Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'poor' occurs 274 times in the standard works.

76 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'poor' in the standard works and contain 27.7% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 33 minutes to read the entire list.

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Alma 32:2-4 (5 in 3 verses)

Deut. 15:7-11 (5 in 5 verses)

Ps. 10:8-10 (4 in 3 verses)

D&C 56:16-19 (4 in 4 verses)

2 Ne. 28:13 (3 in 1 verse)

Eccl. 9:15-16 (3 in 2 verses)

Ps. 35:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Prov. 14:31 (2 in 1 verse)

Prov. 22:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Prov. 28:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 24:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 2:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 12:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Job 5:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 40:17-41:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 72:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 82:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Prov. 13:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Prov. 14:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Prov. 29:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Eccl. 4:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 3:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 52:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Amos 2:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Amos 5:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 12:42-43 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 21:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

John 12:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

James 2:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

James 2:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 13:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 42:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 170 2 172
Gen. 1 0 1
Ex. 5 0 5
Lev. 8 1 9
Deut. 9 0 9
Judg. 1 0 1
Ruth 1 0 1
1 Sam. 3 0 3
2 Sam. 3 0 3
2 Kgs. 1 1 2
Esth. 1 0 1
Job 16 0 16
Ps. 37 0 37
Prov. 38 0 38
Eccl. 7 0 7
Isa. 14 0 14
Jer. 8 0 8
Ezek. 4 0 4
Dan. 1 0 1
Amos 7 0 7
Hab. 1 0 1
Zeph. 1 0 1
Zech. 3 0 3
NT 35 0 35
BM 32 2 34
DC 35 0 35
PGP 2 0 2
TOTAL 274 4 278

Amos 2:6
Thus saith the Lord; For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they sold the righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes;

Amos 2:7
That pant after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and turn aside the way of the meek: and a man and his father will go in unto the same maid, to profane my holy name:

Amos 4:1
Hear this word, ye kine of Bashan, that are in the mountain of Samaria, which oppress the poor, which crush the needy, which say to their masters, Bring, and let us drink.

Amos 5:11
Forasmuch therefore as your treading is upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink wine of them.

Amos 5:12
For I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in the gate from their right.

Amos 8:4
Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail,

Amos 8:6
That we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes; yea, and sell the refuse of the wheat?