Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'blind' occurs 103 times in the standard works.

39 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'blind' in the standard works and contain 37.9% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 17 minutes to read the entire list.

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Isa. 42:16-19 (5 in 4 verses)

 42:16 And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not; I will lead them in paths that they have not known: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them.

 42:17 They shall be turned back, they shall be greatly ashamed, that trust in graven images, that say to the molten images, Ye are our gods.

 42:18 Hear, ye deaf; and look, ye blind, that ye may see.

 42:19 Who is blind, but my servant? or deaf, as my messenger that I sent? who is blind as he that is perfect, and blind as the Lord's servant?





Matt. 15:14 (4 in 1 verse)

 15:14 Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.





John 9:17-20 (4 in 4 verses)

 9:17 They say unto the blind man again, What sayest thou of him, that he hath opened thine eyes? He said, He is a prophet.

 9:18 But the Jews did not believe concerning him, that he had been blind, and received his sight, until they called the parents of him that had received his sight.

 9:19 And they asked them, saying, Is this your son, who ye say was born blind? how then doth he now see?

 9:20 His parents answered them and said, We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind:





2 Sam. 5:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

 5:6 And the king and his men went to Jerusalem unto the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land: which spake unto David, saying, Except thou take away the blind and the lame, thou shalt not come in hither: thinking, David cannot come in hither.

 5:7 Nevertheless David took the strong hold of Zion: the same is the city of David.

 5:8 And David said on that day, Whosoever getteth up to the gutter, and smiteth the Jebusites, and the lame and the blind, that are hated of David's soul, he shall be chief and captain. Wherefore they said, The blind and the lame shall not come into the house.





John 9:39-41 (3 in 3 verses)

 9:39 And Jesus said, For judgment I am come into this world, that they which see not might see; and that they which see might be made blind.

 9:40 And some of the Pharisees which were with him heard these words, and said unto him, Are we blind also?

 9:41 Jesus said unto them, If ye were blind, ye should have no sin: but now ye say, We see; therefore your sin remaineth.





Matt. 12:22 (2 in 1 verse)

 12:22 Then was brought unto him one possessed with a devil, blind, and dumb: and he healed him, insomuch that the blind and dumb both spake and saw.





Luke 6:39 (2 in 1 verse)

 6:39 And he spake a parable unto them, Can the blind lead the blind? shall they not both fall into the ditch?





Matt. 9:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

 9:27 And when Jesus departed thence, two blind men followed him, crying, and saying, Thou Son of David, have mercy on us.

 9:28 And when he was come into the house, the blind men came to him: and Jesus saith unto them, Believe ye that I am able to do this? They said unto him, Yea, Lord.





Matt. 15:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

 15:30 And great multitudes came unto him, having with them those that were lame, blind, dumb, maimed, and many others, and cast them down at Jesus' feet; and he healed them:

 15:31 Insomuch that the multitude wondered, when they saw the dumb to speak, the maimed to be whole, the lame to walk, and the blind to see: and they glorified the God of Israel.





Matt. 23:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

 23:16 Woe unto you, ye blind guides, which say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor!

 23:17 Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifieth the gold?





Mark 8:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

 8:22 And he cometh to Bethsaida; and they bring a blind man unto him, and besought him to touch him.

 8:23 And he took the blind man by the hand, and led him out of the town; and when he had spit on his eyes, and put his hands upon him, he asked him if he saw ought.





Luke 7:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

 7:21 And in that same hour he cured many of their infirmities and plagues, and of evil spirits; and unto many that were blind he gave sight.

 7:22 Then Jesus answering said unto them, Go your way, and tell John what things ye have seen and heard; how that the blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, to the poor the gospel is preached.





John 9:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

 9:1 And as Jesus passed by, he saw a man which was blind from his birth.

 9:2 And his disciples asked him, saying, Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind?





John 9:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

 9:24 Then again called they the man that was blind, and said unto him, Give God the praise: we know that this man is a sinner.

 9:25 He answered and said, Whether he be a sinner or no, I know not: one thing I know, that, whereas I was blind, now I see.





3 Ne. 2:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

 2:1 And it came to pass that thus passed away the ninety and fifth year also, and the people began to forget those signs and wonders which they had heard, and began to be less and less astonished at a sign or a wonder from heaven, insomuch that they began to be hard in their hearts, and blind in their minds, and began to disbelieve all which they had heard and seen--

 2:2 Imagining up some vain thing in their hearts, that it was wrought by men and by the power of the devil, to lead away and deceive the hearts of the people; and thus did Satan get possession of the hearts of the people again, insomuch that he did blind their eyes and lead them away to believe that the doctrine of Christ was a foolish and a vain thing.




Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 29 6 35
Gen. 0 1 1
Ex. 1 1 2
Lev. 3 0 3
Deut. 4 1 5
1 Sam. 1 0 1
2 Sam. 3 0 3
2 Kgs. 0 2 2
Job 1 0 1
Ps. 1 0 1
Isa. 11 0 11
Jer. 1 0 1
Lam. 1 0 1
Zeph. 1 0 1
Zech. 0 1 1
Mal. 1 0 1
NT 53 8 61
BM 15 15 30
DC 5 4 9
PGP 1 0 1
TOTAL 103 33 136

2 Sam. 5:6
And the king and his men went to Jerusalem unto the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land: which spake unto David, saying, Except thou take away the blind and the lame, thou shalt not come in hither: thinking, David cannot come in hither.

2 Sam. 5:8
And David said on that day, Whosoever getteth up to the gutter, and smiteth the Jebusites, and the lame and the blind, that are hated of David's soul, he shall be chief and captain. Wherefore they said, The blind and the lame shall not come into the house.