Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'staff' occurs 51 times in the standard works.

5 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'staff' in the standard works and contain 9.8% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 2 minutes to read the entire list.

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2 Kgs. 4:29-31 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 13:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 41 1 42
NT 2 0 2
BM 7 0 7
2 Ne. 7 0 7
DC 1 0 1
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 51 1 52

2 Ne. 13:1
For behold, the Lord, the Lord of Hosts, doth take away from Jerusalem, and from Judah, the stay and the staff, the whole staff of bread, and the whole stay of water--

2 Ne. 19:4
For thou hast broken the yoke of his burden, and the staff of his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor.

2 Ne. 20:5
O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and the staff in their hand is their indignation.

2 Ne. 20:15
Shall the ax boast itself against him that heweth therewith? Shall the saw magnify itself against him that shaketh it? As if the rod should shake itself against them that lift it up, or as if the staff should lift up itself as if it were no wood!

2 Ne. 20:24
Therefore, thus saith the Lord God of Hosts: O my people that dwellest in Zion, be not afraid of the Assyrian; he shall smite thee with a rod, and shall lift up his staff against thee, after the manner of Egypt.

2 Ne. 24:5
The Lord hath broken the staff of the wicked, the scepters of the rulers.