. 18:11
Now Abraham and Sarah were old and well stricken in age; and it ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women.

Ex. 9:29
And Moses said unto him, As soon as I am gone out of the city, I will spread abroad my hands unto the Lord; and the thunder shall cease, neither shall there be any more hail; that thou mayest know how that the earth is the Lord's.

Ex. 9:33
And Moses went out of the city from Pharaoh, and spread abroad his hands unto the Lord: and the thunders and hail ceased, and the rain was not poured upon the earth.

Ex. 9:34
And when Pharaoh saw that the rain and the hail and the thunders were ceased, he sinned yet more, and hardened his heart, he and his servants.

Num. 8:25
And from the age of fifty years they shall cease waiting upon the service thereof, and shall serve no more:

Num. 11:25
And the Lord came down in a cloud, and spake unto him, and took of the spirit that was upon him, and gave it unto the seventy elders: and it came to pass, that, when the spirit rested upon them, they prophesied, and did not cease.

Num. 17:5
And it shall come to pass, that the man's rod, whom I shall choose, shall blossom: and I will make to cease from me the murmurings of the children of Israel, whereby they murmur against you.

Deut. 15:11
For the poor shall never cease out of the land: therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land.

Deut. 32:26
I said, I would scatter them into corners, I would make the remembrance of them to cease from among men:

Josh. 5:12
And the manna ceased on the morrow after they had eaten of the old corn of the land; neither had the children of Israel manna any more; but they did eat of the fruit of the land of Canaan that year.

Josh. 22:25
For the Lord hath made Jordan a border between us and you, ye children of Reuben and children of Gad; ye have no part in the Lord: so shall your children make our children cease from fearing the Lord.

Judg. 2:19
And it came to pass, when the judge was dead, that they returned, and corrupted themselves more than their fathers, in following other gods to serve them, and to bow down unto them; they ceased not from their own doings, nor from their stubborn way.

Judg. 5:7
The inhabitants of the villages ceased, they ceased in Israel, until that I Deborah arose, that I arose a mother in Israel.

Judg. 15:7
And Samson said unto them, Though ye have done this, yet will I be avenged of you, and after that I will cease.

Judg. 20:28
And Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, stood before it in those days,) saying, Shall I yet again go out to battle against the children of Benjamin my brother, or shall I cease? And the Lord said, Go up; for to morrow I will deliver them into thine hand.

1 Sam. 2:5
They that were full have hired out themselves for bread; and they that were hungry ceased: so that the barren hath born seven; and she that hath many children is waxed feeble.

1 Sam. 7:8
And the children of Israel said to Samuel, Cease not to cry unto the Lord our God for us, that he will save us out of the hand of the Philistines.

1 Sam. 25:9
And when David's young men came, they spake to Nabal according to all those words in the name of David, and ceased.

2 Chr. 16:5
And it came to pass, when Baasha heard it, that he left off building of Ramah, and let his work cease.

Ezra 4:21
Give ye now commandment to cause these men to cease, and that this city be not builded, until another commandment shall be given from me.

Ezra 4:23
Now when the copy of king Artaxerxes' letter was read before Rehum, and Shimshai the scribe, and their companions, they went up in haste to Jerusalem unto the Jews, and made them to cease by force and power.

Ezra 4:24
Then ceased the work of the house of God which is at Jerusalem. So it ceased unto the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia.

Ezra 5:5
But the eye of their God was upon the elders of the Jews, that they could not cause them to cease, till the matter came to Darius: and then they returned answer by letter concerning this matter.

Neh. 4:11
And our adversaries said, They shall not know, neither see, till we come in the midst among them, and slay them, and cause the work to cease.

Neh. 6:3
And I sent messengers unto them, saying, I am doing a great work, so that I cannot come down: why should the work cease, whilst I leave it, and come down to you?

Job 3:17
There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at rest.

Job 10:20
Are not my days few? cease then, and let me alone, that I may take comfort a little,

Job 14:7
For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease.

Job 32:1
So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.

Ps. 12:1
Help, Lord; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men.

Ps. 35:15
But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together: yea, the abjects gathered themselves together against me, and I knew it not; they did tear me, and ceased not:

Ps. 37:8
Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to do evil.

Ps. 46:9
He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth; he breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder; he burneth the chariot in the fire.

Ps. 49:8
(For the redemption of their soul is precious, and it ceaseth for ever:)

Ps. 77:2
In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord: my sore ran in the night, and ceased not: my soul refused to be comforted.

Ps. 85:4
Turn us, O God of our salvation, and cause thine anger toward us to cease.

Ps. 89:44
Thou hast made his glory to cease, and cast his throne down to the ground.

Prov. 18:18
The lot causeth contentions to cease, and parteth between the mighty.

Prov. 19:27
Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causeth to err from the words of knowledge.

Prov. 20:3
It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.

Prov. 22:10
Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease.

Prov. 23:4
Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.

Prov. 26:20
Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out: so where there is no talebearer, the strife ceaseth.

Eccl. 12:3
In the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those that look out of the windows be darkened,

Isa. 1:16
Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil;

Isa. 2:22
Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of?

Isa. 10:25
For yet a very little while, and the indignation shall cease, and mine anger in their destruction.

Isa. 13:11
And I will punish the world for their evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible.

Isa. 14:4
That thou shalt take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath the oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased!

Isa. 16:4
Let mine outcasts dwell with thee, Moab; be thou a covert to them from the face of the spoiler: for the extortioner is at an end, the spoiler ceaseth, the oppressors are consumed out of the land.

Isa. 16:10
And gladness is taken away, and joy out of the plentiful field; and in the vineyards there shall be no singing, neither shall there be shouting: the treaders shall tread out no wine in their presses; I have made their vintage shouting to cease.

