Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'rock' occurs 166 times in the standard works.

62 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'rock' in the standard works and contain 37.3% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 24 minutes to read the entire list.

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Num. 20:8-11 (5 in 4 verses)

 20:8 Take the rod, and gather thou the assembly together, thou, and Aaron thy brother, and speak ye unto the rock before their eyes; and it shall give forth his water, and thou shalt bring forth to them water out of the rock: so thou shalt give the congregation and their beasts drink.

 20:9 And Moses took the rod from before the Lord, as he commanded him.

 20:10 And Moses and Aaron gathered the congregation together before the rock, and he said unto them, Hear now, ye rebels; must we fetch you water out of this rock?

 20:11 And Moses lifted up his hand, and with his rod he smote the rock twice: and the water came out abundantly, and the congregation drank, and their beasts also.




Deut. 32:30-31 (3 in 2 verses)

Deut. 32:13-15 (3 in 3 verses)

Judg. 20:45-47 (3 in 3 verses)

Ex. 17:6 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 14:4 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 22:47 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 25:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Job 39:28 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 48:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Luke 6:48 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Cor. 10:4 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 20:21 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 4:35 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 5:12 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 33:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 33:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 6:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 22:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 31:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 62:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 24:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 7:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 11:39-40 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 14:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 18:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 13:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 18:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 106 19 125
Ex. 4 0 4
Num. 6 1 7
Deut. 10 0 10
Judg. 13 0 13
1 Sam. 4 2 6
2 Sam. 7 0 7
1 Kgs. 0 1 1
1 Chr. 1 0 1
2 Chr. 2 0 2
Neh. 1 0 1
Job 9 2 11
Ps. 24 2 26
Prov. 1 1 2
Song. 1 0 1
Isa. 10 6 16
Jer. 7 3 10
Ezek. 4 0 4
Amos 1 0 1
Obad. 1 0 1
Nahum 0 1 1
NT 13 4 17
BM 34 10 44
DC 11 2 13
PGP 2 1 3
TOTAL 166 36 202

Num. 20:8
Take the rod, and gather thou the assembly together, thou, and Aaron thy brother, and speak ye unto the rock before their eyes; and it shall give forth his water, and thou shalt bring forth to them water out of the rock: so thou shalt give the congregation and their beasts drink.

Num. 20:10
And Moses and Aaron gathered the congregation together before the rock, and he said unto them, Hear now, ye rebels; must we fetch you water out of this rock?

Num. 20:11
And Moses lifted up his hand, and with his rod he smote the rock twice: and the water came out abundantly, and the congregation drank, and their beasts also.

Num. 23:9
For from the top of the rocks I see him, and from the hills I behold him: lo, the people shall dwell alone, and shall not be reckoned among the nations.

Num. 24:21
And he looked on the Kenites, and took up his parable, and said, Strong is thy dwellingplace, and thou puttest thy nest in a rock.