Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'fatherless' occurs 49 times in the standard works.

7 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'fatherless' in the standard works and contain 14.3% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 3 minutes to read the entire list.

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Deut. 24:19-21 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 136:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 26:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 42 0 42
NT 1 0 1
BM 3 0 3
2 Ne. 2 0 2
3 Ne. 1 0 1
DC 3 0 3
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 49 0 49

2 Ne. 19:17
Therefore the Lord shall have no joy in their young men, neither shall have mercy on their fatherless and widows; for every one of them is a hypocrite and an evildoer, and every mouth speaketh folly. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.

2 Ne. 20:2
To turn away the needy from judgment, and to take away the right from the poor of my people, that widows may be their prey, and that they may rob the fatherless!

3 Ne. 24:5
And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger, and fear not me, saith the Lord of Hosts.