Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'captive' occurs 92 times in the standard works.

21 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'captive' in the standard works and contain 22.8% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 9 minutes to read the entire list.

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Alma 16:3-8 (6 in 6 verses)

Jer. 52:27-30 (4 in 4 verses)

Jer. 13:17-19 (3 in 3 verses)

Jer. 40:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 41:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Amos 6:7 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 9:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 55 42 97
Gen. 2 1 3
Ex. 1 0 1
Num. 1 3 4
Deut. 1 2 3
Judg. 1 0 1
1 Sam. 0 3 3
1 Kgs. 2 3 5
2 Kgs. 5 1 6
1 Chr. 1 0 1
2 Chr. 5 8 13
Ps. 2 1 3
Isa. 4 6 10
Jer. 24 9 33
Ezek. 0 3 3
Dan. 0 2 2
Amos 4 0 4
Obad. 1 0 1
Nahum 1 0 1
NT 4 1 5
BM 32 6 38
DC 0 3 3
PGP 1 0 1
TOTAL 92 52 144

Isa. 14:2
And the people shall take them, and bring them to their place: and the house of Israel shall possess them in the land of the Lord for servants and handmaids: and they shall take them captives, whose captives they were; and they shall rule over their oppressors.

Isa. 20:4
So shall the king of Assyria lead away the Egyptians prisoners, and the Ethiopians captives, young and old, naked and barefoot, even with their buttocks uncovered, to the shame of Egypt.

Isa. 45:13
I have raised him up in righteousness, and I will direct all his ways: he shall build my city, and he shall let go my captives, not for price nor reward, saith the Lord of hosts.

Isa. 49:25
But thus saith the Lord, Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered: for I will contend with him that contendeth with thee, and I will save thy children.

Isa. 61:1
The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me; because the Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;