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

Lev. 27:8
But if he be poorer than thy estimation, then he shall present himself before the priest, and the priest shall value him; according to his ability that vowed shall the priest value him.

2 Kgs. 24:14
And he carried away all Jerusalem, and all the princes, and all the mighty men of valour, even ten thousand captives, and all the craftsmen and smiths: none remained, save the poorest sort of the people of the land.