Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'lions' occurs 50 times in the standard works.

20 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'lions' in the standard works and contain 40% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 9 minutes to read the entire list.

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Dan. 6:22-24 (3 in 3 verses)

Nahum 2:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Kgs. 7:29 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 51:38 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 19:2 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 10:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 17:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 9:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 6:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 43 4 47
NT 3 0 3
BM 3 6 9
2 Ne. 1 1 2
Mosiah 1 0 1
Alma 1 3 4
Ether 0 2 2
DC 0 2 2
PGP 1 1 2
TOTAL 50 13 63

2 Ne. 1:2
And he spake unto them concerning their rebellions upon the waters, and the mercies of God in sparing their lives, that they were not swallowed up in the sea.

2 Ne. 15:29
They shall roar like young lions; yea, they shall roar, and lay hold of the prey, and shall carry away safe, and none shall deliver.

Mosiah 20:10
And it came to pass that the battle became exceedingly sore, for they fought like lions for their prey.

Alma 14:29
Now the people having heard a great noise came running together by multitudes to know the cause of it; and when they saw Alma and Amulek coming forth out of the prison, and the walls thereof had fallen to the earth, they were struck with great fear, and fled from the presence of Alma and Amulek even as a goat fleeth with her young from two lions; and thus they did flee from the presence of Alma and Amulek.

Alma 18:38
And he also rehearsed unto them concerning the rebellions of Laman and Lemuel, and the sons of Ishmael, yea, all their rebellions did he relate unto them; and he expounded unto them all the records and scriptures from the time that Lehi left Jerusalem down to the present time.

Alma 61:14
Therefore, my beloved brother, Moroni, let us resist evil, and whatsoever evil we cannot resist with our words, yea, such as rebellions and dissensions, let us resist them with our swords, that we may retain our freedom, that we may rejoice in the great privilege of our church, and in the cause of our Redeemer and our God.

Ether 15:2
He saw that there had been slain by the sword already nearly two millions of his people, and he began to sorrow in his heart; yea, there had been slain two millions of mighty men, and also their wives and their children.