Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'bondage' occurs 126 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 'bondage' in the standard works and contain 38.9% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 21 minutes to read the entire list.

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Mosiah 21:36-22:4 (5 in 5 verses)

1 Ne. 17:24-25 (4 in 2 verses)

Alma 29:11-12 (3 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 9:10-12 (3 in 3 verses)

Mosiah 29:18-20 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 84:49-51 (3 in 3 verses)

Ex. 2:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Neh. 5:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 7:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 24:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 5:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 6:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezra 9:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 7:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Gal. 4:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 24:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 24:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 36:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 43:48-49 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 104:83-84 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 24 0 24
NT 15 0 15
BM 73 0 73
1 Ne. 5 0 5
2 Ne. 1 0 1
Mosiah 39 0 39
Alma 27 0 27
Ether 1 0 1
DC 13 0 13
PGP 1 0 1
TOTAL 126 0 126

1 Ne. 17:24
Yea, do ye suppose that they would have been led out of bondage, if the Lord had not commanded Moses that he should lead them out of bondage?

1 Ne. 17:25
Now ye know that the children of Israel were in bondage; and ye know that they were laden with tasks, which were grievous to be borne; wherefore, ye know that it must needs be a good thing for them, that they should be brought out of bondage.

1 Ne. 19:10
And the God of our fathers, who were led out of Egypt, out of bondage, and also were preserved in the wilderness by him, yea, the God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, yieldeth himself, according to the words of the angel, as a man, into the hands of wicked men, to be lifted up, according to the words of Zenock, and to be crucified, according to the words of Neum, and to be buried in a sepulchre, according to the words of Zenos, which he spake concerning the three days of darkness, which should be a sign given of his death unto those who should inhabit the isles of the sea, more especially given unto those who are of the house of Israel.