Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'rich' occurs 116 times in the standard works.

25 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'rich' in the standard works and contain 21.6% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 10 minutes to read the entire list.

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2 Ne. 9:30 (3 in 1 verse)

2 Cor. 8:9 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 6:7 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 11:7 (2 in 1 verse)


2 Sam. 12:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

 12:1 And the Lord sent Nathan unto David. And he came unto him, and said unto him, There were two men in one city; the one rich, and the other poor.

 12:2 The rich man had exceeding many flocks and herds:




Matt. 19:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 16:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Tim. 6:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

James 1:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

James 2:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Rev. 3:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 38:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 41 135 176
Gen. 2 2 4
Ex. 1 0 1
Lev. 1 0 1
Num. 0 9 9
Deut. 0 3 3
Josh. 0 30 30
Ruth 1 0 1
1 Sam. 1 2 3
2 Sam. 3 1 4
1 Kgs. 0 4 4
2 Kgs. 0 6 6
1 Chr. 0 4 4
2 Chr. 0 8 8
Ezra 0 1 1
Neh. 0 2 2
Esth. 0 2 2
Job 3 3 6
Ps. 3 10 13
Prov. 16 17 33
Eccl. 3 6 9
Isa. 1 5 6
Jer. 2 5 7
Lam. 0 1 1
Ezek. 1 9 10
Dan. 0 5 5
Hosea 1 0 1
Micah 1 0 1
Zech. 1 0 1
NT 40 37 77
BM 21 46 67
DC 13 19 32
PGP 1 0 1
TOTAL 116 237 353

2 Sam. 10:5
When they told it unto David, he sent to meet them, because the men were greatly ashamed: and the king said, Tarry at Jericho until your beards be grown, and then return.

2 Sam. 12:1
And the Lord sent Nathan unto David. And he came unto him, and said unto him, There were two men in one city; the one rich, and the other poor.

2 Sam. 12:2
The rich man had exceeding many flocks and herds:

2 Sam. 12:4
And there came a traveller unto the rich man, and he spared to take of his own flock and of his own herd, to dress for the wayfaring man that was come unto him; but took the poor man's lamb, and dressed it for the man that was come to him.