Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'friends' occurs 93 times in the standard works.

16 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'friends' in the standard works and contain 17.2% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 6 minutes to read the entire list.

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D&C 84:77 (3 in 1 verse)

John 15:13-15 (3 in 3 verses)

3 Jn. 1:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 1:41 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 93:45 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 1:36-37 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 121:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 30 1 31
Gen. 1 0 1
1 Sam. 1 0 1
2 Sam. 2 0 2
1 Kgs. 1 0 1
Esth. 3 0 3
Job 9 0 9
Ps. 1 0 1
Prov. 6 1 7
Song. 1 0 1
Jer. 3 0 3
Lam. 1 0 1
Zech. 1 0 1
NT 19 1 20
BM 19 0 19
DC 24 0 24
PGP 1 0 1
TOTAL 93 2 95

Prov. 14:20
The poor is hated even of his own neighbour: but the rich hath many friends.

Prov. 16:28
A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.

Prov. 17:9
He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.

Prov. 18:24
A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.

Prov. 19:4
Wealth maketh many friends; but the poor is separated from his neighbour.

Prov. 19:7
All the brethren of the poor do hate him: how much more do his friends go far from him? he pursueth them with words, yet they are wanting to him.

Prov. 22:24
Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go: