Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'poor' occurs 274 times in the standard works.

76 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'poor' in the standard works and contain 27.7% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 33 minutes to read the entire list.

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Alma 32:2-4 (5 in 3 verses)

Deut. 15:7-11 (5 in 5 verses)

Ps. 10:8-10 (4 in 3 verses)

D&C 56:16-19 (4 in 4 verses)

2 Ne. 28:13 (3 in 1 verse)

Eccl. 9:15-16 (3 in 2 verses)

Ps. 35:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Prov. 14:31 (2 in 1 verse)

Prov. 22:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Prov. 28:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 24:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 2:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 12:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Job 5:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 40:17-41:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 72:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 82:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Prov. 13:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Prov. 14:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Prov. 29:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Eccl. 4:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 3:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 52:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Amos 2:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Amos 5:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 12:42-43 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 21:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

John 12:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

James 2:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

James 2:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 13:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 42:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 170 2 172
Gen. 1 0 1
Ex. 5 0 5
Lev. 8 1 9
Deut. 9 0 9
Judg. 1 0 1
Ruth 1 0 1
1 Sam. 3 0 3
2 Sam. 3 0 3
2 Kgs. 1 1 2
Esth. 1 0 1
Job 16 0 16
Ps. 37 0 37
Prov. 38 0 38
Eccl. 7 0 7
Isa. 14 0 14
Jer. 8 0 8
Ezek. 4 0 4
Dan. 1 0 1
Amos 7 0 7
Hab. 1 0 1
Zeph. 1 0 1
Zech. 3 0 3
NT 35 0 35
BM 32 2 34
DC 35 0 35
PGP 2 0 2
TOTAL 274 4 278

Jer. 2:34
Also in thy skirts is found the blood of the souls of the poor innocents: I have not found it by secret search, but upon all these.

Jer. 5:4
Therefore I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish: for they know not the way of the Lord, nor the judgment of their God.

Jer. 20:13
Sing unto the Lord, praise ye the Lord: for he hath delivered the soul of the poor from the hand of evildoers.

Jer. 22:16
He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well with him: was not this to know me? saith the Lord.

Jer. 39:10
But Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard left of the poor of the people, which had nothing, in the land of Judah, and gave them vineyards and fields at the same time.

Jer. 40:7
Now when all the captains of the forces which were in the fields, even they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah the son of Ahikam governor in the land, and had committed unto him men, and women, and children, and of the poor of the land, of them that were not carried away captive to Babylon;

Jer. 52:15
Then Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard carried away captive certain of the poor of the people, and the residue of the people that remained in the city, and those that fell away, that fell to the king of Babylon, and the rest of the multitude.

Jer. 52:16
But Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard left certain of the poor of the land for vinedressers and for husbandmen.