Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'lions' occurs 50 times in the standard works.

20 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'lions' in the standard works and contain 40% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 9 minutes to read the entire list.

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Dan. 6:22-24 (3 in 3 verses)

Nahum 2:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Kgs. 7:29 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 51:38 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 19:2 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 10:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 17:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 9:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)


Dan. 6:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

 6:19 Then the king arose very early in the morning, and went in haste unto the den of lions.

 6:20 And when he came to the den, he cried with a lamentable voice unto Daniel: and the king spake and said to Daniel, O Daniel, servant of the living God, is thy God, whom thou servest continually, able to deliver thee from the lions?




Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 43 4 47
Gen. 0 1 1
2 Sam. 1 1 2
1 Kgs. 5 2 7
2 Kgs. 2 0 2
1 Chr. 1 0 1
2 Chr. 2 0 2
Job 2 0 2
Ps. 5 0 5
Song. 1 0 1
Isa. 2 0 2
Jer. 4 0 4
Ezek. 4 0 4
Dan. 9 0 9
Nahum 3 0 3
Zeph. 1 0 1
Zech. 1 0 1
NT 3 0 3
BM 3 6 9
DC 0 2 2
PGP 1 1 2
TOTAL 50 13 63

Dan. 6:7
All the presidents of the kingdom, the governors, and the princes, the counsellors, and the captains, have consulted together to establish a royal statute, and to make a firm decree, that whosoever shall ask a petition of any God or man for thirty days, save of thee, O king, he shall be cast into the den of lions.

Dan. 6:12
Then they came near, and spake before the king concerning the king's decree; Hast thou not signed a decree, that every man that shall ask a petition of any God or man within thirty days, save of thee, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions? The king answered and said, The thing is true, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not.

Dan. 6:16
Then the king commanded, and they brought Daniel, and cast him into the den of lions. Now the king spake and said unto Daniel, Thy God whom thou servest continually, he will deliver thee.

Dan. 6:19
Then the king arose very early in the morning, and went in haste unto the den of lions.

Dan. 6:20
And when he came to the den, he cried with a lamentable voice unto Daniel: and the king spake and said to Daniel, O Daniel, servant of the living God, is thy God, whom thou servest continually, able to deliver thee from the lions?

Dan. 6:22
My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions' mouths, that they have not hurt me: forasmuch as before him innocency was found in me; and also before thee, O king, have I done no hurt.

Dan. 6:24
And the king commanded, and they brought those men which had accused Daniel, and they cast them into the den of lions, them, their children, and their wives; and the lions had the mastery of them, and brake all their bones in pieces or ever they came at the bottom of the den.

Dan. 6:27
He delivereth and rescueth, and he worketh signs and wonders in heaven and in earth, who hath delivered Daniel from the power of the lions.