Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'comfort' occurs 82 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 'comfort' in the standard works and contain 20.7% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 5 minutes to read the entire list.

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Alma 31:31-32 (4 in 2 verses)

2 Cor. 1:3-4 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 19:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 40:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 51:3 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 8:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 18:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 42 42 84
Gen. 4 4 8
Judg. 2 0 2
Ruth 0 1 1
2 Sam. 1 5 6
1 Chr. 3 1 4
2 Chr. 0 2 2
Job 6 3 9
Ps. 5 5 10
Eccl. 0 2 2
Song. 1 0 1
Isa. 9 9 18
Jer. 3 1 4
Lam. 4 2 6
Ezek. 2 4 6
Hosea 0 1 1
Nahum 0 1 1
Zech. 2 1 3
NT 24 23 47
BM 13 17 30
DC 2 28 30
PGP 1 3 4
TOTAL 82 113 195

Isa. 12:1
And in that day thou shalt say, O Lord, I will praise thee: though thou wast angry with me, thine anger is turned away, and thou comfortedst me.

Isa. 40:2
Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned: for she hath received of the Lord's hand double for all her sins.

Isa. 49:13
Sing, O heavens; and be joyful, O earth; and break forth into singing, O mountains: for the Lord hath comforted his people, and will have mercy upon his afflicted.

Isa. 51:12
I, even I, am he that comforteth you: who art thou, that thou shouldest be afraid of a man that shall die, and of the son of man which shall be made as grass;

Isa. 52:9
Break forth into joy, sing together, ye waste places of Jerusalem: for the Lord hath comforted his people, he hath redeemed Jerusalem.

Isa. 54:11
O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, behold, I will lay thy stones with fair colours, and lay thy foundations with sapphires.

Isa. 57:18
I have seen his ways, and will heal him: I will lead him also, and restore comforts unto him and to his mourners.

Isa. 66:13
As one whom his mother comforteth, so will I comfort you; and ye shall be comforted in Jerusalem.