Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'tribulations' occurs 15 times in the standard works.

2 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'tribulations' in the standard works and contain 13.3% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 1 minutes to read the entire list.

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D&C 103:13 (2 in 1 verse)

 103:13 Behold, this is the blessing which I have promised after your tribulations, and the tribulations of your brethren-- your redemption, and the redemption of your brethren, even their restoration to the land of Zion, to be established, no more to be thrown down.




Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 1 0 1
NT 3 0 3
BM 6 0 6
DC 3 0 3
PGP 2 0 2
TOTAL 15 0 15

1 Sam. 10:19
And ye have this day rejected your God, who himself saved you out of all your adversities and your tribulations; and ye have said unto him, Nay, but set a king over us. Now therefore present yourselves before the Lord by your tribes, and by your thousands.

Rom. 5:3
And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience;

Eph. 3:13
Wherefore I desire that ye faint not at my tribulations for you, which is your glory.

2 Thes. 1:4
So that we ourselves glory in you in the churches of God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations that ye endure:

Alma 15:3
And also Zeezrom lay sick at Sidom, with a burning fever, which was caused by the great tribulations of his mind on account of his wickedness, for he supposed that Alma and Amulek were no more; and he supposed that they had been slain because of his iniquity. And this great sin, and his many other sins, did harrow up his mind until it did become exceedingly sore, having no deliverance; therefore he began to be scorched with a burning heat.

Alma 15:18
Now as I said, Alma having seen all these things, therefore he took Amulek and came over to the land of Zarahemla, and took him to his own house, and did administer unto him in his tribulations, and strengthened him in the Lord.

Alma 53:13
But it came to pass that when they saw the danger, and the many afflictions and tribulations which the Nephites bore for them, they were moved with compassion and were desirous to take up arms in the defence of their country.

Alma 56:2
And these are the words which he wrote, saying: My dearly beloved brother, Moroni, as well in the Lord as in the tribulations of our warfare; behold, my beloved brother, I have somewhat to tell you concerning our warfare in this part of the land.

Alma 56:7
But in the twenty and sixth year, when they saw our afflictions and our tribulations for them, they were about to break the covenant which they had made and take up their weapons of war in our defence.

Alma 60:26
And this because of their exceeding faith, and their patience in their tribulations--

D&C 103:13
Behold, this is the blessing which I have promised after your tribulations, and the tribulations of your brethren-- your redemption, and the redemption of your brethren, even their restoration to the land of Zion, to be established, no more to be thrown down.

D&C 128:21
And again, the voice of God in the chamber of old Father Whitmer, in Fayette, Seneca county, and at sundry times, and in divers places through all the travels and tribulations of this Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints! And the voice of Michael, the archangel; the voice of Gabriel, and of Raphael, and of divers angels, from Michael or Adam down to the present time, all declaring their dispensation, their rights, their keys, their honors, their majesty and glory, and the power of their priesthood; giving line upon line, precept upon precept; here a little, and there a little; giving us consolation by holding forth that which is to come, confirming our hope!

Moses 7:61
And the day shall come that the earth shall rest, but before that day the heavens shall be darkened, and a veil of darkness shall cover the earth; and the heavens shall shake, and also the earth; and great tribulations shall be among the children of men, but my people will I preserve;

Moses 7:66
But before that day he saw great tribulations among the wicked; and he also saw the sea, that it was troubled, and men's hearts failing them, looking forth with fear for the judgments of the Almighty God, which should come upon the wicked.