Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'pursued' occurs 56 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 'pursued' in the standard works and contain 25% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 7 minutes to read the entire list.

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Alma 47:28-30 (3 in 3 verses)

 47:28 And it came to pass that all they who loved the king, when they heard these words, came forth and pursued after the servants of the king.

 47:29 Now when the servants of the king saw an army pursuing after them, they were frightened again, and fled into the wilderness, and came over into the land of Zarahemla and joined the people of Ammon.

 47:30 And the army which pursued after them returned, having pursued after them in vain; and thus Amalickiah, by his fraud, gained the hearts of the people.





Alma 47:30-32 (3 in 3 verses)

 47:30 And the army which pursued after them returned, having pursued after them in vain; and thus Amalickiah, by his fraud, gained the hearts of the people.

 47:31 And it came to pass on the morrow he entered the city Nephi with his armies, and took possession of the city.

 47:32 And now it came to pass that the queen, when she had heard that the king was slain-- for Amalickiah had sent an embassy to the queen informing her that the king had been slain by his servants, that he had pursued them with his army, but it was in vain, and they had made their escape--





Josh. 2:7 (2 in 1 verse)

 2:7 And the men pursued after them the way to Jordan unto the fords: and as soon as they which pursued after them were gone out, they shut the gate.





Gen. 14:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

 14:14 And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he armed his trained servants, born in his own house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued them unto Dan.

 14:15 And he divided himself against them, he and his servants, by night, and smote them, and pursued them unto Hobah, which is on the left hand of Damascus.





Ex. 14:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

 14:8 And the Lord hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he pursued after the children of Israel: and the children of Israel went out with an high hand.

 14:9 But the Egyptians pursued after them, all the horses and chariots of Pharaoh, and his horsemen, and his army, and overtook them encamping by the sea, beside Pi-hahiroth, before Baal-zephon.





Josh. 8:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

 8:16 And all the people that were in Ai were called together to pursue after them: and they pursued after Joshua, and were drawn away from the city.

 8:17 And there was not a man left in Ai or Beth-el, that went not out after Israel: and they left the city open, and pursued after Israel.




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Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 38 0 38
NT 0 0 0
BM 17 0 17
DC 1 0 1
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 56 0 56

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