Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'fell' occurs 303 times in the standard works.

61 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'fell' in the standard works and contain 20.1% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 26 minutes to read the entire list.

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Luke 8:5-8 (4 in 4 verses)

Judg. 5:27 (3 in 1 verse)

Gen. 15:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 11:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 9:25 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 2:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 39:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 52:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Rev. 8:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 14:27 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 16:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 25:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 31:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 18:38-39 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 2:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 6:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 10:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 12:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Esth. 9:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Job 1:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 13:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 13:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 4:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 4:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 1:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 20:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)


Alma 36:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

 36:10 And it came to pass that I fell to the earth; and it was for the space of three days and three nights that I could not open my mouth, neither had I the use of my limbs.

 36:11 And the angel spake more things unto me, which were heard by my brethren, but I did not hear them; for when I heard the words-- If thou wilt be destroyed of thyself, seek no more to destroy the church of God-- I was struck with such great fear and amazement lest perhaps I should be destroyed, that I fell to the earth and I did hear no more.




3 Ne. 1:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 15:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 159 39 198
NT 84 56 140
BM 50 12 62
1 Ne. 7 0 7
2 Ne. 2 1 3
Jacob 2 0 2
Omni 1 0 1
Mosiah 3 4 7
Alma 18 3 21
Hel. 3 2 5
3 Ne. 6 2 8
Morm. 1 0 1
Ether 6 0 6
Moro. 1 0 1
DC 1 12 13
PGP 9 2 11
TOTAL 303 121 424

Alma 14:27
And it came to pass that so great was their fear that they fell to the earth, and did not obtain the outer door of the prison; and the earth shook mightily, and the walls of the prison were rent in twain, so that they fell to the earth; and the chief judge, and the lawyers, and priests, and teachers, who smote upon Alma and Amulek, were slain by the fall thereof.

Alma 17:20
And as Ammon entered the land of Ishmael, the Lamanites took him and bound him, as was their custom to bind all the Nephites who fell into their hands, and carry them before the king; and thus it was left to the pleasure of the king to slay them, or to retain them in captivity, or to cast them into prison, or to cast them out of his land, according to his will and pleasure.

Alma 17:29
Now they wept because of the fear of being slain. Now when Ammon saw this his heart was swollen within him with joy; for, said he, I will show forth my power unto these my fellow-servants, or the power which is in me, in restoring these flocks unto the king, that I may win the hearts of these my fellow-servants, that I may lead them to believe in my words.

Alma 18:42
And now, when he had said this, he fell unto the earth, as if he were dead.

Alma 19:14
Now Ammon seeing the Spirit of the Lord poured out according to his prayers upon the Lamanites, his brethren, who had been the cause of so much mourning among the Nephites, or among all the people of God because of their iniquities and their traditions, he fell upon his knees, and began to pour out his soul in prayer and thanksgiving to God for what he had done for his brethren; and he was also overpowered with joy; and thus they all three had sunk to the earth.

Alma 19:22
Now, one of them, whose brother had been slain with the sword of Ammon, being exceedingly angry with Ammon, drew his sword and went forth that he might let it fall upon Ammon, to slay him; and as he lifted the sword to smite him, behold, he fell dead.

Alma 25:2
But they took their armies and went over into the borders of the land of Zarahemla, and fell upon the people who were in the land of Ammonihah and destroyed them.

Alma 27:17
Now the joy of Ammon was so great even that he was full; yea, he was swallowed up in the joy of his God, even to the exhausting of his strength; and he fell again to the earth.

Alma 31:32
O Lord, wilt thou comfort my soul, and give unto me success, and also my fellow laborers who are with me-- yea, Ammon, and Aaron, and Omner, and also Amulek and Zeezrom, and also my two sons-- yea, even all these wilt thou comfort, O Lord. Yea, wilt thou comfort their souls in Christ.

Alma 36:7
And behold, he spake unto us, as it were the voice of thunder, and the whole earth did tremble beneath our feet; and we all fell to the earth, for the fear of the Lord came upon us.

Alma 36:10
And it came to pass that I fell to the earth; and it was for the space of three days and three nights that I could not open my mouth, neither had I the use of my limbs.

Alma 36:11
And the angel spake more things unto me, which were heard by my brethren, but I did not hear them; for when I heard the words-- If thou wilt be destroyed of thyself, seek no more to destroy the church of God-- I was struck with such great fear and amazement lest perhaps I should be destroyed, that I fell to the earth and I did hear no more.

Alma 43:38
While on the other hand, there was now and then a man fell among the Nephites, by their swords and the loss of blood, they being shielded from the more vital parts of the body, or the more vital parts of the body being shielded from the strokes of the Lamanites, by their breastplates, and their armshields, and their head-plates; and thus the Nephites did carry on the work of death among the Lamanites.

Alma 44:12
And now when Moroni had said these words, Zerahemnah retained his sword, and he was angry with Moroni, and he rushed forward that he might slay Moroni; but as he raised his sword, behold, one of Moroni's soldiers smote it even to the earth, and it broke by the hilt; and he also smote Zerahemnah that he took off his scalp and it fell to the earth. And Zerahemnah withdrew from before them into the midst of his soldiers.

Alma 47:24
And it came to pass that when he had raised the first from the ground, behold he stabbed the king to the heart; and he fell to the earth.

Alma 50:30
And behold, they would have carried this plan into effect, (which would have been a cause to have been lamented) but behold, Morianton being a man of much passion, therefore he was angry with one of his maid servants, and he fell upon her and beat her much.

Alma 52:8
And Moroni also sent orders unto him that he should retain all the prisoners who fell into his hands; for as the Lamanites had taken many prisoners, that he should retain all the prisoners of the Lamanites as a ransom for those whom the Lamanites had taken.

Alma 57:4
But the people of Antiparah did leave the city, and fled to their other cities, which they had possession of, to fortify them; and thus the city of Antiparah fell into our hands.

Alma 58:21
And it came to pass that when they had cut them off, they ran to the city and fell upon the guards who were left to guard the city, insomuch that they did destroy them and did take possession of the city.