Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'bear' occurs 335 times in the standard works.

63 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'bear' in the standard works and contain 18.8% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 26 minutes to read the entire list.

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3 Ne. 11:32-36 (6 in 5 verses)

2 Sam. 18:19-20 (4 in 2 verses)

D&C 98:23-26 (4 in 4 verses)

Ezek. 18:19-20 (3 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 4:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 16:52-54 (3 in 3 verses)

Num. 11:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 18:1 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Cor. 11:1 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 13:24 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 10:9 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 76:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Moses 6:63 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 28:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 37:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 20:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 14:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 18:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 17:36-37 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 44:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

John 1:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Jn. 5:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 17:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 34:40-41 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 17:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 93:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 155 106 261
NT 60 31 91
BM 58 20 78
1 Ne. 12 3 15
2 Ne. 5 2 7
Jacob 2 0 2
Enos 1 0 1
Mosiah 9 1 10
Alma 8 8 16
Hel. 2 0 2
3 Ne. 16 3 19
Morm. 0 1 1
Ether 2 1 3
Moro. 1 1 2
DC 55 13 68
PGP 7 6 13
TOTAL 335 176 511

Alma 13:28
But that ye would humble yourselves before the Lord, and call on his holy name, and watch and pray continually, that ye may not be tempted above that which ye can bear, and thus be led by the Holy Spirit, becoming humble, meek, submissive, patient, full of love and all long-suffering;

Alma 26:27
Now when our hearts were depressed, and we were about to turn back, behold, the Lord comforted us, and said: Go amongst thy brethren, the Lamanites, and bear with patience thine afflictions, and I will give unto you success.

Alma 31:30
O Lord God, how long wilt thou suffer that such wickedness and infidelity shall be among this people? O Lord, wilt thou give me strength, that I may bear with mine infirmities. For I am infirm, and such wickedness among this people doth pain my soul.

Alma 31:33
Wilt thou grant unto them that they may have strength, that they may bear their afflictions which shall come upon them because of the iniquities of this people.

Alma 34:40
And now my beloved brethren, I would exhort you to have patience, and that ye bear with all manner of afflictions; that ye do not revile against those who do cast you out because of your exceeding poverty, lest ye become sinners like unto them;

Alma 34:41
But that ye have patience, and bear with those afflictions, with a firm hope that ye shall one day rest from all your afflictions.

Alma 38:4
For I know that thou wast in bonds; yea, and I also know that thou wast stoned for the word's sake; and thou didst bear all these things with patience because the Lord was with thee; and now thou knowest that the Lord did deliver thee.

Alma 48:25
Yea, they could not bear that their brethren should rejoice over the blood of the Nephites, so long as there were any who should keep the commandments of God, for the promise of the Lord was, if they should keep his commandments they should prosper in the land.