Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'tree' occurs 352 times in the standard works.

199 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'tree' in the standard works and contain 56.5% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 75 minutes to read the entire list.

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Jacob 5:3-35 (33 in 33 verses)

Jacob 5:52-60 (11 in 9 verses)

Alma 32:37-43 (7 in 7 verses)

1 Ne. 11:4-9 (6 in 6 verses)

Matt. 7:17-19 (5 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 14:17-19 (5 in 3 verses)

Abr. 5:9-13 (5 in 5 verses)

Isa. 41:19 (4 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 17:24 (4 in 1 verse)

Joel 1:12 (4 in 1 verse)

Jacob 5:67-68 (4 in 2 verses)

Matt. 21:19-21 (4 in 3 verses)

Judg. 9:8-11 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Kgs. 6:31-34 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Ne. 8:19-22 (4 in 4 verses)

Gen. 2:9 (3 in 1 verse)

Matt. 12:33 (3 in 1 verse)

Rom. 11:24 (3 in 1 verse)

D&C 124:26 (3 in 1 verse)

Moses 3:9 (3 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 41:18-19 (3 in 2 verses)

Luke 6:43-44 (3 in 2 verses)


Moses 2:11-12 (3 in 2 verses)

 2:11 And I, God, said: Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, the fruit tree yielding fruit, after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed should be in itself upon the earth, and it was so even as I spake.

 2:12 And the earth brought forth grass, every herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed should be in itself, after his kind; and I, God, saw that all things which I had made were good;




1 Ne. 15:21-23 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 1:29 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 3:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 8:29 (2 in 1 verse)

Eccl. 11:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 55:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 60:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 15:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 20:47 (2 in 1 verse)

Joel 2:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Hag. 2:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Rom. 11:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Rev. 22:2 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 11:25 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 15:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 5:52 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 4:28 (2 in 1 verse)

Moses 2:29 (2 in 1 verse)

Moses 4:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Abr. 4:29 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 1:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 2:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 3:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 21:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 19:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Song. 7:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 4:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 11:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 13:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 8:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 42:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 42:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 3:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 4:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Abr. 4:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 151 236 387
NT 50 24 74
BM 112 29 141
DC 10 12 22
PGP 29 2 31
Moses 19 2 21
Abr. 9 0 9
JS-M 1 0 1
TOTAL 352 303 655

Moses 2:11
And I, God, said: Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, the fruit tree yielding fruit, after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed should be in itself upon the earth, and it was so even as I spake.

Moses 2:12
And the earth brought forth grass, every herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed should be in itself, after his kind; and I, God, saw that all things which I had made were good;

Moses 2:29
And I, God, said unto man: Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree in the which shall be the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.

Moses 3:9
And out of the ground made I, the Lord God, to grow every tree, naturally, that is pleasant to the sight of man; and man could behold it. And it became also a living soul. For it was spiritual in the day that I created it; for it remaineth in the sphere in which I, God, created it, yea, even all things which I prepared for the use of man; and man saw that it was good for food. And I, the Lord God, planted the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and also the tree of knowledge of good and evil.

Moses 3:16
And I, the Lord God, commanded the man, saying: Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat,

Moses 3:17
But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it, nevertheless, thou mayest choose for thyself, for it is given unto thee; but, remember that I forbid it, for in the day thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.

Moses 4:7
And he said unto the woman: Yea, hath God said-- Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? (And he spake by the mouth of the serpent.)

Moses 4:8
And the woman said unto the serpent: We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden;

Moses 4:9
But of the fruit of the tree which thou beholdest in the midst of the garden, God hath said-- Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.

Moses 4:12
And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it became pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make her wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and also gave unto her husband with her, and he did eat.

Moses 4:14
And they heard the voice of the Lord God, as they were walking in the garden, in the cool of the day; and Adam and his wife went to hide themselves from the presence of the Lord God amongst the trees of the garden.

Moses 4:17
And I, the Lord God, said unto Adam: Who told thee thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldst not eat, if so thou shouldst surely die?

Moses 4:18
And the man said: The woman thou gavest me, and commandest that she should remain with me, she gave me of the fruit of the tree and I did eat.

Moses 4:23
And unto Adam, I, the Lord God, said: Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the fruit of the tree of which I commanded thee, saying-- Thou shalt not eat of it, cursed shall be the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life.

Moses 4:28
And I, the Lord God, said unto mine Only Begotten: Behold, the man is become as one of us to know good and evil; and now lest he put forth his hand and partake also of the tree of life, and eat and live forever,

Moses 4:31
So I drove out the man, and I placed at the east of the Garden of Eden, cherubim and a flaming sword, which turned every way to keep the way of the tree of life.