Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'slay' occurs 231 times in the standard works.

40 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'slay' in the standard works and contain 17.3% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 17 minutes to read the entire list.

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Alma 20:17-21 (5 in 5 verses)

Jer. 40:14-15 (3 in 2 verses)

Num. 35:19-21 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 22:19-21 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Kgs. 19:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Neh. 6:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 9:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 11:28 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 44:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 8:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 8:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)


1 Sam. 5:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

 5:10 Therefore they sent the ark of God to Ekron. And it came to pass, as the ark of God came to Ekron, that the Ekronites cried out, saying, They have brought about the ark of the God of Israel to us, to slay us and our people.

 5:11 So they sent and gathered together all the lords of the Philistines, and said, Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it go again to his own place, that it slay us not, and our people: for there was a deadly destruction throughout all the city; the hand of God was very heavy there.




1 Kgs. 3:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 20:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 17:35-36 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 20:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 24:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 110 33 143
Gen. 12 1 13
Ex. 8 0 8
Lev. 4 0 4
Num. 5 8 13
Deut. 3 5 8
Josh. 1 10 11
Judg. 3 1 4
1 Sam. 11 0 11
2 Sam. 3 0 3
1 Kgs. 11 1 12
2 Kgs. 3 0 3
2 Chr. 2 0 2
Neh. 3 0 3
Esth. 1 0 1
Job 3 1 4
Ps. 7 0 7
Prov. 1 0 1
Isa. 4 2 6
Jer. 10 0 10
Ezek. 7 4 11
Dan. 1 0 1
Hosea 2 0 2
Amos 3 0 3
Hab. 1 0 1
Zech. 1 0 1
NT 7 1 8
BM 108 8 116
DC 3 0 3
PGP 3 1 4
TOTAL 231 43 274

1 Sam. 2:25
If one man sin against another, the judge shall judge him: but if a man sin against the Lord, who shall entreat for him? Notwithstanding they hearkened not unto the voice of their father, because the Lord would slay them.

1 Sam. 5:10
Therefore they sent the ark of God to Ekron. And it came to pass, as the ark of God came to Ekron, that the Ekronites cried out, saying, They have brought about the ark of the God of Israel to us, to slay us and our people.

1 Sam. 5:11
So they sent and gathered together all the lords of the Philistines, and said, Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it go again to his own place, that it slay us not, and our people: for there was a deadly destruction throughout all the city; the hand of God was very heavy there.

1 Sam. 14:34
And Saul said, Disperse yourselves among the people, and say unto them, Bring me hither every man his ox, and every man his sheep, and slay them here, and eat; and sin not against the Lord in eating with the blood. And all the people brought every man his ox with him that night, and slew them there.

1 Sam. 15:3
Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass.

1 Sam. 19:5
For he did put his life in his hand, and slew the Philistine, and the Lord wrought a great salvation for all Israel: thou sawest it, and didst rejoice: wherefore then wilt thou sin against innocent blood, to slay David without a cause?

1 Sam. 19:11
Saul also sent messengers unto David's house, to watch him, and to slay him in the morning: and Michal David's wife told him, saying, If thou save not thy life to night, to morrow thou shalt be slain.

1 Sam. 19:15
And Saul sent the messengers again to see David, saying, Bring him up to me in the bed, that I may slay him.

1 Sam. 20:8
Therefore thou shalt deal kindly with thy servant; for thou hast brought thy servant into a covenant of the Lord with thee: notwithstanding, if there be in me iniquity, slay me thyself; for why shouldest thou bring me to thy father?

1 Sam. 20:33
And Saul cast a javelin at him to smite him: whereby Jonathan knew that it was determined of his father to slay David.

1 Sam. 22:17
And the king said unto the footmen that stood about him, Turn, and slay the priests of the Lord; because their hand also is with David, and because they knew when he fled, and did not shew it to me. But the servants of the king would not put forth their hand to fall upon the priests of the Lord.