Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'trees' occurs 191 times in the standard works.

87 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'trees' in the standard works and contain 45.5% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 34 minutes to read the entire list.

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Judg. 9:8-15 (8 in 8 verses)

Ezek. 31:14-18 (6 in 5 verses)

Jacob 5:55-60 (6 in 6 verses)

Jacob 5:46-49 (4 in 4 verses)

Lev. 23:40 (3 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 2:8 (3 in 1 verse)


Deut. 20:19-20 (3 in 2 verses)

 20:19 When thou shalt besiege a city a long time, in making war against it to take it, thou shalt not destroy the trees thereof by forcing an axe against them: for thou mayest eat of them, and thou shalt not cut them down (for the tree of the field is man's life) to employ them in the siege:

 20:20 Only the trees which thou knowest that they be not trees for meat, thou shalt destroy and cut them down; and thou shalt build bulwarks against the city that maketh war with thee, until it be subdued.




Josh. 10:26-27 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 10:11-12 (3 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 31:8-9 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 101:44-46 (3 in 3 verses)

Ex. 10:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 24:6 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 5:10 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 6:32 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 9:11 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 19:23 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 27:28 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 1:15 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 9:27 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 105:33 (2 in 1 verse)

Amos 4:9 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 5:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 14:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 9:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Job 40:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 104:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Eccl. 2:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 31:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 41:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Zech. 1:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Jacob 5:65-66 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 146 2 148
Gen. 3 0 3
Ex. 3 0 3
Lev. 6 0 6
Num. 3 0 3
Deut. 9 0 9
Josh. 3 0 3
Judg. 11 0 11
2 Sam. 3 0 3
1 Kgs. 15 2 17
2 Kgs. 3 0 3
1 Chr. 6 0 6
2 Chr. 11 0 11
Ezra 1 0 1
Neh. 4 0 4
Job 2 0 2
Ps. 8 0 8
Eccl. 2 0 2
Song. 2 0 2
Isa. 7 0 7
Jer. 4 0 4
Ezek. 28 0 28
Hosea 1 0 1
Joel 2 0 2
Amos 2 0 2
Nahum 2 0 2
Zech. 5 0 5
NT 11 0 11
BM 21 0 21
DC 11 0 11
PGP 2 0 2
TOTAL 191 2 193

Deut. 6:11
And houses full of all good things, which thou filledst not, and wells digged, which thou diggedst not, vineyards and olive trees, which thou plantedst not; when thou shalt have eaten and be full;

Deut. 8:8
A land of wheat, and barley, and vines, and fig trees, and pomegranates; a land of oil olive, and honey;

Deut. 16:21
Thou shalt not plant thee a grove of any trees near unto the altar of the Lord thy God, which thou shalt make thee.

Deut. 20:19
When thou shalt besiege a city a long time, in making war against it to take it, thou shalt not destroy the trees thereof by forcing an axe against them: for thou mayest eat of them, and thou shalt not cut them down (for the tree of the field is man's life) to employ them in the siege:

Deut. 20:20
Only the trees which thou knowest that they be not trees for meat, thou shalt destroy and cut them down; and thou shalt build bulwarks against the city that maketh war with thee, until it be subdued.

Deut. 28:40
Thou shalt have olive trees throughout all thy coasts, but thou shalt not anoint thyself with the oil; for thine olive shall cast his fruit.

Deut. 28:42
All thy trees and fruit of thy land shall the locust consume.

Deut. 34:3
And the south, and the plain of the valley of Jericho, the city of palm trees, unto Zoar.