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

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. 3:10
And the speech pleased the Lord, that Solomon had asked this thing.

1 Kgs. 9:1
And it came to pass, when Solomon had finished the building of the house of the Lord, and the king's house, and all Solomon's desire which he was pleased to do,

1 Kgs. 9:12
And Hiram came out from Tyre to see the cities which Solomon had given him; and they pleased him not.

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.