Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'prison' occurs 172 times in the standard works.

77 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'prison' in the standard works and contain 44.8% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 34 minutes to read the entire list.

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Alma 14:22-29 (8 in 8 verses)


Gen. 39:20-40:3 (7 in 7 verses)

 39:20 And Joseph's master took him, and put him into the prison, a place where the king's prisoners were bound: and he was there in the prison.

 39:21 But the Lord was with Joseph, and shewed him mercy, and gave him favour in the sight of the keeper of the prison.

 39:22 And the keeper of the prison committed to Joseph's hand all the prisoners that were in the prison; and whatsoever they did there, he was the doer of it.

 39:23 The keeper of the prison looked not to any thing that was under his hand; because the Lord was with him, and that which he did, the Lord made it to prosper.

 40:1 And it came to pass after these things, that the butler of the king of Egypt and his baker had offended their lord the king of Egypt.

 40:2 And Pharaoh was wroth against two of his officers, against the chief of the butlers, and against the chief of the bakers.

 40:3 And he put them in ward in the house of the captain of the guard, into the prison, the place where Joseph was bound.




Alma 20:2-7 (6 in 6 verses)

Acts 16:23-27 (5 in 5 verses)

Hel. 5:21-22 (4 in 2 verses)

Ether 10:6-7 (4 in 2 verses)

Acts 12:4-7 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 20:27-30 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 14:17-18 (3 in 2 verses)

Acts 5:21-23 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 21:13-15 (3 in 3 verses)

Isa. 42:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 37:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 37:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 5:27 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 9:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 39:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 25:43-44 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 5:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 16:36-37 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 7:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 9:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 10:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 12:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 47 18 65
Gen. 10 2 12
Num. 0 1 1
Judg. 2 0 2
1 Kgs. 1 0 1
2 Kgs. 3 0 3
2 Chr. 2 0 2
Ezra 0 1 1
Neh. 2 0 2
Job 0 1 1
Ps. 1 4 5
Eccl. 1 0 1
Isa. 6 6 12
Jer. 19 0 19
Lam. 0 1 1
Zech. 0 2 2
NT 43 25 68
BM 73 72 145
DC 7 1 8
PGP 2 0 2
TOTAL 172 116 288

Gen. 39:20
And Joseph's master took him, and put him into the prison, a place where the king's prisoners were bound: and he was there in the prison.

Gen. 39:21
But the Lord was with Joseph, and shewed him mercy, and gave him favour in the sight of the keeper of the prison.

Gen. 39:22
And the keeper of the prison committed to Joseph's hand all the prisoners that were in the prison; and whatsoever they did there, he was the doer of it.

Gen. 39:23
The keeper of the prison looked not to any thing that was under his hand; because the Lord was with him, and that which he did, the Lord made it to prosper.

Gen. 40:3
And he put them in ward in the house of the captain of the guard, into the prison, the place where Joseph was bound.

Gen. 40:5
And they dreamed a dream both of them, each man his dream in one night, each man according to the interpretation of his dream, the butler and the baker of the king of Egypt, which were bound in the prison.

Gen. 42:16
Send one of you, and let him fetch your brother, and ye shall be kept in prison, that your words may be proved, whether there be any truth in you: or else by the life of Pharaoh surely ye are spies.

Gen. 42:19
If ye be true men, let one of your brethren be bound in the house of your prison: go ye, carry corn for the famine of your houses: