Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'bear' occurs 335 times in the standard works.

63 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'bear' in the standard works and contain 18.8% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 26 minutes to read the entire list.

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3 Ne. 11:32-36 (6 in 5 verses)

2 Sam. 18:19-20 (4 in 2 verses)

D&C 98:23-26 (4 in 4 verses)

Ezek. 18:19-20 (3 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 4:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 16:52-54 (3 in 3 verses)

Num. 11:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 18:1 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Cor. 11:1 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 13:24 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 10:9 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 76:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Moses 6:63 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 28:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 37:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 20:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 14:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 18:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 17:36-37 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 44:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

John 1:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Jn. 5:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 17:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 34:40-41 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 17:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 93:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 155 106 261
NT 60 31 91
BM 58 20 78
1 Ne. 12 3 15
2 Ne. 5 2 7
Jacob 2 0 2
Enos 1 0 1
Mosiah 9 1 10
Alma 8 8 16
Hel. 2 0 2
3 Ne. 16 3 19
Morm. 0 1 1
Ether 2 1 3
Moro. 1 1 2
DC 55 13 68
PGP 7 6 13
TOTAL 335 176 511

2 Ne. 3:1
And now I speak unto you, Joseph, my last-born. Thou wast born in the wilderness of mine afflictions; yea, in the days of my greatest sorrow did thy mother bear thee.

2 Ne. 17:14
Therefore, the Lord himself shall give you a sign-- Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and shall bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.

2 Ne. 17:20
In the same day shall the Lord shave with a razor that is hired, by them beyond the river, by the king of Assyria, the head, and the hair of the feet; and it shall also consume the beard.

2 Ne. 20:18
And shall consume the glory of his forest, and of his fruitful field, both soul and body; and they shall be as when a standard-bearer fainteth.

2 Ne. 21:7
And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together; and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.

2 Ne. 27:13
And there is none other which shall view it, save it be a few according to the will of God, to bear testimony of his word unto the children of men; for the Lord God hath said that the words of the faithful should speak as if it were from the dead.

2 Ne. 30:13
And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together; and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.