Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'captivity' occurs 188 times in the standard works.

64 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'captivity' in the standard works and contain 34% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 22 minutes to read the entire list.

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Ether 10:30-31 (5 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 16:53 (4 in 1 verse)

Alma 36:28-29 (4 in 2 verses)

Ether 10:14-15 (4 in 2 verses)

Ether 8:3-4 (3 in 2 verses)

Ezra 6:19-21 (3 in 3 verses)

Ether 7:5-7 (3 in 3 verses)

Jer. 15:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 33:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 43:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Obad. 1:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Rev. 13:10 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 10:3 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 14:7 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 2:27 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 11:9 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 6:37-38 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezra 1:11-2:1 (2 in 2 verses)


Neh. 1:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

 1:2 That Hanani, one of my brethren, came, he and certain men of Judah; and I asked them concerning the Jews that had escaped, which were left of the captivity, and concerning Jerusalem.

 1:3 And they said unto me, The remnant that are left of the captivity there in the province are in great affliction and reproach: the wall of Jerusalem also is broken down, and the gates thereof are burned with fire.




Ezek. 11:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 30:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Amos 1:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 13:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 5:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 29:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 11:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 122 0 122
Num. 1 0 1
Deut. 3 0 3
Judg. 2 0 2
2 Kgs. 2 0 2
1 Chr. 2 0 2
2 Chr. 3 0 3
Ezra 12 0 12
Neh. 5 0 5
Esth. 1 0 1
Job 1 0 1
Ps. 7 0 7
Isa. 3 0 3
Jer. 31 0 31
Lam. 5 0 5
Ezek. 21 0 21
Dan. 3 0 3
Hosea 1 0 1
Joel 1 0 1
Amos 9 0 9
Obad. 2 0 2
Micah 1 0 1
Nahum 1 0 1
Hab. 1 0 1
Zeph. 2 0 2
Zech. 2 0 2
NT 5 0 5
BM 61 0 61
DC 0 0 0
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 188 0 188

Neh. 1:2
That Hanani, one of my brethren, came, he and certain men of Judah; and I asked them concerning the Jews that had escaped, which were left of the captivity, and concerning Jerusalem.

Neh. 1:3
And they said unto me, The remnant that are left of the captivity there in the province are in great affliction and reproach: the wall of Jerusalem also is broken down, and the gates thereof are burned with fire.

Neh. 4:4
Hear, O our God; for we are despised: and turn their reproach upon their own head, and give them for a prey in the land of captivity:

Neh. 7:6
These are the children of the province, that went up out of the captivity, of those that had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away, and came again to Jerusalem and to Judah, every one unto his city;

Neh. 8:17
And all the congregation of them that were come again out of the captivity made booths, and sat under the booths: for since the days of Jeshua the son of Nun unto that day had not the children of Israel done so. And there was very great gladness.