Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'prison' occurs 172 times in the standard works.

77 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'prison' in the standard works and contain 44.8% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 34 minutes to read the entire list.

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Alma 14:22-29 (8 in 8 verses)

Gen. 39:20-40:3 (7 in 7 verses)

Alma 20:2-7 (6 in 6 verses)

Acts 16:23-27 (5 in 5 verses)

Hel. 5:21-22 (4 in 2 verses)

Ether 10:6-7 (4 in 2 verses)

Acts 12:4-7 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 20:27-30 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 14:17-18 (3 in 2 verses)

Acts 5:21-23 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 21:13-15 (3 in 3 verses)

Isa. 42:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 37:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 37:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 5:27 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 9:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 39:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 25:43-44 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 5:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 16:36-37 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 7:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 9:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 10:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 12:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 47 18 65
NT 43 25 68
Matt. 10 2 12
Mark 3 1 4
Luke 5 1 6
John 1 0 1
Acts 21 10 31
Rom. 0 1 1
2 Cor. 0 2 2
Eph. 0 2 2
Col. 0 1 1
2 Tim. 0 1 1
Philem. 0 3 3
Heb. 0 1 1
1 Pet. 1 0 1
Rev. 2 0 2
BM 73 72 145
DC 7 1 8
PGP 2 0 2
TOTAL 172 116 288

Mark 1:14
Now after that John was put in prison, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God,

Mark 6:17
For Herod himself had sent forth and laid hold upon John, and bound him in prison for Herodias' sake, his brother Philip's wife: for he had married her.

Mark 6:27
And immediately the king sent an executioner, and commanded his head to be brought: and he went and beheaded him in the prison,

Mark 15:6
Now at that feast he released unto them one prisoner, whomsoever they desired.