Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'handmaid' occurs 50 times in the standard works.

23 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'handmaid' in the standard works and contain 46% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 10 minutes to read the entire list.

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1 Sam. 25:24-28 (5 in 5 verses)

2 Sam. 14:15-19 (5 in 5 verses)

1 Sam. 1:11 (3 in 1 verse)

Ruth 3:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 35:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 28:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 14:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 132:51-52 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 44 10 54
Gen. 7 3 10
Ex. 1 0 1
Judg. 1 0 1
Ruth 3 1 4
1 Sam. 14 0 14
2 Sam. 9 1 10
1 Kgs. 3 0 3
2 Kgs. 2 0 2
Ps. 2 0 2
Prov. 1 0 1
Isa. 0 1 1
Jer. 1 3 4
Joel 0 1 1
NT 1 2 3
BM 0 1 1
DC 5 0 5
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 50 13 63

1 Sam. 1:11
And she vowed a vow, and said, O Lord of hosts, if thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thine handmaid, and remember me, and not forget thine handmaid, but wilt give unto thine handmaid a man child, then I will give him unto the Lord all the days of his life, and there shall no razor come upon his head.

1 Sam. 1:16
Count not thine handmaid for a daughter of Belial: for out of the abundance of my complaint and grief have I spoken hitherto.

1 Sam. 1:18
And she said, Let thine handmaid find grace in thy sight. So the woman went her way, and did eat, and her countenance was no more sad.

1 Sam. 25:24
And fell at his feet, and said, Upon me, my lord, upon me let this iniquity be: and let thine handmaid, I pray thee, speak in thine audience, and hear the words of thine handmaid.

1 Sam. 25:25
Let not my lord, I pray thee, regard this man of Belial, even Nabal: for as his name is, so is he; Nabal is his name, and folly is with him: but I thine handmaid saw not the young men of my lord, whom thou didst send.

1 Sam. 25:27
And now this blessing which thine handmaid hath brought unto my lord, let it even be given unto the young men that follow my lord.

1 Sam. 25:28
I pray thee, forgive the trespass of thine handmaid: for the Lord will certainly make my lord a sure house; because my lord fighteth the battles of the Lord, and evil hath not been found in thee all thy days.

1 Sam. 25:31
That this shall be no grief unto thee, nor offence of heart unto my lord, either that thou hast shed blood causeless, or that my lord hath avenged himself: but when the Lord shall have dealt well with my lord, then remember thine handmaid.

1 Sam. 25:41
And she arose, and bowed herself on her face to the earth, and said, Behold, let thine handmaid be a servant to wash the feet of the servants of my lord.

1 Sam. 28:21
And the woman came unto Saul, and saw that he was sore troubled, and said unto him, Behold, thine handmaid hath obeyed thy voice, and I have put my life in my hand, and have hearkened unto thy words which thou spakest unto me.

1 Sam. 28:22
Now therefore, I pray thee, hearken thou also unto the voice of thine handmaid, and let me set a morsel of bread before thee; and eat, that thou mayest have strength, when thou goest on thy way.