Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'staff' occurs 51 times in the standard works.

5 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'staff' in the standard works and contain 9.8% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 2 minutes to read the entire list.

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2 Kgs. 4:29-31 (3 in 3 verses)

 4:29 Then he said to Gehazi, Gird up thy loins, and take my staff in thine hand, and go thy way: if thou meet any man, salute him not; and if any salute thee, answer him not again: and lay my staff upon the face of the child.

 4:30 And the mother of the child said, As the Lord liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. And he arose, and followed her.

 4:31 And Gehazi passed on before them, and laid the staff upon the face of the child; but there was neither voice, nor hearing. Wherefore he went again to meet him, and told him, saying, The child is not awaked.




2 Ne. 13:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 41 1 42
Gen. 3 0 3
Ex. 2 0 2
Lev. 1 0 1
Num. 2 0 2
Judg. 1 0 1
1 Sam. 2 0 2
2 Sam. 4 0 4
2 Kgs. 4 0 4
1 Chr. 2 0 2
Ps. 2 0 2
Prov. 0 1 1
Isa. 9 0 9
Jer. 1 0 1
Ezek. 4 0 4
Hosea 1 0 1
Zech. 3 0 3
NT 2 0 2
BM 7 0 7
DC 1 0 1
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 51 1 52

2 Kgs. 4:29
Then he said to Gehazi, Gird up thy loins, and take my staff in thine hand, and go thy way: if thou meet any man, salute him not; and if any salute thee, answer him not again: and lay my staff upon the face of the child.

2 Kgs. 4:31
And Gehazi passed on before them, and laid the staff upon the face of the child; but there was neither voice, nor hearing. Wherefore he went again to meet him, and told him, saying, The child is not awaked.

2 Kgs. 18:21
Now, behold, thou trustest upon the staff of this bruised reed, even upon Egypt, on which if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt unto all that trust on him.