Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'afraid' occurs 211 times in the standard works.

24 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'afraid' in the standard works and contain 11.4% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 10 minutes to read the entire list.

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Jer. 42:11 (3 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 2:6 (3 in 1 verse)

Deut. 7:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Job 5:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 112:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Prov. 3:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 19:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 17:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

John 6:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Rom. 13:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 42:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 158 0 158
NT 35 0 35
BM 13 0 13
2 Ne. 7 0 7
Alma 5 0 5
Hel. 1 0 1
DC 3 0 3
PGP 2 0 2
TOTAL 211 0 211

2 Ne. 8:7
Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, the people in whose heart I have written my law, fear ye not the reproach of men, neither be ye afraid of their revilings.

2 Ne. 8:12
I am he; yea, I am he that comforteth you. Behold, who art thou, that thou shouldst be afraid of man, who shall die, and of the son of man, who shall be made like unto grass?

2 Ne. 18:12
Say ye not, A confederacy, to all to whom this people shall say, A confederacy; neither fear ye their fear, nor be afraid.

2 Ne. 20:24
Therefore, thus saith the Lord God of Hosts: O my people that dwellest in Zion, be not afraid of the Assyrian; he shall smite thee with a rod, and shall lift up his staff against thee, after the manner of Egypt.

2 Ne. 20:29
They are gone over the passage; they have taken up their lodging at Geba; Ramath is afraid; Gibeah of Saul is fled.

2 Ne. 22:2
Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid; for the Lord Jehovah is my strength and my song; he also has become my salvation.

2 Ne. 23:8
And they shall be afraid; pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them; they shall be amazed one at another; their faces shall be as flames.

Alma 42:19
Now, if there was no law given-- if a man murdered he should die-- would he be afraid he would die if he should murder?

Alma 42:20
And also, if there was no law given against sin men would not be afraid to sin.

Alma 43:21
But they were not armed with breastplates, nor shields-- therefore, they were exceedingly afraid of the armies of the Nephites because of their armor, notwithstanding their number being so much greater than the Nephites.

Alma 47:2
And it came to pass that when the proclamation had gone forth among them they were exceedingly afraid; yea, they feared to displease the king, and they also feared to go to battle against the Nephites lest they should lose their lives. And it came to pass that they would not, or the more part of them would not, obey the commandments of the king.

Alma 58:24
And when the Lamanites saw that they were marching towards the land of Zarahemla, they were exceedingly afraid, lest there was a plan laid to lead them on to destruction; therefore they began to retreat into the wilderness again, yea, even back by the same way which they had come.

Hel. 4:3
And it came to pass that they did endeavor to stir up the Lamanites to war against the Nephites; but behold, the Lamanites were exceedingly afraid, insomuch that they would not hearken to the words of those dissenters.