Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'afflictions' occurs 100 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 'afflictions' in the standard works and contain 19% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 8 minutes to read the entire list.

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Alma 34:40-41 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 15:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 33:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Heb. 10:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 2:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 21:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 24:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 36:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 61:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 2 0 2
NT 11 0 11
BM 77 0 77
1 Ne. 9 0 9
2 Ne. 8 0 8
Jacob 1 0 1
Mosiah 14 0 14
Alma 40 0 40
Hel. 2 0 2
3 Ne. 2 0 2
Morm. 1 0 1
DC 9 0 9
PGP 1 0 1
TOTAL 100 0 100

2 Ne. 1:5
But, said he, notwithstanding our afflictions, we have obtained a land of promise, a land which is choice above all other lands; a land which the Lord God hath covenanted with me should be a land for the inheritance of my seed. Yea, the Lord hath covenanted this land unto me, and to my children forever, and also all those who should be led out of other countries by the hand of the Lord.

2 Ne. 2:1
And now, Jacob, I speak unto you: Thou art my firstborn in the days of my tribulation in the wilderness. And behold, in thy childhood thou hast suffered afflictions and much sorrow, because of the rudeness of thy brethren.

2 Ne. 2:2
Nevertheless, Jacob, my firstborn in the wilderness, thou knowest the greatness of God; and he shall consecrate thine afflictions for thy gain.

2 Ne. 3:1
And now I speak unto you, Joseph, my last-born. Thou wast born in the wilderness of mine afflictions; yea, in the days of my greatest sorrow did thy mother bear thee.

2 Ne. 3:3
And now, Joseph, my last-born, whom I have brought out of the wilderness of mine afflictions, may the Lord bless thee forever, for thy seed shall not utterly be destroyed.

2 Ne. 4:20
My God hath been my support; he hath led me through mine afflictions in the wilderness; and he hath preserved me upon the waters of the great deep.

2 Ne. 4:26
O then, if I have seen so great things, if the Lord in his condescension unto the children of men hath visited men in so much mercy, why should my heart weep and my soul linger in the valley of sorrow, and my flesh waste away, and my strength slacken, because of mine afflictions?

2 Ne. 4:29
Do not anger again because of mine enemies. Do not slacken my strength because of mine afflictions.