Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'afflicted' occurs 100 times in the standard works.

17 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'afflicted' in the standard works and contain 17% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 8 minutes to read the entire list.

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3 Ne. 17:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

 17:7 Have ye any that are sick among you? Bring them hither. Have ye any that are lame, or blind, or halt, or maimed, or leprous, or that are withered, or that are deaf, or that are afflicted in any manner? Bring them hither and I will heal them, for I have compassion upon you; my bowels are filled with mercy.

 17:8 For I perceive that ye desire that I should show unto you what I have done unto your brethren at Jerusalem, for I see that your faith is sufficient that I should heal you.

 17:9 And it came to pass that when he had thus spoken, all the multitude, with one accord, did go forth with their sick and their afflicted, and their lame, and with their blind, and with their dumb, and with all them that were afflicted in any manner; and he did heal them every one as they were brought forth unto him.




1 Kgs. 2:26 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 4:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 129:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Lam. 1:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 6:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Jacob 2:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 101:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 48 0 48
NT 6 0 6
BM 33 0 33
DC 12 0 12
PGP 1 0 1
TOTAL 100 0 100

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