Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'shadow' occurs 85 times in the standard works.

16 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'shadow' in the standard works and contain 18.8% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 7 minutes to read the entire list.

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2 Kgs. 20:9-11 (4 in 3 verses)

Job 24:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Job 10:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 25:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 30:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Jonah 4:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Morm. 9:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 65 5 70
NT 8 6 14
BM 10 10 20
1 Ne. 1 0 1
2 Ne. 3 0 3
Mosiah 2 1 3
Alma 2 1 3
Hel. 0 6 6
3 Ne. 0 2 2
Morm. 2 0 2
DC 2 1 3
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 85 22 107

1 Ne. 21:2
And he hath made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of his hand hath he hid me, and made me a polished shaft; in his quiver hath he hid me;

2 Ne. 8:16
And I have put my words in thy mouth, and have covered thee in the shadow of mine hand, that I may plant the heavens and lay the foundations of the earth, and say unto Zion: Behold, thou art my people.

2 Ne. 14:6
And there shall be a tabernacle for a shadow in the daytime from the heat, and for a place of refuge, and a covert from storm and from rain.

2 Ne. 19:2
The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light; they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined.

Mosiah 13:10
But this much I tell you, what you do with me, after this, shall be as a type and a shadow of things which are to come.

Mosiah 16:14
Therefore, if ye teach the law of Moses, also teach that it is a shadow of those things which are to come--

Alma 7:20
I perceive that it has been made known unto you, by the testimony of his word, that he cannot walk in crooked paths; neither doth he vary from that which he hath said; neither hath he a shadow of turning from the right to the left, or from that which is right to that which is wrong; therefore, his course is one eternal round.

Alma 37:43
And now, my son, I would that ye should understand that these things are not without a shadow; for as our fathers were slothful to give heed to this compass (now these things were temporal) they did not prosper; even so it is with things which are spiritual.

Morm. 9:9
For do we not read that God is the same yesterday, today, and forever, and in him there is no variableness neither shadow of changing?

Morm. 9:10
And now, if ye have imagined up unto yourselves a god who doth vary, and in whom there is shadow of changing, then have ye imagined up unto yourselves a god who is not a God of miracles.