Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'war' occurs 365 times in the standard works.

116 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'war' in the standard works and contain 31.8% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 53 minutes to read the entire list.

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1 Chr. 12:33-38 (6 in 6 verses)

Alma 44:6-11 (6 in 6 verses)

Num. 31:3-6 (5 in 4 verses)

Alma 2:12-15 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 52:36-39 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Chr. 5:18-19 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 55:16-17 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 12:23-25 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Chr. 20:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 54:18-20 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 56:5-7 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 56:54-56 (3 in 3 verses)

Morm. 1:8-10 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 87:2-4 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Kgs. 2:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Joel 3:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Jarom 1:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 10:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 62:35 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 62:41 (2 in 1 verse)

Morm. 8:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 15:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 31:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 20:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 11:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 18:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 11:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 15:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 13:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

James 4:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 22:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 20:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 24:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 44:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 44:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 52:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 53:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 54:24-55:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 55:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 60:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 62:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 4:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 10:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 13:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 14:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 76:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 210 958 1168
Gen. 1 58 59
Ex. 5 50 55
Lev. 0 38 38
Num. 31 94 125
Deut. 10 54 64
Josh. 17 72 89
Judg. 11 23 34
Ruth 0 1 1
1 Sam. 8 29 37
2 Sam. 9 17 26
1 Kgs. 10 33 43
2 Kgs. 8 20 28
1 Chr. 24 31 55
2 Chr. 18 34 52
Ezra 0 6 6
Neh. 0 14 14
Esth. 0 3 3
Job 3 19 22
Ps. 7 47 54
Prov. 2 35 37
Eccl. 3 9 12
Song. 1 3 4
Isa. 9 41 50
Jer. 19 29 48
Lam. 0 2 2
Ezek. 6 150 156
Dan. 2 19 21
Hosea 0 6 6
Joel 3 3 6
Obad. 0 1 1
Jonah 0 2 2
Micah 3 2 5
Hag. 0 3 3
Zech. 0 10 10
NT 15 227 242
BM 131 333 464
DC 8 188 196
PGP 1 23 24
TOTAL 365 1729 2094

1 Sam. 8:12
And he will appoint him captains over thousands, and captains over fifties; and will set them to ear his ground, and to reap his harvest, and to make his instruments of war, and instruments of his chariots.

1 Sam. 14:52
And there was sore war against the Philistines all the days of Saul: and when Saul saw any strong man, or any valiant man, he took him unto him.

1 Sam. 16:18
Then answered one of the servants, and said, Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Beth-lehemite, that is cunning in playing, and a mighty valiant man, and a man of war, and prudent in matters, and a comely person, and the Lord is with him.

1 Sam. 17:33
And Saul said to David, Thou art not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him: for thou art but a youth, and he a man of war from his youth.

1 Sam. 18:5
And David went out whithersoever Saul sent him, and behaved himself wisely: and Saul set him over the men of war, and he was accepted in the sight of all the people, and also in the sight of Saul's servants.

1 Sam. 19:8
And there was war again: and David went out, and fought with the Philistines, and slew them with a great slaughter; and they fled from him.

1 Sam. 23:8
And Saul called all the people together to war, to go down to Keilah, to besiege David and his men.

1 Sam. 28:15
And Samuel said to Saul, Why hast thou disquieted me, to bring me up? And Saul answered, I am sore distressed; for the Philistines make war against me, and God is departed from me, and answereth me no more, neither by prophets, nor by dreams: therefore I have called thee, that thou mayest make known unto me what I shall do.