Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'strait' occurs 23 times in the standard works.

8 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'strait' in the standard works and contain 34.8% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 4 minutes to read the entire list.

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3 Ne. 27:33 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 7:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 31:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 14:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 6 18 24
Gen. 0 1 1
Ex. 0 1 1
Deut. 0 3 3
Josh. 0 1 1
1 Sam. 1 1 2
2 Sam. 1 0 1
2 Kgs. 1 0 1
1 Chr. 1 0 1
Job 1 5 6
Prov. 0 1 1
Isa. 1 0 1
Jer. 0 2 2
Lam. 0 1 1
Ezek. 0 1 1
Micah 0 1 1
NT 4 11 15
BM 11 3 14
DC 2 0 2
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 23 32 55

1 Sam. 13:6
When the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait, (for the people were distressed,) then the people did hide themselves in caves, and in thickets, and in rocks, and in high places, and in pits.

2 Sam. 24:14
And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let us fall now into the hand of the Lord; for his mercies are great: and let me not fall into the hand of man.

2 Kgs. 6:1
And the sons of the prophets said unto Elisha, Behold now, the place where we dwell with thee is too strait for us.

1 Chr. 21:13
And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let me fall now into the hand of the Lord; for very great are his mercies: but let me not fall into the hand of man.

Job 36:16
Even so would he have removed thee out of the strait into a broad place, where there is no straitness; and that which should be set on thy table should be full of fatness.

Isa. 49:20
The children which thou shalt have, after thou hast lost the other, shall say again in thine ears, The place is too strait for me: give place to me that I may dwell.