Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'pay' occurs 73 times in the standard works.

21 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'pay' in the standard works and contain 28.8% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 8 minutes to read the entire list.

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D&C 72:11-13 (4 in 3 verses)

Eccl. 5:4-5 (3 in 2 verses)

Matt. 18:28-30 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 124:80-82 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 11:2 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 56:12 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 124:72 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 18:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 29 9 38
Ex. 6 0 6
Num. 1 0 1
Deut. 1 2 3
2 Sam. 1 0 1
1 Kgs. 1 0 1
2 Kgs. 1 0 1
2 Chr. 2 0 2
Ezra 1 0 1
Esth. 2 0 2
Job 1 2 3
Ps. 6 1 7
Prov. 2 2 4
Eccl. 3 0 3
Isa. 0 2 2
Jonah 1 0 1
NT 10 5 15
BM 9 3 12
DC 25 6 31
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 73 23 96

Ex. 21:19
If he rise again, and walk abroad upon his staff, then shall he that smote him be quit: only he shall pay for the loss of his time, and shall cause him to be thoroughly healed.

Ex. 21:22
If men strive, and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit depart from her, and yet no mischief follow: he shall be surely punished, according as the woman's husband will lay upon him; and he shall pay as the judges determine.

Ex. 21:36
Or if it be known that the ox hath used to push in time past, and his owner hath not kept him in; he shall surely pay ox for ox; and the dead shall be his own.

Ex. 22:7
If a man shall deliver unto his neighbour money or stuff to keep, and it be stolen out of the man's house; if the thief be found, let him pay double.

Ex. 22:9
For all manner of trespass, whether it be for ox, for ass, for sheep, for raiment, or for any manner of lost thing, which another challengeth to be his, the cause of both parties shall come before the judges; and whom the judges shall condemn, he shall pay double unto his neighbour.

Ex. 22:17
If her father utterly refuse to give her unto him, he shall pay money according to the dowry of virgins.