Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'food' occurs 111 times in the standard works.

34 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'food' in the standard works and contain 30.6% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 13 minutes to read the entire list.

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1 Ne. 16:14-23 (10 in 10 verses)

Gen. 41:48 (3 in 1 verse)

Gen. 41:35-36 (3 in 2 verses)

Gen. 6:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 47:24 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 14:24 (2 in 1 verse)

Prov. 27:27 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 6:4 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 16:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 58:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 60:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)


3 Ne. 4:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

 4:3 And the robbers could not exist save it were in the wilderness, for the want of food; for the Nephites had left their lands desolate, and had gathered their flocks and their herds and all their substance, and they were in one body.

 4:4 Therefore, there was no chance for the robbers to plunder and to obtain food, save it were to come up in open battle against the Nephites; and the Nephites being in one body, and having so great a number, and having reserved for themselves provisions, and horses and cattle, and flocks of every kind, that they might subsist for the space of seven years, in the which time they did hope to destroy the robbers from off the face of the land; and thus the eighteenth year did pass away.




Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 51 0 51
NT 4 0 4
BM 43 0 43
1 Ne. 14 0 14
Mosiah 2 0 2
Alma 16 0 16
Hel. 2 0 2
3 Ne. 3 0 3
Ether 5 0 5
Moro. 1 0 1
DC 10 0 10
PGP 3 0 3
TOTAL 111 0 111

3 Ne. 4:3
And the robbers could not exist save it were in the wilderness, for the want of food; for the Nephites had left their lands desolate, and had gathered their flocks and their herds and all their substance, and they were in one body.

3 Ne. 4:4
Therefore, there was no chance for the robbers to plunder and to obtain food, save it were to come up in open battle against the Nephites; and the Nephites being in one body, and having so great a number, and having reserved for themselves provisions, and horses and cattle, and flocks of every kind, that they might subsist for the space of seven years, in the which time they did hope to destroy the robbers from off the face of the land; and thus the eighteenth year did pass away.

3 Ne. 4:24
And now, Gidgiddoni being aware of their design, and knowing of their weakness because of the want of food, and the great slaughter which had been made among them, therefore he did send out his armies in the night-time, and did cut off the way of their retreat, and did place his armies in the way of their retreat.