Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'suffer' occurs 238 times in the standard works.

49 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'suffer' in the standard works and contain 20.6% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 20 minutes to read the entire list.

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Mosiah 4:14-17 (4 in 4 verses)

Mosiah 17:15-18 (4 in 4 verses)

Hel. 14:19-20 (3 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 16:14-15 (3 in 2 verses)

Ether 8:22-23 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 13:30-32 (3 in 3 verses)

Hel. 13:27-29 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 19:16-18 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 76:104-106 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Cor. 12:26 (2 in 1 verse)

Omni 1:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 3:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 9:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 39:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 44:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 56:8 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Cor. 11:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Pet. 4:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 31:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 31 18 49
Gen. 0 3 3
Ex. 2 1 3
Lev. 3 0 3
Num. 1 1 2
Deut. 0 2 2
Josh. 1 0 1
Judg. 3 1 4
1 Sam. 0 1 1
2 Sam. 1 1 2
1 Kgs. 1 0 1
1 Chr. 0 1 1
Esth. 1 0 1
Job 4 1 5
Ps. 8 4 12
Prov. 3 0 3
Eccl. 2 0 2
Jer. 0 2 2
Ezek. 1 0 1
NT 65 70 135
BM 118 107 225
DC 23 30 53
PGP 1 3 4
TOTAL 238 228 466

Ps. 9:13
Have mercy upon me, O Lord; consider my trouble which I suffer of them that hate me, thou that liftest me up from the gates of death:

Ps. 16:10
For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.

Ps. 34:10
The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the Lord shall not want any good thing.

Ps. 55:22
Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.

Ps. 88:15
I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: while I suffer thy terrors I am distracted.

Ps. 89:33
Nevertheless my lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him, nor suffer my faithfulness to fail.

Ps. 101:5
Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour, him will I cut off: him that hath an high look and a proud heart will not I suffer.

Ps. 121:3
He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber.