Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'bowed' occurs 94 times in the standard works.

10 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'bowed' in the standard works and contain 10.6% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 3 minutes to read the entire list.

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Judg. 5:27 (3 in 1 verse)

Gen. 33:6-7 (3 in 2 verses)

Esth. 3:2 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 29:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 73 0 73
NT 5 0 5
BM 12 0 12
2 Ne. 2 0 2
Mosiah 1 0 1
Alma 3 0 3
Hel. 1 0 1
3 Ne. 4 0 4
Ether 1 0 1
DC 3 0 3
PGP 1 0 1
TOTAL 94 0 94

2 Ne. 12:11
And it shall come to pass that the lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and the Lord alone shall be exalted in that day.

2 Ne. 12:17
And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be made low; and the Lord alone shall be exalted in that day.

Mosiah 7:12
And now, when Ammon saw that he was permitted to speak, he went forth and bowed himself before the king; and rising again he said: O king, I am very thankful before God this day that I am yet alive, and am permitted to speak; and I will endeavor to speak with boldness;

Alma 22:2
And it came to pass that he went in unto him into the king's palace, with his brethren, and bowed himself before the king, and said unto him: Behold, O king, we are the brethren of Ammon, whom thou hast delivered out of prison.

Alma 46:13
And he fastened on his head-plate, and his breastplate, and his shields, and girded on his armor about his loins; and he took the pole, which had on the end thereof his rent coat, (and he called it the title of liberty) and he bowed himself to the earth, and he prayed mightily unto his God for the blessings of liberty to rest upon his brethren, so long as there should a band of Christians remain to possess the land--

Alma 47:22
But behold, as the king came out to meet him Amalickiah caused that his servants should go forth to meet the king. And they went and bowed themselves before the king, as if to reverence him because of his greatness.

Hel. 7:10
And behold, now it came to pass that it was upon a tower, which was in the garden of Nephi, which was by the highway which led to the chief market, which was in the city of Zarahemla; therefore, Nephi had bowed himself upon the tower which was in his garden, which tower was also near unto the garden gate by which led the highway.

3 Ne. 1:11
And it came to pass that he went out and bowed himself down upon the earth, and cried mightily to his God in behalf of his people, yea, those who were about to be destroyed because of their faith in the tradition of their fathers.

3 Ne. 11:19
And Nephi arose and went forth, and bowed himself before the Lord and did kiss his feet.

3 Ne. 19:19
And it came to pass that Jesus departed out of the midst of them, and went a little way off from them and bowed himself to the earth, and he said:

3 Ne. 19:27
And he turned from them again, and went a little way off and bowed himself to the earth; and he prayed again unto the Father, saying:

Ether 6:12
And they did land upon the shore of the promised land. And when they had set their feet upon the shores of the promised land they bowed themselves down upon the face of the land, and did humble themselves before the Lord, and did shed tears of joy before the Lord, because of the multitude of his tender mercies over them.