Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'support' occurs 53 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 'support' in the standard works and contain 15.1% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 4 minutes to read the entire list.

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Alma 54:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 27:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 44:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 60:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 0 0 0
NT 2 0 2
BM 38 8 46
DC 13 5 18
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 53 13 66

D&C 3:8
Yet you should have been faithful; and he would have extended his arm and supported you against all the fiery darts of the adversary; and he would have been with you in every time of trouble.

D&C 42:71
And the elders or high priests who are appointed to assist the bishop as counselors in all things, are to have their families supported out of the property which is consecrated to the bishop, for the good of the poor, and for other purposes, as before mentioned;

D&C 75:24
Behold, I say unto you, that it is the duty of the church to assist in supporting the families of those, and also to support the families of those who are called and must needs be sent unto the world to proclaim the gospel unto the world.

D&C 98:5
And that law of the land which is constitutional, supporting that principle of freedom in maintaining rights and privileges, belongs to all mankind, and is justifiable before me.

D&C 123:7
It is an imperative duty that we owe to God, to angels, with whom we shall be brought to stand, and also to ourselves, to our wives and children, who have been made to bow down with grief, sorrow, and care, under the most damning hand of murder, tyranny, and oppression, supported and urged on and upheld by the influence of that spirit which hath so strongly riveted the creeds of the fathers, who have inherited lies, upon the hearts of the children, and filled the world with confusion, and has been growing stronger and stronger, and is now the very mainspring of all corruption, and the whole earth groans under the weight of its iniquity.