Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'sword' occurs 558 times in the standard works.

200 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'sword' in the standard works and contain 35.8% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 80 minutes to read the entire list.

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Ezek. 32:20-32 (13 in 13 verses)

Ezek. 21:9-15 (9 in 7 verses)

Jer. 50:35-37 (5 in 3 verses)

Jer. 14:12-16 (5 in 5 verses)

Ezek. 33:2-6 (5 in 5 verses)

Matt. 26:51-52 (4 in 2 verses)

Alma 17:37-39 (4 in 3 verses)

Alma 19:22-24 (4 in 3 verses)

Ether 15:28-30 (4 in 3 verses)

Alma 24:21-24 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 44:10-13 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 44:12-15 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Sam. 25:13 (3 in 1 verse)

Isa. 31:8 (3 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 21:8-9 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 31:4-5 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 12:9-10 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 10:4-5 (3 in 2 verses)

Jer. 15:2-3 (3 in 2 verses)

Jer. 44:12-13 (3 in 2 verses)


Lev. 26:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

 26:6 And I will give peace in the land, and ye shall lie down, and none shall make you afraid: and I will rid evil beasts out of the land, neither shall the sword go through your land.

 26:7 And ye shall chase your enemies, and they shall fall before you by the sword.

 26:8 And five of you shall chase an hundred, and an hundred of you shall put ten thousand to flight: and your enemies shall fall before you by the sword.




Josh. 11:10-12 (3 in 3 verses)

Jer. 21:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 11:8-10 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 21:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 30:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 60:28-30 (3 in 3 verses)

Deut. 13:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 8:24 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 22:19 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 3:24 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 19:17 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 21:5 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 21:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Job 19:29 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 18:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 20:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 43:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 5:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 7:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 14:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 21:28 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 38:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Rev. 13:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Rev. 19:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 1:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 13:5 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 122:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 34:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 26:36-37 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 32:41-42 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 4:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 17:50-51 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 37:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 34:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 29:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 42:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 44:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 6:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 21:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 30:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 30:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 31:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 32:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 33:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

John 18:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 4:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 10:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 42:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 51:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 11:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 14:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 393 18 411
Gen. 6 0 6
Ex. 7 0 7
Lev. 7 0 7
Num. 9 0 9
Deut. 8 0 8
Josh. 18 0 18
Judg. 21 0 21
1 Sam. 23 1 24
2 Sam. 16 0 16
1 Kgs. 10 0 10
2 Kgs. 7 1 8
1 Chr. 11 0 11
2 Chr. 8 0 8
Ezra 1 0 1
Neh. 1 1 2
Esth. 1 0 1
Job 14 0 14
Ps. 18 2 20
Prov. 3 1 4
Song. 1 1 2
Isa. 20 2 22
Jer. 71 0 71
Lam. 4 0 4
Ezek. 82 7 89
Dan. 1 0 1
Hosea 5 0 5
Joel 1 1 2
Amos 8 0 8
Micah 3 1 4
Nahum 3 0 3
Zeph. 1 0 1
Hag. 1 0 1
Zech. 3 0 3
NT 31 6 37
BM 115 42 157
DC 17 0 17
PGP 2 0 2
TOTAL 558 66 624

Lev. 26:6
And I will give peace in the land, and ye shall lie down, and none shall make you afraid: and I will rid evil beasts out of the land, neither shall the sword go through your land.

Lev. 26:7
And ye shall chase your enemies, and they shall fall before you by the sword.

Lev. 26:8
And five of you shall chase an hundred, and an hundred of you shall put ten thousand to flight: and your enemies shall fall before you by the sword.

Lev. 26:25
And I will bring a sword upon you, that shall avenge the quarrel of my covenant: and when ye are gathered together within your cities, I will send the pestilence among you; and ye shall be delivered into the hand of the enemy.

Lev. 26:33
And I will scatter you among the heathen, and will draw out a sword after you: and your land shall be desolate, and your cities waste.

Lev. 26:36
And upon them that are left alive of you I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies; and the sound of a shaken leaf shall chase them; and they shall flee, as fleeing from a sword; and they shall fall when none pursueth.

Lev. 26:37
And they shall fall one upon another, as it were before a sword, when none pursueth: and ye shall have no power to stand before your enemies.