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

Alma 13:4
And thus they have been called to this holy calling on account of their faith, while others would reject the Spirit of God on account of the hardness of their hearts and blindness of their minds, while, if it had not been for this they might have had as great privilege as their brethren.

Alma 14:6
And it came to pass that Zeezrom was astonished at the words which had been spoken; and he also knew concerning the blindness of the minds, which he had caused among the people by his lying words; and his soul began to be harrowed up under a consciousness of his own guilt; yea, he began to be encircled about by the pains of hell.

Alma 48:3
Therefore he had accomplished his design, for he had hardened the hearts of the Lamanites and blinded their minds, and stirred them up to anger, insomuch that he had gathered together a numerous host to go to battle against the Nephites.