Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'barren' occurs 27 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 'barren' in the standard works and contain 7.4% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 1 minutes to read the entire list.

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Judg. 13:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

 13:2 And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren, and bare not.

 13:3 And the angel of the Lord appeared unto the woman, and said unto her, Behold now, thou art barren, and bearest not: but thou shalt conceive, and bear a son.




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Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 18 1 19
NT 5 0 5
BM 2 0 2
DC 1 0 1
PGP 1 1 2
TOTAL 27 2 29

Gen. 11:30
But Sarai was barren; she had no child.

Gen. 25:21
And Isaac entreated the Lord for his wife, because she was barren: and the Lord was entreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.

Gen. 29:31
And when the Lord saw that Leah was hated, he opened her womb: but Rachel was barren.

Ex. 23:26
There shall nothing cast their young, nor be barren, in thy land: the number of thy days I will fulfil.

Deut. 7:14
Thou shalt be blessed above all people: there shall not be male or female barren among you, or among your cattle.

Judg. 13:2
And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren, and bare not.

Judg. 13:3
And the angel of the Lord appeared unto the woman, and said unto her, Behold now, thou art barren, and bearest not: but thou shalt conceive, and bear a son.

1 Sam. 2:5
They that were full have hired out themselves for bread; and they that were hungry ceased: so that the barren hath born seven; and she that hath many children is waxed feeble.

2 Kgs. 2:19
And the men of the city said unto Elisha, Behold, I pray thee, the situation of this city is pleasant, as my lord seeth: but the water is naught, and the ground barren.

2 Kgs. 2:21
And he went forth unto the spring of the waters, and cast the salt in there, and said, Thus saith the Lord, I have healed these waters; there shall not be from thence any more death or barren land.

Job 24:21
He evil entreateth the barren that beareth not: and doeth not good to the widow.

Job 39:6
Whose house I have made the wilderness, and the barren land his dwellings.

Ps. 107:34
A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein.

Ps. 113:9
He maketh the barren woman to keep house, and to be a joyful mother of children. Praise ye the Lord.

Prov. 30:16
The grave; and the barren womb; the earth that is not filled with water; and the fire that saith not, It is enough.

Song. 4:2
Thy teeth are like a flock of sheep that are even shorn, which came up from the washing; whereof every one bear twins, and none is barren among them.

Song. 6:6
Thy teeth are as a flock of sheep which go up from the washing, whereof every one beareth twins, and there is not one barren among them.

Isa. 54:1
Sing, O barren, thou that didst not bear; break forth into singing, and cry aloud, thou that didst not travail with child: for more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife, saith the Lord.

Joel 2:20
But I will remove far off from you the northern army, and will drive him into a land barren and desolate, with his face toward the east sea, and his hinder part toward the utmost sea, and his stink shall come up, and his ill savour shall come up, because he hath done great things.

Luke 1:7
And they had no child, because that Elisabeth was barren, and they both were now well stricken in years.

Luke 1:36
And, behold, thy cousin Elisabeth, she hath also conceived a son in her old age: and this is the sixth month with her, who was called barren.

Luke 23:29
For, behold, the days are coming, in the which they shall say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the paps which never gave suck.

Gal. 4:27
For it is written, Rejoice, thou barren that bearest not; break forth and cry, thou that travailest not: for the desolate hath many more children than she which hath an husband.

2 Pet. 1:8
For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Alma 32:39
Now, this is not because the seed was not good, neither is it because the fruit thereof would not be desirable; but it is because your ground is barren, and ye will not nourish the tree, therefore ye cannot have the fruit thereof.

3 Ne. 22:1
And then shall that which is written come to pass: Sing, O barren, thou that didst not bear; break forth into singing, and cry aloud, thou that didst not travail with child; for more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife, saith the Lord.

D&C 133:29
And in the barren deserts there shall come forth pools of living water; and the parched ground shall no longer be a thirsty land.

Moses 7:7
And the Lord said unto me: Prophesy; and I prophesied, saying: Behold the people of Canaan, which are numerous, shall go forth in battle array against the people of Shum, and shall slay them that they shall utterly be destroyed; and the people of Canaan shall divide themselves in the land, and the land shall be barren and unfruitful, and none other people shall dwell there but the people of Canaan;

Moses 7:8
For behold, the Lord shall curse the land with much heat, and the barrenness thereof shall go forth forever; and there was a blackness came upon all the children of Canaan, that they were despised among all people.