Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'hiss' occurs 20 times in the standard works.

4 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'hiss' in the standard works and contain 20% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 2 minutes to read the entire list.

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Lam. 2:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

 2:15 All that pass by clap their hands at thee; they hiss and wag their head at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying, Is this the city that men call The perfection of beauty, The joy of the whole earth?

 2:16 All thine enemies have opened their mouth against thee: they hiss and gnash the teeth: they say, We have swallowed her up: certainly this is the day that we looked for; we have found, we have seen it.





2 Ne. 29:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

 29:2 And also, that I may remember the promises which I have made unto thee, Nephi, and also unto thy father, that I would remember your seed; and that the words of your seed should proceed forth out of my mouth unto your seed; and my words shall hiss forth unto the ends of the earth, for a standard unto my people, which are of the house of Israel;

 29:3 And because my words shall hiss forth-- many of the Gentiles shall say: A Bible! A Bible! We have got a Bible, and there cannot be any more Bible.




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Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 12 8 20
1 Kgs. 1 0 1
2 Chr. 0 1 1
Job 1 0 1
Isa. 2 0 2
Jer. 3 6 9
Lam. 2 0 2
Ezek. 1 0 1
Micah 0 1 1
Zeph. 1 0 1
Zech. 1 0 1
NT 0 0 0
BM 8 0 8
DC 0 0 0
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 20 8 28

Lam. 2:15
All that pass by clap their hands at thee; they hiss and wag their head at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying, Is this the city that men call The perfection of beauty, The joy of the whole earth?

Lam. 2:16
All thine enemies have opened their mouth against thee: they hiss and gnash the teeth: they say, We have swallowed her up: certainly this is the day that we looked for; we have found, we have seen it.