Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'pleased' occurs 92 times in the standard works.

14 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'pleased' in the standard works and contain 15.2% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 5 minutes to read the entire list.

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2 Sam. 3:36 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 5:32 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 90:35 (2 in 1 verse)

JS-H 1:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Rom. 15:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 7:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 63:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 36 21 57
Gen. 4 2 6
Num. 1 2 3
Deut. 1 0 1
Josh. 2 0 2
Judg. 2 0 2
1 Sam. 3 2 5
2 Sam. 4 2 6
1 Kgs. 3 3 6
1 Chr. 0 2 2
2 Chr. 1 0 1
Neh. 1 0 1
Esth. 4 0 4
Ps. 4 1 5
Isa. 2 1 3
Dan. 1 1 2
Jonah 1 1 2
Micah 1 0 1
Hab. 0 1 1
Zech. 0 3 3
Mal. 1 0 1
NT 26 4 30
BM 6 2 8
DC 21 1 22
PGP 3 1 4
TOTAL 92 29 121

Gen. 38:10
And the thing which he did displeased the Lord: wherefore he slew him also.

Gen. 48:17
And when Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand upon the head of Ephraim, it displeased him: and he held up his father's hand, to remove it from Ephraim's head unto Manasseh's head.