Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'fight' occurs 144 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 'fight' in the standard works and contain 27.8% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 17 minutes to read the entire list.

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Isa. 29:7-8 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 43:43-44 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 35:20-22 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 11:34-36 (3 in 3 verses)

Ps. 35:1 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Tim. 6:12 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 27:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 53:17 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 105:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 1:41-42 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 11:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 17:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 17:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 20:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 22:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 18:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 21:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 6:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 96 6 102
NT 11 2 13
BM 30 9 39
1 Ne. 6 0 6
2 Ne. 6 2 8
W of M 1 0 1
Mosiah 2 0 2
Alma 12 3 15
3 Ne. 0 1 1
Morm. 2 0 2
Ether 1 2 3
Moro. 0 1 1
DC 7 0 7
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 144 17 161

Alma 3:16
And again: I will set a mark upon him that fighteth against thee and thy seed.

Alma 23:7
For they became a righteous people; they did lay down the weapons of their rebellion, that they did not fight against God any more, neither against any of their brethren.

Alma 43:43
Now in this case the Lamanites did fight exceedingly; yea, never had the Lamanites been known to fight with such exceedingly great strength and courage, no, not even from the beginning.

Alma 43:44
And they were inspired by the Zoramites and the Amalekites, who were their chief captains and leaders, and by Zerahemnah, who was their chief captain, or their chief leader and commander; yea, they did fight like dragons, and many of the Nephites were slain by their hands, yea, for they did smite in two many of their head-plates, and they did pierce many of their breastplates, and they did smite off many of their arms; and thus the Lamanites did smite in their fierce anger.

Alma 43:45
Nevertheless, the Nephites were inspired by a better cause, for they were not fighting for monarchy nor power but they were fighting for their homes and their liberties, their wives and their children, and their all, yea, for their rites of worship and their church.

Alma 49:22
Now when they found that they could not obtain power over the Nephites by the pass, they began to dig down their banks of earth that they might obtain a pass to their armies, that they might have an equal chance to fight; but behold, in these attempts they were swept off by the stones and arrows which were thrown at them; and instead of filling up their ditches by pulling down the banks of earth, they were filled up in a measure with their dead and wounded bodies.

Alma 51:18
And it came to pass that the armies did march forth against them; and they did pull down their pride and their nobility, insomuch that as they did lift their weapons of war to fight against the men of Moroni they were hewn down and leveled to the earth.

Alma 51:21
And thus Moroni put an end to those king-men, that there were not any known by the appellation of king-men; and thus he put an end to the stubbornness and the pride of those people who professed the blood of nobility; but they were brought down to humble themselves like unto their brethren, and to fight valiantly for their freedom from bondage.

Alma 53:17
And they entered into a covenant to fight for the liberty of the Nephites, yea, to protect the land unto the laying down of their lives; yea, even they covenanted that they never would give up their liberty, but they would fight in all cases to protect the Nephites and themselves from bondage.

Alma 55:23
And thus they saw that the Nephites had power over them; and in these circumstances they found that it was not expedient that they should fight with the Nephites; therefore their chief captains demanded their weapons of war, and they brought them forth and cast them at the feet of the Nephites, pleading for mercy.

Alma 57:14
For behold, they would break out in great numbers, and would fight with stones, and with clubs, or whatsoever thing they could get into their hands, insomuch that we did slay upwards of two thousand of them after they had surrendered themselves prisoners of war.

Alma 62:9
And the men of Pachus received their trial, according to the law, and also those king-men who had been taken and cast into prison; and they were executed according to the law; yea, those men of Pachus and those king-men, whosoever would not take up arms in the defence of their country, but would fight against it, were put to death.