Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'captive' occurs 92 times in the standard works.

21 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'captive' in the standard works and contain 22.8% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 9 minutes to read the entire list.

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Alma 16:3-8 (6 in 6 verses)

Jer. 52:27-30 (4 in 4 verses)

Jer. 13:17-19 (3 in 3 verses)

Jer. 40:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 41:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Amos 6:7 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 9:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 55 42 97
NT 4 1 5
BM 32 6 38
1 Ne. 3 2 5
2 Ne. 9 3 12
Jacob 2 0 2
Omni 1 0 1
Mosiah 2 1 3
Alma 9 0 9
Hel. 1 0 1
3 Ne. 3 0 3
Ether 2 0 2
DC 0 3 3
PGP 1 0 1
TOTAL 92 52 144

2 Ne. 6:17
But thus saith the Lord: Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered; for the Mighty God shall deliver his covenant people. For thus saith the Lord: I will contend with them that contendeth with thee--

2 Ne. 24:2
And the people shall take them and bring them to their place; yea, from far unto the ends of the earth; and they shall return to their lands of promise. And the house of Israel shall possess them, and the land of the Lord shall be for servants and handmaids; and they shall take them captives unto whom they were captives; and they shall rule over their oppressors.