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

Ps. 68:18
Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity captive: thou hast received gifts for men; yea, for the rebellious also, that the Lord God might dwell among them.

Ps. 106:46
He made them also to be pitied of all those that carried them captives.

Ps. 137:3
For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion.