Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'blind' occurs 103 times in the standard works.

39 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'blind' in the standard works and contain 37.9% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 17 minutes to read the entire list.

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Isa. 42:16-19 (5 in 4 verses)

Matt. 15:14 (4 in 1 verse)

John 9:17-20 (4 in 4 verses)

2 Sam. 5:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

John 9:39-41 (3 in 3 verses)

Matt. 12:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Luke 6:39 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 9:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 15:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 23:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 8:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 7:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

John 9:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

John 9:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 2:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 29 6 35
NT 53 8 61
BM 15 15 30
1 Ne. 2 5 7
2 Ne. 2 0 2
Jacob 0 2 2
Jarom 0 1 1
Mosiah 2 1 3
Alma 1 3 4
Hel. 2 0 2
3 Ne. 5 1 6
4 Ne. 1 0 1
Ether 0 2 2
DC 5 4 9
PGP 1 0 1
TOTAL 103 33 136

3 Ne. 2:1
And it came to pass that thus passed away the ninety and fifth year also, and the people began to forget those signs and wonders which they had heard, and began to be less and less astonished at a sign or a wonder from heaven, insomuch that they began to be hard in their hearts, and blind in their minds, and began to disbelieve all which they had heard and seen--

3 Ne. 2:2
Imagining up some vain thing in their hearts, that it was wrought by men and by the power of the devil, to lead away and deceive the hearts of the people; and thus did Satan get possession of the hearts of the people again, insomuch that he did blind their eyes and lead them away to believe that the doctrine of Christ was a foolish and a vain thing.

3 Ne. 7:16
Therefore, being grieved for the hardness of their hearts and the blindness of their minds-- went forth among them in that same year, and began to testify, boldly, repentance and remission of sins through faith on the Lord Jesus Christ.

3 Ne. 17:7
Have ye any that are sick among you? Bring them hither. Have ye any that are lame, or blind, or halt, or maimed, or leprous, or that are withered, or that are deaf, or that are afflicted in any manner? Bring them hither and I will heal them, for I have compassion upon you; my bowels are filled with mercy.

3 Ne. 17:9
And it came to pass that when he had thus spoken, all the multitude, with one accord, did go forth with their sick and their afflicted, and their lame, and with their blind, and with their dumb, and with all them that were afflicted in any manner; and he did heal them every one as they were brought forth unto him.

3 Ne. 26:15
And it came to pass that after he had ascended into heaven-- the second time that he showed himself unto them, and had gone unto the Father, after having healed all their sick, and their lame, and opened the eyes of their blind and unstopped the ears of the deaf, and even had done all manner of cures among them, and raised a man from the dead, and had shown forth his power unto them, and had ascended unto the Father--