Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'dearth' occurs 10 times in the standard works.

4 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'dearth' in the standard works and contain 40% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 1 minutes to read the entire list.

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Gen. 41:54 (2 in 1 verse)

 41:54 And the seven years of dearth began to come, according as Joseph had said: and the dearth was in all lands; but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.




Ether 9:30 (2 in 1 verse)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 6 0 6
NT 2 0 2
BM 2 0 2
DC 0 0 0
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 10 0 10

Gen. 41:54
And the seven years of dearth began to come, according as Joseph had said: and the dearth was in all lands; but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.

2 Kgs. 4:38
And Elisha came again to Gilgal: and there was a dearth in the land; and the sons of the prophets were sitting before him: and he said unto his servant, Set on the great pot, and seethe pottage for the sons of the prophets.

2 Chr. 6:28
If there be dearth in the land, if there be pestilence, if there be blasting, or mildew, locusts, or caterpillers; if their enemies besiege them in the cities of their land; whatsoever sore or whatsoever sickness there be:

Neh. 5:3
Some also there were that said, We have mortgaged our lands, vineyards, and houses, that we might buy corn, because of the dearth.

Jer. 14:1
The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah concerning the dearth.

Acts 7:11
Now there came a dearth over all the land of Egypt and Chanaan, and great affliction: and our fathers found no sustenance.

Acts 11:28
And there stood up one of them named Agabus, and signified by the Spirit that there should be great dearth throughout all the world: which came to pass in the days of Claudius Caesar.

Ether 9:30
And it came to pass that there began to be a great dearth upon the land, and the inhabitants began to be destroyed exceedingly fast because of the dearth, for there was no rain upon the face of the earth.