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.

To learn more about emphasis scriptures click here.

Expand All

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 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.

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