Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'flee' occurs 177 times in the standard works.

38 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'flee' in the standard works and contain 21.5% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 15 minutes to read the entire list.

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Isa. 30:16-17 (4 in 2 verses)

Josh. 8:5-6 (3 in 2 verses)

Deut. 19:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 4:29-31 (3 in 3 verses)

Mosiah 19:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)

Zech. 14:5 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 3:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 17:37 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 15:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 15:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 20:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 56:40-41 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 58:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Morm. 2:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 133:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

JS-M 1:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 90 18 108
Gen. 4 0 4
Ex. 3 0 3
Lev. 2 1 3
Num. 5 0 5
Deut. 6 3 9
Josh. 7 0 7
Judg. 1 7 8
2 Sam. 6 0 6
1 Kgs. 1 0 1
2 Kgs. 1 0 1
2 Chr. 1 0 1
Neh. 1 0 1
Job 5 3 8
Ps. 6 0 6
Prov. 2 0 2
Song. 2 0 2
Isa. 14 1 15
Jer. 12 2 14
Amos 4 1 5
Jonah 1 0 1
Nahum 3 0 3
Zech. 3 0 3
NT 15 2 17
BM 63 5 68
DC 6 0 6
PGP 3 0 3
TOTAL 177 25 202

Jer. 4:29
The whole city shall flee for the noise of the horsemen and bowmen; they shall go into thickets, and climb up upon the rocks: every city shall be forsaken, and not a man dwell therein.

Jer. 6:1
O ye children of Benjamin, gather yourselves to flee out of the midst of Jerusalem, and blow the trumpet in Tekoa, and set up a sign of fire in Beth-haccerem: for evil appeareth out of the north, and great destruction.

Jer. 25:35
And the shepherds shall have no way to flee, nor the principal of the flock to escape.

Jer. 46:6
Let not the swift flee away, nor the mighty man escape; they shall stumble, and fall toward the north by the river Euphrates.

Jer. 48:6
Flee, save your lives, and be like the heath in the wilderness.

Jer. 48:9
Give wings unto Moab, that it may flee and get away: for the cities thereof shall be desolate, without any to dwell therein.

Jer. 49:8
Flee ye, turn back, dwell deep, O inhabitants of Dedan; for I will bring the calamity of Esau upon him, the time that I will visit him.

Jer. 49:24
Damascus is waxed feeble, and turneth herself to flee, and fear hath seized on her: anguish and sorrows have taken her, as a woman in travail.

Jer. 49:30
Flee, get you far off, dwell deep, O ye inhabitants of Hazor, saith the Lord; for Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath taken counsel against you, and hath conceived a purpose against you.

Jer. 50:16
Cut off the sower from Babylon, and him that handleth the sickle in the time of harvest: for fear of the oppressing sword they shall turn every one to his people, and they shall flee every one to his own land.

Jer. 50:28
The voice of them that flee and escape out of the land of Babylon, to declare in Zion the vengeance of the Lord our God, the vengeance of his temple.

Jer. 51:6
Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and deliver every man his soul: be not cut off in her iniquity; for this is the time of the Lord's vengeance; he will render unto her a recompence.