Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'slow' occurs 30 times in the standard works.

9 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'slow' in the standard works and contain 30% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 3 minutes to read the entire list.

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Hel. 12:4-5 (3 in 2 verses)

Ex. 4:10 (2 in 1 verse)

James 1:19 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 101:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 11 0 11
Ex. 2 0 2
Neh. 1 0 1
Ps. 2 0 2
Prov. 3 0 3
Joel 1 0 1
Jonah 1 0 1
Nahum 1 0 1
NT 4 1 5
BM 11 0 11
DC 2 0 2
PGP 2 0 2
TOTAL 30 1 31

Ex. 4:10
And Moses said unto the Lord, O my Lord, I am not eloquent, neither heretofore, nor since thou hast spoken unto thy servant: but I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue.

Neh. 9:17
And refused to obey, neither were mindful of thy wonders that thou didst among them; but hardened their necks, and in their rebellion appointed a captain to return to their bondage: but thou art a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and forsookest them not.

Ps. 103:8
The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy.

Ps. 145:8
The Lord is gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger, and of great mercy.

Prov. 14:29
He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly.

Prov. 15:18
A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife.

Prov. 16:32
He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.

Joel 2:13
And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the Lord your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil.

Jonah 4:2
And he prayed unto the Lord, and said, I pray thee, O Lord, was not this my saying, when I was yet in my country? Therefore I fled before unto Tarshish: for I knew that thou art a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repentest thee of the evil.

Nahum 1:3
The Lord is slow to anger, and great in power, and will not at all acquit the wicked: the Lord hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.