Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'inquire' occurs 75 times in the standard works.

10 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'inquire' in the standard works and contain 13.3% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 4 minutes to read the entire list.

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2 Kgs. 1:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 21:12 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 22:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 1:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 18:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 44 30 74
NT 8 5 13
BM 15 16 31
1 Ne. 2 1 3
Jacob 0 1 1
Mosiah 3 4 7
Alma 8 6 14
Hel. 1 2 3
3 Ne. 0 1 1
Ether 1 0 1
Moro. 0 1 1
DC 5 4 9
PGP 3 2 5
TOTAL 75 57 132

Alma 12:8
And Zeezrom began to inquire of them diligently, that he might know more concerning the kingdom of God. And he said unto Alma: What does this mean which Amulek hath spoken concerning the resurrection of the dead, that all shall rise from the dead, both the just and the unjust, and are brought to stand before God to be judged according to their works?

Alma 16:20
And many of the people did inquire concerning the place where the Son of God should come; and they were taught that he would appear unto them after his resurrection; and this the people did hear with great joy and gladness.

Alma 27:7
And Ammon said: I will go and inquire of the Lord, and if he say unto us, go down unto our brethren, will ye go?

Alma 27:10
But the king said unto him: Inquire of the Lord, and if he saith unto us go, we will go; otherwise we will perish in the land.

Alma 40:7
And now I would inquire what becometh of the souls of men from this time of death to the time appointed for the resurrection?

Alma 43:23
But it came to pass, as soon as they had departed into the wilderness Moroni sent spies into the wilderness to watch their camp; and Moroni, also, knowing of the prophecies of Alma, sent certain men unto him, desiring him that he should inquire of the Lord whither the armies of the Nephites should go to defend themselves against the Lamanites.

Alma 57:17
But it came to pass that on the morrow they did return. And now behold, we did not inquire of them concerning the prisoners; for behold, the Lamanites were upon us, and they returned in season to save us from falling into their hands. For behold, Ammoron had sent to their support a new supply of provisions and also a numerous army of men.

Alma 57:28
And now it came to pass that after we had thus taken care of our wounded men, and had buried our dead and also the dead of the Lamanites, who were many, behold, we did inquire of Gid concerning the prisoners whom they had started to go down to the land of Zarahemla with.