Isa. 17:3
The fortress also shall cease from Ephraim, and the kingdom from Damascus, and the remnant of Syria: they shall be as the glory of the children of Israel, saith the Lord of hosts.

Isa. 21:2
A grievous vision is declared unto me; the treacherous dealer dealeth treacherously, and the spoiler spoileth. Go up, O Elam: besiege, O Media; all the sighing thereof have I made to cease.

Isa. 24:8
The mirth of tabrets ceaseth, the noise of them that rejoice endeth, the joy of the harp ceaseth.

Isa. 26:14
They are dead, they shall not live; they are deceased, they shall not rise: therefore hast thou visited and destroyed them, and made all their memory to perish.

Isa. 30:11
Get you out of the way, turn aside out of the path, cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us.

Isa. 33:1
Woe to thee that spoilest, and thou wast not spoiled; and dealest treacherously, and they dealt not treacherously with thee! when thou shalt cease to spoil, thou shalt be spoiled; and when thou shalt make an end to deal treacherously, they shall deal treacherously with thee.

Isa. 33:8
The highways lie waste, the wayfaring man ceaseth: he hath broken the covenant, he hath despised the cities, he regardeth no man.

Jer. 7:34
Then will I cause to cease from the cities of Judah, and from the streets of Jerusalem, the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride: for the land shall be desolate.

Jer. 14:17
Therefore thou shalt say this word unto them; Let mine eyes run down with tears night and day, and let them not cease: for the virgin daughter of my people is broken with a great breach, with a very grievous blow.

Jer. 16:9
For thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will cause to cease out of this place in your eyes, and in your days, the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride.

Jer. 17:8
For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.

Jer. 31:36
If those ordinances depart from before me, saith the Lord, then the seed of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before me for ever.

Jer. 36:29
And thou shalt say to Jehoiakim king of Judah, Thus saith the Lord; Thou hast burned this roll, saying, Why hast thou written therein, saying, The king of Babylon shall certainly come and destroy this land, and shall cause to cease from thence man and beast?

Jer. 48:35
Moreover I will cause to cease in Moab, saith the Lord, him that offereth in the high places, and him that burneth incense to his gods.

Lam. 2:18
Their heart cried unto the Lord, O wall of the daughter of Zion, let tears run down like a river day and night: give thyself no rest; let not the apple of thine eye cease.

Lam. 3:49
Mine eye trickleth down, and ceaseth not, without any intermission,

Lam. 5:14
The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their musick.

Lam. 5:15
The joy of our heart is ceased; our dance is turned into mourning.

Ezek. 6:6
In all your dwellingplaces the cities shall be laid waste, and the high places shall be desolate; that your altars may be laid waste and made desolate, and your idols may be broken and cease, and your images may be cut down, and your works may be abolished.

Ezek. 7:24
Wherefore I will bring the worst of the heathen, and they shall possess their houses: I will also make the pomp of the strong to cease; and their holy places shall be defiled.

Ezek. 12:23
Tell them therefore, Thus saith the Lord God; I will make this proverb to cease, and they shall no more use it as a proverb in Israel; but say unto them, The days are at hand, and the effect of every vision.

Ezek. 16:41
And they shall burn thine houses with fire, and execute judgments upon thee in the sight of many women: and I will cause thee to cease from playing the harlot, and thou also shalt give no hire any more.

Ezek. 23:27
Thus will I make thy lewdness to cease from thee, and thy whoredom brought from the land of Egypt: so that thou shalt not lift up thine eyes unto them, nor remember Egypt any more.

Ezek. 23:48
Thus will I cause lewdness to cease out of the land, that all women may be taught not to do after your lewdness.

Ezek. 26:13
And I will cause the noise of thy songs to cease; and the sound of thy harps shall be no more heard.

Ezek. 30:10
Thus saith the Lord God; I will also make the multitude of Egypt to cease by the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon.

Ezek. 30:13
Thus saith the Lord God; I will also destroy the idols, and I will cause their images to cease out of Noph; and there shall be no more a prince of the land of Egypt: and I will put a fear in the land of Egypt.

Ezek. 30:18
At Tehaphnehes also the day shall be darkened, when I shall break there the yokes of Egypt: and the pomp of her strength shall cease in her: as for her, a cloud shall cover her, and her daughters shall go into captivity.

Ezek. 33:28
For I will lay the land most desolate, and the pomp of her strength shall cease; and the mountains of Israel shall be desolate, that none shall pass through.

Ezek. 34:10
Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I am against the shepherds; and I will require my flock at their hand, and cause them to cease from feeding the flock; neither shall the shepherds feed themselves any more; for I will deliver my flock from their mouth, that they may not be meat for them.

Ezek. 34:25
And I will make with them a covenant of peace, and will cause the evil beasts to cease out of the land: and they shall dwell safely in the wilderness, and sleep in the woods.

Dan. 9:27
And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.

Dan. 11:18
After this shall he turn his face unto the isles, and shall take many: but a prince for his own behalf shall cause the reproach offered by him to cease; without his own reproach he shall cause it to turn upon him.

Hosea 1:4
And the Lord said unto him, Call his name Jezreel; for yet a little while, and I will avenge the blood of Jezreel upon the house of Jehu, and will cause to cease the kingdom of the house of Israel.

Hosea 2:11
I will also cause all her mirth to cease, her feast days, her new moons, and her sabbaths, and all her solemn feasts.

Hosea 7:4
They are all adulterers, as an oven heated by the baker, who ceaseth from raising after he hath kneaded the dough, until it be leavened.

Amos 7:5
Then said I, O Lord God, cease, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small.

Jonah 1:15
So they took up Jonah, and cast him forth into the sea: and the sea ceased from her raging.