Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'widow' occurs 60 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 'widow' in the standard works and contain 28.3% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 8 minutes to read the entire list.

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Deut. 24:19-21 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 44:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 26:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 17:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 12:42-43 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 21:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Tim. 5:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 101:83-84 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 42 16 58
NT 13 14 27
BM 2 8 10
DC 3 3 6
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 60 41 101

D&C 83:6
And the storehouse shall be kept by the consecrations of the church; and widows and orphans shall be provided for, as also the poor. Amen.

D&C 123:9
Therefore it is an imperative duty that we owe, not only to our own wives and children, but to the widows and fatherless, whose husbands and fathers have been murdered under its iron hand;

D&C 136:8
Let each company bear an equal proportion, according to the dividend of their property, in taking the poor, the widows, the fatherless, and the families of those who have gone into the army, that the cries of the widow and the fatherless come not up into the ears of the Lord against this people.