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 16:6
And it came to pass that Alma inquired of the Lord concerning the matter. And Alma returned and said unto them: Behold, the Lamanites will cross the river Sidon in the south wilderness, away up beyond the borders of the land of Manti. And behold there shall ye meet them, on the east of the river Sidon, and there the Lord will deliver unto thee thy brethren who have been taken captive by the Lamanites.

Alma 17:22
And the king inquired of Ammon if it were his desire to dwell in the land among the Lamanites, or among his people.

Alma 18:8
And it came to pass that king Lamoni inquired of his servants, saying: Where is this man that has such great power?

Alma 27:11
And it came to pass that Ammon went and inquired of the Lord, and the Lord said unto him:

Alma 40:3
Behold, he bringeth to pass the resurrection of the dead. But behold, my son, the resurrection is not yet. Now, I unfold unto you a mystery; nevertheless, there are many mysteries which are kept, that no one knoweth them save God himself. But I show unto you one thing which I have inquired diligently of God that I might know-- that is concerning the resurrection.

Alma 40:9
Therefore, there is a time appointed unto men that they shall rise from the dead; and there is a space between the time of death and the resurrection. And now, concerning this space of time, what becometh of the souls of men is the thing which I have inquired diligently of the Lord to know; and this is the thing of which I do know.