Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'famine' occurs 138 times in the standard works.

57 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'famine' in the standard works and contain 41.3% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 22 minutes to read the entire list.

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Hel. 11:4-8 (6 in 5 verses)

Jer. 14:12-16 (5 in 5 verses)

Abr. 1:29-2:1 (4 in 4 verses)

Gen. 41:30-31 (3 in 2 verses)

Gen. 41:56-57 (3 in 2 verses)

Jer. 44:12-13 (3 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 5:16-17 (3 in 2 verses)

Gen. 12:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 26:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 41:36 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 47:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 15:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 7:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Amos 8:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Abr. 2:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 29:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 42:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 6:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 36:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 10:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 11:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 9:35-10:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 92 0 92
NT 4 3 7
BM 29 3 32
1 Ne. 1 0 1
2 Ne. 4 1 5
Mosiah 3 0 3
Alma 6 1 7
Hel. 12 0 12
Ether 3 1 4
DC 3 1 4
PGP 10 1 11
TOTAL 138 8 146

Hel. 10:6
Behold, thou art Nephi, and I am God. Behold, I declare it unto thee in the presence of mine angels, that ye shall have power over this people, and shall smite the earth with famine, and with pestilence, and destruction, according to the wickedness of this people.

Hel. 11:4
O Lord, do not suffer that this people shall be destroyed by the sword; but O Lord, rather let there be a famine in the land, to stir them up in remembrance of the Lord their God, and perhaps they will repent and turn unto thee.

Hel. 11:5
And so it was done, according to the words of Nephi. And there was a great famine upon the land, among all the people of Nephi. And thus in the seventy and fourth year the famine did continue, and the work of destruction did cease by the sword but became sore by famine.

Hel. 11:7
And it came to pass that the people saw that they were about to perish by famine, and they began to remember the Lord their God; and they began to remember the words of Nephi.

Hel. 11:8
And the people began to plead with their chief judges and their leaders, that they would say unto Nephi: Behold, we know that thou art a man of God, and therefore cry unto the Lord our God that he turn away from us this famine, lest all the words which thou hast spoken concerning our destruction be fulfilled.

Hel. 11:12
O Lord, wilt thou turn away thine anger, yea, thy fierce anger, and cause that this famine may cease in this land.

Hel. 11:14
O Lord, thou didst hearken unto my words when I said, Let there be a famine, that the pestilence of the sword might cease; and I know that thou wilt, even at this time, hearken unto my words, for thou saidst that: If this people repent I will spare them.

Hel. 11:15
Yea, O Lord, and thou seest that they have repented, because of the famine and the pestilence and destruction which has come unto them.

Hel. 12:3
And thus we see that except the Lord doth chasten his people with many afflictions, yea, except he doth visit them with death and with terror, and with famine and with all manner of pestilence, they will not remember him.

Hel. 13:9
And four hundred years shall not pass away before I will cause that they shall be smitten; yea, I will visit them with the sword and with famine and with pestilence.