Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'lion' occurs 115 times in the standard works.

60 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'lion' in the standard works and contain 52.2% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 19 minutes to read the entire list.

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1 Kgs. 13:24-28 (6 in 5 verses)

Job 4:10-11 (4 in 2 verses)

Nahum 2:11-12 (4 in 2 verses)

Gen. 49:9 (3 in 1 verse)

Judg. 14:8-9 (3 in 2 verses)

Num. 23:24 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 24:9 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 20:36 (2 in 1 verse)

Job 28:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 17:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 91:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Prov. 26:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 31:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Hosea 5:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Joel 1:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Amos 3:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Micah 5:8 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 20:16 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 21:12 (2 in 1 verse)


1 Sam. 17:36-37 (2 in 2 verses)

 17:36 Thy servant slew both the lion and the bear: and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing he hath defied the armies of the living God.

 17:37 David said moreover, The Lord that delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, he will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine. And Saul said unto David, Go, and the Lord be with thee.




Isa. 11:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 19:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Hosea 13:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 21:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 30:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 98 69 167
Gen. 3 1 4
Num. 4 0 4
Deut. 2 1 3
Josh. 0 1 1
Judg. 5 0 5
Ruth 0 3 3
1 Sam. 3 1 4
2 Sam. 2 3 5
1 Kgs. 8 7 15
2 Kgs. 0 2 2
1 Chr. 1 2 3
2 Chr. 0 2 2
Ezra 0 1 1
Neh. 0 1 1
Job 8 3 11
Ps. 8 8 16
Prov. 8 1 9
Eccl. 1 0 1
Song. 0 1 1
Isa. 10 2 12
Jer. 7 8 15
Lam. 1 0 1
Ezek. 8 6 14
Dan. 1 9 10
Hosea 5 0 5
Joel 2 0 2
Amos 5 0 5
Micah 2 0 2
Nahum 4 4 8
Zeph. 0 1 1
Zech. 0 1 1
NT 6 3 9
BM 10 29 39
DC 1 8 9
PGP 0 2 2
TOTAL 115 111 226

1 Sam. 15:23
For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the Lord, he hath also rejected thee from being king.

1 Sam. 17:34
And David said unto Saul, Thy servant kept his father's sheep, and there came a lion, and a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock:

1 Sam. 17:36
Thy servant slew both the lion and the bear: and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing he hath defied the armies of the living God.

1 Sam. 17:37
David said moreover, The Lord that delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, he will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine. And Saul said unto David, Go, and the Lord be with thee.