Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'stone' occurs 214 times in the standard works.

64 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'stone' in the standard works and contain 29.9% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 24 minutes to read the entire list.

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JS-H 1:51-52 (4 in 2 verses)

Gen. 28:22-29:3 (4 in 4 verses)

Isa. 28:16 (3 in 1 verse)

Ex. 28:10-11 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 17:49-50 (3 in 2 verses)

Deut. 9:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)

John 10:31-33 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Pet. 2:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

Ex. 20:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 34:4 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 6:18 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 12:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 118:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 51:26 (2 in 1 verse)

Hag. 2:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Zech. 3:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Rev. 2:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Rev. 21:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 24:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 6:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 22:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 2:34-35 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 16:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 20:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

John 11:38-39 (2 in 2 verses)

Jacob 4:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 130:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 140 196 336
NT 52 43 95
BM 9 63 72
1 Ne. 0 5 5
2 Ne. 2 7 9
Jacob 2 3 5
Omni 1 0 1
Mosiah 0 3 3
Alma 2 23 25
Hel. 0 7 7
3 Ne. 2 5 7
Ether 0 10 10
DC 6 9 15
PGP 7 6 13
TOTAL 214 317 531

2 Ne. 18:14
And he shall be for a sanctuary; but for a stone of stumbling, and for a rock of offense to both the houses of Israel, for a gin and a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

2 Ne. 26:3
And after the Messiah shall come there shall be signs given unto my people of his birth, and also of his death and resurrection; and great and terrible shall that day be unto the wicked, for they shall perish; and they perish because they cast out the prophets, and the saints, and stone them, and slay them; wherefore the cry of the blood of the saints shall ascend up to God from the ground against them.

Jacob 4:15
And now I, Jacob, am led on by the Spirit unto prophesying; for I perceive by the workings of the Spirit which is in me, that by the stumbling of the Jews they will reject the stone upon which they might build and have safe foundation.

Jacob 4:16
But behold, according to the scriptures, this stone shall become the great, and the last, and the only sure foundation, upon which the Jews can build.

Omni 1:20
And it came to pass in the days of Mosiah, there was a large stone brought unto him with engravings on it; and he did interpret the engravings by the gift and power of God.

Alma 37:23
And the Lord said: I will prepare unto my servant Gazelem, a stone, which shall shine forth in darkness unto light, that I may discover unto my people who serve me, that I may discover unto them the works of their brethren, yea, their secret works, their works of darkness, and their wickedness and abominations.

Alma 48:8
Yea, he had been strengthening the armies of the Nephites, and erecting small forts, or places of resort; throwing up banks of earth round about to enclose his armies, and also building walls of stone to encircle them about, round about their cities and the borders of their lands; yea, all round about the land.

3 Ne. 7:14
And it came to pass in the thirty and first year that they were divided into tribes, every man according to his family, kindred and friends; nevertheless they had come to an agreement that they would not go to war one with another; but they were not united as to their laws, and their manner of government, for they were established according to the minds of those who were their chiefs and their leaders. But they did establish very strict laws that one tribe should not trespass against another, insomuch that in some degree they had peace in the land; nevertheless, their hearts were turned from the Lord their God, and they did stone the prophets and did cast them out from among them.

3 Ne. 14:9
Or what man is there of you, who, if his son ask bread, will give him a stone?