Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'hosts' occurs 387 times in the standard works.

138 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'hosts' in the standard works and contain 35.7% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 64 minutes to read the entire list.

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Zech. 7:12-8:9 (12 in 12 verses)

Hag. 2:4-9 (6 in 6 verses)

Hag. 2:6-11 (6 in 6 verses)

Zech. 8:18-23 (6 in 6 verses)

Jacob 2:28-33 (6 in 6 verses)

Zech. 1:3-6 (5 in 4 verses)

Isa. 22:12-15 (4 in 4 verses)

Mal. 1:8-11 (4 in 4 verses)

Isa. 14:22-24 (3 in 3 verses)

Isa. 19:16-18 (3 in 3 verses)

Jer. 25:27-29 (3 in 3 verses)

Jer. 35:17-19 (3 in 3 verses)

Amos 5:14-16 (3 in 3 verses)

Mal. 3:10-12 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 24:22-24 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 26:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 24:10-12 (3 in 3 verses)

Judg. 8:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 18:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 46:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Hag. 2:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Zech. 8:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Zech. 14:21 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 20:2 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 23:4 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 28:32 (2 in 1 verse)


2 Sam. 7:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

 7:26 And let thy name be magnified for ever, saying, The Lord of hosts is the God over Israel: and let the house of thy servant David be established before thee.

 7:27 For thou, O Lord of hosts, God of Israel, hast revealed to thy servant, saying, I will build thee an house: therefore hath thy servant found in his heart to pray this prayer unto thee.




Isa. 10:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 31:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 23:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 27:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 32:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 33:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 50:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 51:57-58 (2 in 2 verses)

Zeph. 2:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Zech. 1:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Zech. 2:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Zech. 3:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Zech. 7:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Zech. 14:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Mal. 1:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Mal. 2:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 20:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 27:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 13:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 88:112-113 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 127:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 299 0 299
Ex. 1 0 1
Num. 3 0 3
Josh. 2 0 2
Judg. 2 0 2
1 Sam. 5 0 5
2 Sam. 6 0 6
1 Kgs. 5 0 5
2 Kgs. 2 0 2
1 Chr. 3 0 3
Ps. 18 0 18
Isa. 62 0 62
Jer. 83 0 83
Hosea 1 0 1
Amos 9 0 9
Micah 1 0 1
Nahum 2 0 2
Hab. 1 0 1
Zeph. 2 0 2
Hag. 14 0 14
Zech. 53 0 53
Mal. 24 0 24
NT 0 0 0
BM 64 0 64
DC 22 0 22
PGP 2 0 2
TOTAL 387 0 387

2 Sam. 5:10
And David went on, and grew great, and the Lord God of hosts was with him.

2 Sam. 6:2
And David arose, and went with all the people that were with him from Baale of Judah, to bring up from thence the ark of God, whose name is called by the name of the Lord of hosts that dwelleth between the cherubims.

2 Sam. 6:18
And as soon as David had made an end of offering burnt offerings and peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the Lord of hosts.

2 Sam. 7:8
Now therefore so shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the Lord of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, from following the sheep, to be ruler over my people, over Israel:

2 Sam. 7:26
And let thy name be magnified for ever, saying, The Lord of hosts is the God over Israel: and let the house of thy servant David be established before thee.

2 Sam. 7:27
For thou, O Lord of hosts, God of Israel, hast revealed to thy servant, saying, I will build thee an house: therefore hath thy servant found in his heart to pray this prayer unto thee.