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
Gen. 6 0 6
Lev. 2 0 2
Num. 3 0 3
Deut. 3 1 4
Josh. 2 1 3
1 Sam. 2 1 3
1 Kgs. 1 1 2
2 Kgs. 6 0 6
2 Chr. 5 1 6
Ezra 1 0 1
Neh. 3 5 8
Esth. 0 2 2
Job 5 1 6
Ps. 7 0 7
Prov. 1 0 1
Eccl. 8 0 8
Isa. 4 0 4
Jer. 6 0 6
Lam. 1 0 1
Ezek. 20 4 24
Dan. 7 0 7
Hosea 0 1 1
Micah 1 0 1
Hab. 1 0 1
Zech. 1 0 1
NT 4 1 5
BM 12 0 12
DC 20 4 24
PGP 1 0 1
TOTAL 133 23 156

Eccl. 2:10
And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them, I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced in all my labour: and this was my portion of all my labour.

Eccl. 2:21
For there is a man whose labour is in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in equity; yet to a man that hath not laboured therein shall he leave it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil.

Eccl. 3:22
Wherefore I perceive that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his own works; for that is his portion: for who shall bring him to see what shall be after him?

Eccl. 5:18
Behold that which I have seen: it is good and comely for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labour that he taketh under the sun all the days of his life, which God giveth him: for it is his portion.

Eccl. 5:19
Every man also to whom God hath given riches and wealth, and hath given him power to eat thereof, and to take his portion, and to rejoice in his labour; this is the gift of God.

Eccl. 9:6
Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished; neither have they any more a portion for ever in any thing that is done under the sun.

Eccl. 9:9
Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity: for that is thy portion in this life, and in thy labour which thou takest under the sun.

Eccl. 11:2
Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth.