Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'sold' occurs 93 times in the standard works.

32 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'sold' in the standard works and contain 34.4% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 12 minutes to read the entire list.

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Lev. 25:25-29 (5 in 5 verses)

2 Ne. 7:1 (3 in 1 verse)

Neh. 5:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Esth. 7:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 50:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 21:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Mark 11:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Acts 4:34 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 45:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 25:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 27:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Neh. 13:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Joel 3:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 4:37-5:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 56 5 61
NT 26 32 58
BM 7 7 14
1 Ne. 1 0 1
2 Ne. 3 0 3
Alma 2 7 9
3 Ne. 1 0 1
DC 3 0 3
PGP 1 0 1
TOTAL 93 44 137

1 Ne. 5:14
And it came to pass that my father, Lehi, also found upon the plates of brass a genealogy of his fathers; wherefore he knew that he was a descendant of Joseph; yea, even that Joseph who was the son of Jacob, who was sold into Egypt, and who was preserved by the hand of the Lord, that he might preserve his father, Jacob, and all his household from perishing with famine.

2 Ne. 7:1
Yea, for thus saith the Lord: Have I put thee away, or have I cast thee off forever? For thus saith the Lord: Where is the bill of your mother's divorcement? To whom have I put thee away, or to which of my creditors have I sold you? Yea, to whom have I sold you? Behold, for your iniquities have ye sold yourselves, and for your transgressions is your mother put away.

Alma 10:3
And Aminadi was a descendant of Nephi, who was the son of Lehi, who came out of the land of Jerusalem, who was a descendant of Manasseh, who was the son of Joseph who was sold into Egypt by the hands of his brethren.

Alma 44:12
And now when Moroni had said these words, Zerahemnah retained his sword, and he was angry with Moroni, and he rushed forward that he might slay Moroni; but as he raised his sword, behold, one of Moroni's soldiers smote it even to the earth, and it broke by the hilt; and he also smote Zerahemnah that he took off his scalp and it fell to the earth. And Zerahemnah withdrew from before them into the midst of his soldiers.

Alma 44:13
And it came to pass that the soldier who stood by, who smote off the scalp of Zerahemnah, took up the scalp from off the ground by the hair, and laid it upon the point of his sword, and stretched it forth unto them, saying unto them with a loud voice:

Alma 44:16
Now it came to pass that Zerahemnah was exceedingly wroth, and he did stir up the remainder of his soldiers to anger, to contend more powerfully against the Nephites.

Alma 44:18
But behold, their naked skins and their bare heads were exposed to the sharp swords of the Nephites; yea, behold they were pierced and smitten, yea, and did fall exceedingly fast before the swords of the Nephites; and they began to be swept down, even as the soldier of Moroni had prophesied.

Alma 46:23
Moroni said unto them: Behold, we are a remnant of the seed of Jacob; yea, we are a remnant of the seed of Joseph, whose coat was rent by his brethren into many pieces; yea, and now behold, let us remember to keep the commandments of God, or our garments shall be rent by our brethren, and we be cast into prison, or be sold, or be slain.

Alma 51:9
But behold, this was a critical time for such contentions to be among the people of Nephi; for behold, Amalickiah had again stirred up the hearts of the people of the Lamanites against the people of the Nephites, and he was gathering together soldiers from all parts of his land, and arming them, and preparing for war with all diligence; for he had sworn to drink the blood of Moroni.

Alma 53:22
And now it came to pass that Helaman did march at the head of his two thousand stripling soldiers, to the support of the people in the borders of the land on the south by the west sea.

3 Ne. 20:38
For thus saith the Lord: Ye have sold yourselves for naught, and ye shall be redeemed without money.