Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'poor' occurs 274 times in the standard works.

76 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'poor' in the standard works and contain 27.7% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 33 minutes to read the entire list.

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Alma 32:2-4 (5 in 3 verses)

Deut. 15:7-11 (5 in 5 verses)

Ps. 10:8-10 (4 in 3 verses)

D&C 56:16-19 (4 in 4 verses)

2 Ne. 28:13 (3 in 1 verse)

Eccl. 9:15-16 (3 in 2 verses)

Ps. 35:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Prov. 14:31 (2 in 1 verse)

Prov. 22:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Prov. 28:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 24:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 2:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 12:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Job 5:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 40:17-41:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 72:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 82:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Prov. 13:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Prov. 14:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Prov. 29:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Eccl. 4:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 3:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 52:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Amos 2:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Amos 5:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 12:42-43 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 21:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

John 12:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

James 2:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

James 2:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 13:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 42:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 170 2 172
Gen. 1 0 1
Ex. 5 0 5
Lev. 8 1 9
Deut. 9 0 9
Judg. 1 0 1
Ruth 1 0 1
1 Sam. 3 0 3
2 Sam. 3 0 3
2 Kgs. 1 1 2
Esth. 1 0 1
Job 16 0 16
Ps. 37 0 37
Prov. 38 0 38
Eccl. 7 0 7
Isa. 14 0 14
Jer. 8 0 8
Ezek. 4 0 4
Dan. 1 0 1
Amos 7 0 7
Hab. 1 0 1
Zeph. 1 0 1
Zech. 3 0 3
NT 35 0 35
BM 32 2 34
DC 35 0 35
PGP 2 0 2
TOTAL 274 4 278

Zech. 7:10
And oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the stranger, nor the poor; and let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart.

Zech. 11:7
And I will feed the flock of slaughter, even you, O poor of the flock. And I took unto me two staves; the one I called Beauty, and the other I called Bands; and I fed the flock.

Zech. 11:11
And it was broken in that day: and so the poor of the flock that waited upon me knew that it was the word of the Lord.