Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'suck' occurs 22 times in the standard works.

4 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'suck' in the standard works and contain 18.2% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 2 minutes to read the entire list.

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Isa. 60:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 66:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 15 12 27
NT 4 2 6
BM 2 4 6
1 Ne. 1 1 2
2 Ne. 0 2 2
Hel. 1 0 1
3 Ne. 0 1 1
DC 0 1 1
PGP 1 0 1
TOTAL 22 19 41

1 Ne. 17:2
And so great were the blessings of the Lord upon us, that while we did live upon raw meat in the wilderness, our women did give plenty of suck for their children, and were strong, yea, even like unto the men; and they began to bear their journeyings without murmurings.

1 Ne. 21:15
For can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? Yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee, O house of Israel.

2 Ne. 21:8
And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice's den.

2 Ne. 30:14
And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice's den.

Hel. 15:2
Yea, except ye repent, your women shall have great cause to mourn in the day that they shall give suck; for ye shall attempt to flee and there shall be no place for refuge; yea, and wo unto them which are with child, for they shall be heavy and cannot flee; therefore, they shall be trodden down and shall be left to perish.

3 Ne. 28:22
And twice were they cast into a den of wild beasts; and behold they did play with the beasts as a child with a suckling lamb, and received no harm.