Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'rich' occurs 116 times in the standard works.

25 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'rich' in the standard works and contain 21.6% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 10 minutes to read the entire list.

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2 Ne. 9:30 (3 in 1 verse)

2 Cor. 8:9 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 6:7 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 11:7 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 12:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 19:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 16:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Tim. 6:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

James 1:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

James 2:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Rev. 3:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 38:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 41 135 176
Gen. 2 2 4
Ex. 1 0 1
Lev. 1 0 1
Num. 0 9 9
Deut. 0 3 3
Josh. 0 30 30
Ruth 1 0 1
1 Sam. 1 2 3
2 Sam. 3 1 4
1 Kgs. 0 4 4
2 Kgs. 0 6 6
1 Chr. 0 4 4
2 Chr. 0 8 8
Ezra 0 1 1
Neh. 0 2 2
Esth. 0 2 2
Job 3 3 6
Ps. 3 10 13
Prov. 16 17 33
Eccl. 3 6 9
Isa. 1 5 6
Jer. 2 5 7
Lam. 0 1 1
Ezek. 1 9 10
Dan. 0 5 5
Hosea 1 0 1
Micah 1 0 1
Zech. 1 0 1
NT 40 37 77
BM 21 46 67
DC 13 19 32
PGP 1 0 1
TOTAL 116 237 353

Gen. 13:2
And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold.

Gen. 14:23
That I will not take from a thread even to a shoelatchet, and that I will not take any thing that is thine, lest thou shouldest say, I have made Abram rich:

Ex. 30:15
The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less than half a shekel, when they give an offering unto the Lord, to make an atonement for your souls.

Lev. 25:47
And if a sojourner or stranger wax rich by thee, and thy brother that dwelleth by him wax poor, and sell himself unto the stranger or sojourner by thee, or to the stock of the stranger's family:

Ruth 3:10
And he said, Blessed be thou of the Lord, my daughter: for thou hast shewed more kindness in the latter end than at the beginning, inasmuch as thou followedst not young men, whether poor or rich.

1 Sam. 2:7
The Lord maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, and lifteth up.

2 Sam. 12:1
And the Lord sent Nathan unto David. And he came unto him, and said unto him, There were two men in one city; the one rich, and the other poor.

2 Sam. 12:2
The rich man had exceeding many flocks and herds:

2 Sam. 12:4
And there came a traveller unto the rich man, and he spared to take of his own flock and of his own herd, to dress for the wayfaring man that was come unto him; but took the poor man's lamb, and dressed it for the man that was come to him.

Job 15:29
He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall he prolong the perfection thereof upon the earth.

Job 27:19
The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered: he openeth his eyes, and he is not.

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.

Ps. 45:12
And the daughter of Tyre shall be there with a gift; even the rich among the people shall entreat thy favour.

Ps. 49:2
Both low and high, rich and poor, together.

Ps. 49:16
Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased;

Prov. 10:4
He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.

Prov. 10:15
The rich man's wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the poor is their poverty.

Prov. 10:22
The blessing of the Lord, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it.

Prov. 13:7
There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: there is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great riches.

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

Prov. 18:11
The rich man's wealth is his strong city, and as an high wall in his own conceit.

Prov. 18:23
The poor useth entreaties; but the rich answereth roughly.

Prov. 21:17
He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.

Prov. 22:2
The rich and poor meet together: the Lord is the maker of them all.

Prov. 22:7
The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.

Prov. 22:16
He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, and he that giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want.

Prov. 23:4
Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.

Prov. 28:6
Better is the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich.

Prov. 28:11
The rich man is wise in his own conceit; but the poor that hath understanding searcheth him out.

Prov. 28:20
A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent.

Prov. 28:22
He that hasteth to be rich hath an evil eye, and considereth not that poverty shall come upon him.

Eccl. 5:12
The sleep of a labouring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much: but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.

Eccl. 10:6
Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in low place.

Eccl. 10:20
Curse not the king, no not in thy thought; and curse not the rich in thy bedchamber: for a bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter.

Isa. 53:9
And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth.

Jer. 5:27
As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich.

Jer. 9:23
Thus saith the Lord, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches:

Ezek. 27:24
These were thy merchants in all sorts of things, in blue clothes, and broidered work, and in chests of rich apparel, bound with cords, and made of cedar, among thy merchandise.

Hosea 12:8
And Ephraim said, Yet I am become rich, I have found me out substance: in all my labours they shall find none iniquity in me that were sin.

Micah 6:12
For the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.

Zech. 11:5
Whose possessors slay them, and hold themselves not guilty: and they that sell them say, Blessed be the Lord; for I am rich: and their own shepherds pity them not.