Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'state' occurs 107 times in the standard works.

55 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'state' in the standard works and contain 51.4% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 20 minutes to read the entire list.

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Alma 40:11-15 (9 in 5 verses)

Alma 41:11-42:1 (7 in 6 verses)

Alma 42:10-13 (6 in 4 verses)

2 Ne. 2:21-23 (4 in 3 verses)

JS-H 1:3 (3 in 1 verse)

Alma 12:12-14 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 12:24-26 (3 in 3 verses)

Mosiah 2:41 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 27:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 12:31 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 135:7 (2 in 1 verse)

JS-H 1:56 (2 in 1 verse)

JS-H 1:61 (2 in 1 verse)

Philip. 2:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 16:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 28:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 60:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 8 14 22
Gen. 1 0 1
1 Chr. 0 1 1
2 Chr. 1 0 1
Esth. 2 1 3
Ps. 1 1 2
Prov. 2 0 2
Eccl. 0 2 2
Isa. 1 0 1
Ezek. 0 5 5
Dan. 0 4 4
NT 6 6 12
BM 77 1 78
DC 8 14 22
PGP 8 9 17
TOTAL 107 44 151

Gen. 43:7
And they said, The man asked us straitly of our state, and of our kindred, saying, Is your father yet alive? have ye another brother? and we told him according to the tenor of these words: could we certainly know that he would say, Bring your brother down?

2 Chr. 24:13
So the workmen wrought, and the work was perfected by them, and they set the house of God in his state, and strengthened it.

Esth. 1:7
And they gave them drink in vessels of gold, (the vessels being diverse one from another,) and royal wine in abundance, according to the state of the king.

Esth. 2:18
Then the king made a great feast unto all his princes and his servants, even Esther's feast; and he made a release to the provinces, and gave gifts, according to the state of the king.

Ps. 39:5
Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah.

Prov. 27:23
Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds.

Prov. 28:2
For the transgression of a land many are the princes thereof: but by a man of understanding and knowledge the state thereof shall be prolonged.

Isa. 22:19
And I will drive thee from thy station, and from thy state shall he pull thee down.