Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'flee' occurs 177 times in the standard works.

38 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'flee' in the standard works and contain 21.5% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 15 minutes to read the entire list.

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Isa. 30:16-17 (4 in 2 verses)

Josh. 8:5-6 (3 in 2 verses)


Deut. 19:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

 19:3 Thou shalt prepare thee a way, and divide the coasts of thy land, which the Lord thy God giveth thee to inherit, into three parts, that every slayer may flee thither.

 19:4 And this is the case of the slayer, which shall flee thither, that he may live: Whoso killeth his neighbour ignorantly, whom he hated not in time past;

 19:5 As when a man goeth into the wood with his neighbour to hew wood, and his hand fetcheth a stroke with the axe to cut down the tree, and the head slippeth from the helve, and lighteth upon his neighbour, that he die; he shall flee unto one of those cities, and live:




1 Ne. 4:29-31 (3 in 3 verses)

Mosiah 19:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)

Zech. 14:5 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 3:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 17:37 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 15:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 15:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 20:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 56:40-41 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 58:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Morm. 2:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 133:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

JS-M 1:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 90 18 108
Gen. 4 0 4
Ex. 3 0 3
Lev. 2 1 3
Num. 5 0 5
Deut. 6 3 9
Josh. 7 0 7
Judg. 1 7 8
2 Sam. 6 0 6
1 Kgs. 1 0 1
2 Kgs. 1 0 1
2 Chr. 1 0 1
Neh. 1 0 1
Job 5 3 8
Ps. 6 0 6
Prov. 2 0 2
Song. 2 0 2
Isa. 14 1 15
Jer. 12 2 14
Amos 4 1 5
Jonah 1 0 1
Nahum 3 0 3
Zech. 3 0 3
NT 15 2 17
BM 63 5 68
DC 6 0 6
PGP 3 0 3
TOTAL 177 25 202

Deut. 4:42
That the slayer might flee thither, which should kill his neighbour unawares, and hated him not in times past; and that fleeing unto one of these cities he might live:

Deut. 18:4
The firstfruit also of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil, and the first of the fleece of thy sheep, shalt thou give him.

Deut. 19:3
Thou shalt prepare thee a way, and divide the coasts of thy land, which the Lord thy God giveth thee to inherit, into three parts, that every slayer may flee thither.

Deut. 19:4
And this is the case of the slayer, which shall flee thither, that he may live: Whoso killeth his neighbour ignorantly, whom he hated not in time past;

Deut. 19:5
As when a man goeth into the wood with his neighbour to hew wood, and his hand fetcheth a stroke with the axe to cut down the tree, and the head slippeth from the helve, and lighteth upon his neighbour, that he die; he shall flee unto one of those cities, and live:

Deut. 19:11
But if any man hate his neighbour, and lie in wait for him, and rise up against him, and smite him mortally that he die, and fleeth into one of these cities:

Deut. 28:7
The Lord shall cause thine enemies that rise up against thee to be smitten before thy face: they shall come out against thee one way, and flee before thee seven ways.

Deut. 28:25
The Lord shall cause thee to be smitten before thine enemies: thou shalt go out one way against them, and flee seven ways before them: and shalt be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth.