Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'famine' occurs 138 times in the standard works.

57 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'famine' in the standard works and contain 41.3% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 22 minutes to read the entire list.

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Hel. 11:4-8 (6 in 5 verses)

Jer. 14:12-16 (5 in 5 verses)

Abr. 1:29-2:1 (4 in 4 verses)

Gen. 41:30-31 (3 in 2 verses)

Gen. 41:56-57 (3 in 2 verses)

Jer. 44:12-13 (3 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 5:16-17 (3 in 2 verses)

Gen. 12:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 26:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 41:36 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 47:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 15:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 7:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Amos 8:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Abr. 2:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 29:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 42:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 6:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 36:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 10:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 11:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 9:35-10:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 92 0 92
NT 4 3 7
BM 29 3 32
DC 3 1 4
PGP 10 1 11
TOTAL 138 8 146

Matt. 24:7
For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.

Mark 13:8
For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be earthquakes in divers places, and there shall be famines and troubles: these are the beginnings of sorrows.

Luke 21:11
And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.

2 Ne. 10:6
Wherefore, because of their iniquities, destructions, famines, pestilences, and bloodshed shall come upon them; and they who shall not be destroyed shall be scattered among all nations.

Alma 45:11
Yea, and then shall they see wars and pestilences, yea, famines and bloodshed, even until the people of Nephi shall become extinct--

Ether 11:7
And they hearkened not unto the voice of the Lord, because of their wicked combinations; wherefore, there began to be wars and contentions in all the land, and also many famines and pestilences, insomuch that there was a great destruction, such an one as never had been known upon the face of the earth; and all this came to pass in the days of Shiblom.

D&C 43:25
How oft have I called upon you by the mouth of my servants, and by the ministering of angels, and by mine own voice, and by the voice of thunderings, and by the voice of lightnings, and by the voice of tempests, and by the voice of earthquakes, and great hailstorms, and by the voice of famines and pestilences of every kind, and by the great sound of a trump, and by the voice of judgment, and by the voice of mercy all the day long, and by the voice of glory and honor and the riches of eternal life, and would have saved you with an everlasting salvation, but ye would not!

JS-M 1:29
Behold I speak for mine elect's sake; for nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.