Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'poor' occurs 274 times in the standard works.

76 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'poor' in the standard works and contain 27.7% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 33 minutes to read the entire list.

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Alma 32:2-4 (5 in 3 verses)

Deut. 15:7-11 (5 in 5 verses)

Ps. 10:8-10 (4 in 3 verses)

D&C 56:16-19 (4 in 4 verses)

2 Ne. 28:13 (3 in 1 verse)

Eccl. 9:15-16 (3 in 2 verses)

Ps. 35:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Prov. 14:31 (2 in 1 verse)

Prov. 22:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Prov. 28:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 24:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 2:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 12:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Job 5:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 40:17-41:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 72:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 82:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Prov. 13:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Prov. 14:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Prov. 29:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Eccl. 4:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 3:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 52:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Amos 2:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Amos 5:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 12:42-43 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 21:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

John 12:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

James 2:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

James 2:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 13:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 42:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 170 2 172
Gen. 1 0 1
Ex. 5 0 5
Lev. 8 1 9
Deut. 9 0 9
Judg. 1 0 1
Ruth 1 0 1
1 Sam. 3 0 3
2 Sam. 3 0 3
2 Kgs. 1 1 2
Esth. 1 0 1
Job 16 0 16
Ps. 37 0 37
Prov. 38 0 38
Eccl. 7 0 7
Isa. 14 0 14
Jer. 8 0 8
Ezek. 4 0 4
Dan. 1 0 1
Amos 7 0 7
Hab. 1 0 1
Zeph. 1 0 1
Zech. 3 0 3
NT 35 0 35
BM 32 2 34
DC 35 0 35
PGP 2 0 2
TOTAL 274 4 278

Job 5:15
But he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.

Job 5:16
So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.

Job 20:10
His children shall seek to please the poor, and his hands shall restore their goods.

Job 20:19
Because he hath oppressed and hath forsaken the poor; because he hath violently taken away an house which he builded not;

Job 24:4
They turn the needy out of the way: the poor of the earth hide themselves together.

Job 24:9
They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor.

Job 24:14
The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief.

Job 29:12
Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him.

Job 29:16
I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out.

Job 30:25
Did not I weep for him that was in trouble? was not my soul grieved for the poor?

Job 31:16
If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;

Job 31:19
If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering;

Job 34:19
How much less to him that accepteth not the persons of princes, nor regardeth the rich more than the poor? for they all are the work of his hands.

Job 34:28
So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto him, and he heareth the cry of the afflicted.

Job 36:6
He preserveth not the life of the wicked: but giveth right to the poor.

Job 36:15
He delivereth the poor in his affliction, and openeth their ears in oppression.