Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'sling' occurs 13 times in the standard works.

5 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'sling' in the standard works and contain 38.5% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 2 minutes to read the entire list.

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Alma 17:36-38 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Sam. 25:29 (2 in 1 verse)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 8 3 11
Judg. 1 0 1
1 Sam. 4 0 4
2 Kgs. 0 1 1
2 Chr. 0 1 1
Job 0 1 1
Prov. 1 0 1
Jer. 1 0 1
Zech. 1 0 1
NT 0 0 0
BM 5 8 13
DC 0 0 0
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 13 11 24

Judg. 20:16
Among all this people there were seven hundred chosen men lefthanded; every one could sling stones at an hair breadth, and not miss.

1 Sam. 17:40
And he took his staff in his hand, and chose him five smooth stones out of the brook, and put them in a shepherd's bag which he had, even in a scrip; and his sling was in his hand: and he drew near to the Philistine.

1 Sam. 17:50
So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone, and smote the Philistine, and slew him; but there was no sword in the hand of David.

1 Sam. 25:29
Yet a man is risen to pursue thee, and to seek thy soul: but the soul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of life with the Lord thy God; and the souls of thine enemies, them shall he sling out, as out of the middle of a sling.

Prov. 26:8
As he that bindeth a stone in a sling, so is he that giveth honour to a fool.

Jer. 10:18
For thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will sling out the inhabitants of the land at this once, and will distress them, that they may find it so.

Zech. 9:15
The Lord of hosts shall defend them; and they shall devour, and subdue with sling stones; and they shall drink, and make a noise as through wine; and they shall be filled like bowls, and as the corners of the altar.