Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'bind' occurs 76 times in the standard works.

6 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'bind' in the standard works and contain 7.9% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 3 minutes to read the entire list.

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Hel. 16:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 30:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 15:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 38 13 51
NT 11 1 12
BM 15 3 18
1 Ne. 3 1 4
2 Ne. 3 1 4
Mosiah 1 0 1
Alma 6 1 7
Hel. 2 0 2
DC 11 3 14
PGP 1 0 1
TOTAL 76 20 96

1 Ne. 13:5
And the angel said unto me: Behold the formation of a church which is most abominable above all other churches, which slayeth the saints of God, yea, and tortureth them and bindeth them down, and yoketh them with a yoke of iron, and bringeth them down into captivity.

2 Ne. 26:22
And there are also secret combinations, even as in times of old, according to the combinations of the devil, for he is the founder of all these things; yea, the founder of murder, and works of darkness; yea, and he leadeth them by the neck with a flaxen cord, until he bindeth them with his strong cords forever.

Alma 44:5
And now, Zerahemnah, I command you, in the name of that all-powerful God, who has strengthened our arms that we have gained power over you, by our faith, by our religion, and by our rites of worship, and by our church, and by the sacred support which we owe to our wives and our children, by that liberty which binds us to our lands and our country; yea, and also by the maintenance of the sacred word of God, to which we owe all our happiness; and by all that is most dear unto us--