Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'riches' occurs 158 times in the standard works.

36 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'riches' in the standard works and contain 22.8% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 14 minutes to read the entire list.

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Hel. 13:20-23 (6 in 4 verses)

D&C 38:39 (3 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 28:4-5 (3 in 2 verses)

Hel. 13:31-33 (3 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 6:10-12 (3 in 3 verses)

Prov. 8:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Rom. 11:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 6:17 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 1:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Prov. 13:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Eccl. 5:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 10:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Jacob 2:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 11:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 72 2 74
NT 26 0 26
BM 46 0 46
1 Ne. 1 0 1
2 Ne. 3 0 3
Jacob 3 0 3
Mosiah 7 0 7
Alma 11 0 11
Hel. 15 0 15
3 Ne. 4 0 4
4 Ne. 1 0 1
Ether 1 0 1
DC 14 1 15
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 158 3 161

Hel. 3:36
And it came to pass that the fifty and second year ended in peace also, save it were the exceedingly great pride which had gotten into the hearts of the people; and it was because of their exceedingly great riches and their prosperity in the land; and it did grow upon them from day to day.

Hel. 4:12
And it was because of the pride of their hearts, because of their exceeding riches, yea, it was because of their oppression to the poor, withholding their food from the hungry, withholding their clothing from the naked, and smiting their humble brethren upon the cheek, making a mock of that which was sacred, denying the spirit of prophecy and of revelation, murdering, plundering, lying, stealing, committing adultery, rising up in great contentions, and deserting away into the land of Nephi, among the Lamanites--

Hel. 6:17
For behold, the Lord had blessed them so long with the riches of the world that they had not been stirred up to anger, to wars, nor to bloodshed; therefore they began to set their hearts upon their riches; yea, they began to seek to get gain that they might be lifted up one above another; therefore they began to commit secret murders, and to rob and to plunder, that they might get gain.

Hel. 7:21
But behold, it is to get gain, to be praised of men, yea, and that ye might get gold and silver. And ye have set your hearts upon the riches and the vain things of this world, for the which ye do murder, and plunder, and steal, and bear false witness against your neighbor, and do all manner of iniquity.

Hel. 7:26
Yea, wo shall come unto you because of that pride which ye have suffered to enter your hearts, which has lifted you up beyond that which is good because of your exceedingly great riches!

Hel. 13:20
And the day shall come that they shall hide up their treasures, because they have set their hearts upon riches; and because they have set their hearts upon their riches, and will hide up their treasures when they shall flee before their enemies; because they will not hide them up unto me, cursed be they and also their treasures; and in that day shall they be smitten, saith the Lord.

Hel. 13:21
Behold ye, the people of this great city, and hearken unto my words; yea, hearken unto the words which the Lord saith; for behold, he saith that ye are cursed because of your riches, and also are your riches cursed because ye have set your hearts upon them, and have not hearkened unto the words of him who gave them unto you.

Hel. 13:22
Ye do not remember the Lord your God in the things with which he hath blessed you, but ye do always remember your riches, not to thank the Lord your God for them; yea, your hearts are not drawn out unto the Lord, but they do swell with great pride, unto boasting, and unto great swelling, envyings, strifes, malice, persecutions, and murders, and all manner of iniquities.

Hel. 13:23
For this cause hath the Lord God caused that a curse should come upon the land, and also upon your riches, and this because of your iniquities.

Hel. 13:31
And behold, the time cometh that he curseth your riches, that they become slippery, that ye cannot hold them; and in the days of your poverty ye cannot retain them.

Hel. 13:33
O that I had repented, and had not killed the prophets, and stoned them, and cast them out. Yea, in that day ye shall say: O that we had remembered the Lord our God in the day that he gave us our riches, and then they would not have become slippery that we should lose them; for behold, our riches are gone from us.