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.

Num. 11:1
And when the people complained, it displeased the Lord: and the Lord heard it; and his anger was kindled; and the fire of the Lord burnt among them, and consumed them that were in the uttermost parts of the camp.

Num. 11:10
Then Moses heard the people weep throughout their families, every man in the door of his tent: and the anger of the Lord was kindled greatly; Moses also was displeased.

1 Sam. 8:6
But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed unto the Lord.

1 Sam. 18:8
And Saul was very wroth, and the saying displeased him; and he said, They have ascribed unto David ten thousands, and to me they have ascribed but thousands: and what can he have more but the kingdom?

2 Sam. 6:8
And David was displeased, because the Lord had made a breach upon Uzzah: and he called the name of the place Perez-uzzah to this day.

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.

1 Kgs. 1:6
And his father had not displeased him at any time in saying, Why hast thou done so? and he also was a very goodly man; and his mother bare him after Absalom.

1 Kgs. 20:43
And the king of Israel went to his house heavy and displeased, and came to Samaria.

1 Kgs. 21:4
And Ahab came into his house heavy and displeased because of the word which Naboth the Jezreelite had spoken to him: for he had said, I will not give thee the inheritance of my fathers. And he laid him down upon his bed, and turned away his face, and would eat no bread.

1 Chr. 13:11
And David was displeased, because the Lord had made a breach upon Uzza: wherefore that place is called Perez-uzza to this day.

1 Chr. 21:7
And God was displeased with this thing; therefore he smote Israel.

Ps. 60:1
O God, thou hast cast us off, thou hast scattered us, thou hast been displeased; O turn thyself to us again.

Isa. 59:15
Yea, truth faileth; and he that departeth from evil maketh himself a prey: and the Lord saw it, and it displeased him that there was no judgment.

Dan. 6:14
Then the king, when he heard these words, was sore displeased with himself, and set his heart on Daniel to deliver him: and he laboured till the going down of the sun to deliver him.

Jonah 4:1
But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was very angry.

Hab. 3:8
Was the Lord displeased against the rivers? was thine anger against the rivers? was thy wrath against the sea, that thou didst ride upon thine horses and thy chariots of salvation?

Zech. 1:2
The Lord hath been sore displeased with your fathers.

Zech. 1:15
And I am very sore displeased with the heathen that are at ease: for I was but a little displeased, and they helped forward the affliction.