Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'cease' occurs 128 times in the standard works.

19 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'cease' in the standard works and contain 14.8% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 6 minutes to read the entire list.

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D&C 88:121-124 (6 in 4 verses)

3 Ne. 10:9-10 (4 in 2 verses)

D&C 136:23-24 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 18:21 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 20:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 6:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 65 29 94
Gen. 1 1 2
Ex. 1 2 3
Num. 3 0 3
Deut. 2 0 2
Josh. 1 1 2
Judg. 2 3 5
1 Sam. 1 2 3
2 Chr. 1 0 1
Ezra 3 2 5
Neh. 2 0 2
Job 3 1 4
Ps. 4 4 8
Prov. 5 1 6
Eccl. 1 0 1
Isa. 9 7 16
Jer. 7 0 7
Lam. 1 3 4
Ezek. 13 0 13
Dan. 2 0 2
Hosea 2 1 3
Amos 1 0 1
Jonah 0 1 1
NT 5 18 23
BM 35 24 59
DC 20 0 20
PGP 3 2 5
TOTAL 128 73 201

Num. 8:25
And from the age of fifty years they shall cease waiting upon the service thereof, and shall serve no more:

Num. 11:25
And the Lord came down in a cloud, and spake unto him, and took of the spirit that was upon him, and gave it unto the seventy elders: and it came to pass, that, when the spirit rested upon them, they prophesied, and did not cease.

Num. 17:5
And it shall come to pass, that the man's rod, whom I shall choose, shall blossom: and I will make to cease from me the murmurings of the children of Israel, whereby they murmur against you.