Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'behalf' occurs 24 times in the standard works.

2 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'behalf' in the standard works and contain 8.3% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 1 minutes to read the entire list.

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Morm. 8:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 5 0 5
NT 8 0 8
BM 6 0 6
1 Ne. 1 0 1
Mosiah 1 0 1
Alma 1 0 1
3 Ne. 1 0 1
Morm. 2 0 2
DC 5 0 5
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 24 0 24

1 Ne. 1:5
Wherefore it came to pass that my father, Lehi, as he went forth prayed unto the Lord, yea, even with all his heart, in behalf of his people.

Mosiah 20:25
And it came to pass that they followed the king, and went forth without arms to meet the Lamanites. And it came to pass that they did meet the Lamanites; and the king of the Lamanites did bow himself down before them, and did plead in behalf of the people of Limhi.

Alma 6:6
Nevertheless the children of God were commanded that they should gather themselves together oft, and join in fasting and mighty prayer in behalf of the welfare of the souls of those who knew not God.

3 Ne. 1:11
And it came to pass that he went out and bowed himself down upon the earth, and cried mightily to his God in behalf of his people, yea, those who were about to be destroyed because of their faith in the tradition of their fathers.

Morm. 8:24
And he knoweth their prayers, that they were in behalf of their brethren. And he knoweth their faith, for in his name could they remove mountains; and in his name could they cause the earth to shake; and by the power of his word did they cause prisons to tumble to the earth; yea, even the fiery furnace could not harm them, neither wild beasts nor poisonous serpents, because of the power of his word.

Morm. 8:25
And behold, their prayers were also in behalf of him that the Lord should suffer to bring these things forth.