Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'portion' occurs 133 times in the standard works.

46 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'portion' in the standard works and contain 34.6% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 19 minutes to read the entire list.

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Ezek. 48:1-7 (7 in 7 verses)

Ezek. 45:4-7 (5 in 4 verses)

Ezek. 48:23-27 (5 in 5 verses)

D&C 51:4-5 (4 in 2 verses)

Alma 12:9-11 (4 in 3 verses)

D&C 88:29-31 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 14:24 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 47:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 12:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 48:18 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 9:36-37 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 31:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Eccl. 5:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 1:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 124:70-71 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 96 18 114
NT 4 1 5
BM 12 0 12
DC 20 4 24
PGP 1 0 1
TOTAL 133 23 156

D&C 19:34
Impart a portion of thy property, yea, even part of thy lands, and all save the support of thy family.

D&C 51:4
And let my servant Edward Partridge, when he shall appoint a man his portion, give unto him a writing that shall secure unto him his portion, that he shall hold it, even this right and this inheritance in the church, until he transgresses and is not accounted worthy by the voice of the church, according to the laws and covenants of the church, to belong to the church.

D&C 51:5
And if he shall transgress and is not accounted worthy to belong to the church, he shall not have power to claim that portion which he has consecrated unto the bishop for the poor and needy of my church; therefore, he shall not retain the gift, but shall only have claim on that portion that is deeded unto him.

D&C 60:10
And let my servant Edward Partridge impart of the money which I have given him, a portion unto mine elders who are commanded to return;

D&C 71:1
Behold, thus saith the Lord unto you my servants Joseph Smith, Jun., and Sidney Rigdon, that the time has verily come that it is necessary and expedient in me that you should open your mouths in proclaiming my gospel, the things of the kingdom, expounding the mysteries thereof out of the scriptures, according to that portion of Spirit and power which shall be given unto you, even as I will.

D&C 78:21
For ye are the church of the Firstborn, and he will take you up in a cloud, and appoint every man his portion.

D&C 84:85
Neither take ye thought beforehand what ye shall say; but treasure up in your minds continually the words of life, and it shall be given you in the very hour that portion that shall be meted unto every man.

D&C 85:9
And all they who are not found written in the book of remembrance shall find none inheritance in that day, but they shall be cut asunder, and their portion shall be appointed them among unbelievers, where are wailing and gnashing of teeth.

D&C 88:29
Ye who are quickened by a portion of the celestial glory shall then receive of the same, even a fulness.

D&C 88:30
And they who are quickened by a portion of the terrestrial glory shall then receive of the same, even a fulness.

D&C 88:31
And also they who are quickened by a portion of the telestial glory shall then receive of the same, even a fulness.

D&C 96:4
Therefore, take heed that ye see to this matter, and that portion that is necessary to benefit mine order, for the purpose of bringing forth my word to the children of men.

D&C 101:90
And in his hot displeasure, and in his fierce anger, in his time, will cut off those wicked, unfaithful, and unjust stewards, and appoint them their portion among hypocrites, and unbelievers;

D&C 104:18
Therefore, if any man shall take of the abundance which I have made, and impart not his portion, according to the law of my gospel, unto the poor and the needy, he shall, with the wicked, lift up his eyes in hell, being in torment.

D&C 124:8
And that I may visit them in the day of visitation, when I shall unveil the face of my covering, to appoint the portion of the oppressor among hypocrites, where there is gnashing of teeth, if they reject my servants and my testimony which I have revealed unto them.

D&C 124:70
And again, verily I say unto you, if my servant George Miller, and my servant Lyman Wight, and my servant John Snider, and my servant Peter Haws, receive any stock into their hands, in moneys, or in properties wherein they receive the real value of moneys, they shall not appropriate any portion of that stock to any other purpose, only in that house.

D&C 124:71
And if they do appropriate any portion of that stock anywhere else, only in that house, without the consent of the stockholder, and do not repay four-fold for the stock which they appropriate anywhere else, only in that house, they shall be accursed, and shall be moved out of their place, saith the Lord God; for I, the Lord, am God, and cannot be mocked in any of these things.

D&C 132:39
David's wives and concubines were given unto him of me, by the hand of Nathan, my servant, and others of the prophets who had the keys of this power; and in none of these things did he sin against me save in the case of Uriah and his wife; and, therefore he hath fallen from his exaltation, and received his portion; and he shall not inherit them out of the world, for I gave them unto another, saith the Lord.