Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'withholding' occurs 4 times in the standard works.

2 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'withholding' in the standard works and contain 50% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 1 minutes to read the entire list.

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Hel. 4:12 (2 in 1 verse)

 4:12 And it was because of the pride of their hearts, because of their exceeding riches, yea, it was because of their oppression to the poor, withholding their food from the hungry, withholding their clothing from the naked, and smiting their humble brethren upon the cheek, making a mock of that which was sacred, denying the spirit of prophecy and of revelation, murdering, plundering, lying, stealing, committing adultery, rising up in great contentions, and deserting away into the land of Nephi, among the Lamanites--




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Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 0 0 0
NT 0 0 0
BM 4 0 4
DC 0 0 0
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 4 0 4

Mosiah 4:22
And if ye judge the man who putteth up his petition to you for your substance that he perish not, and condemn him, how much more just will be your condemnation for withholding your substance, which doth not belong to you but to God, to whom also your life belongeth; and yet ye put up no petition, nor repent of the thing which thou hast done.

Alma 5:55
Yea, and will you persist in turning your backs upon the poor, and the needy, and in withholding your substance from them?

Hel. 4:12
And it was because of the pride of their hearts, because of their exceeding riches, yea, it was because of their oppression to the poor, withholding their food from the hungry, withholding their clothing from the naked, and smiting their humble brethren upon the cheek, making a mock of that which was sacred, denying the spirit of prophecy and of revelation, murdering, plundering, lying, stealing, committing adultery, rising up in great contentions, and deserting away into the land of Nephi, among the Lamanites--