Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'lilies' occurs 12 times in the standard works.

2 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'lilies' in the standard works and contain 16.7% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 1 minutes to read the entire list.

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Song. 6:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

 6:2 My beloved is gone down into his garden, to the beds of spices, to feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies.

 6:3 I am my beloved's, and my beloved is mine: he feedeth among the lilies.




Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 8 0 8
NT 2 0 2
BM 1 0 1
DC 1 0 1
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 12 0 12

1 Kgs. 7:26
And it was an hand breadth thick, and the brim thereof was wrought like the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies: it contained two thousand baths.

2 Chr. 4:5
And the thickness of it was an handbreadth, and the brim of it like the work of the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies; and it received and held three thousand baths.

Song. 2:16
My beloved is mine, and I am his: he feedeth among the lilies.

Song. 4:5
Thy two breasts are like two young roes that are twins, which feed among the lilies.

Song. 5:13
His cheeks are as a bed of spices, as sweet flowers: his lips like lilies, dropping sweet smelling myrrh.

Song. 6:2
My beloved is gone down into his garden, to the beds of spices, to feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies.

Song. 6:3
I am my beloved's, and my beloved is mine: he feedeth among the lilies.

Song. 7:2
Thy navel is like a round goblet, which wanteth not liquor: thy belly is like an heap of wheat set about with lilies.

Matt. 6:28
And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:

Luke 12:27
Consider the lilies how they grow: they toil not, they spin not; and yet I say unto you, that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.

3 Ne. 13:28
And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin;

D&C 84:82
For, consider the lilies of the field, how they grow, they toil not, neither do they spin; and the kingdoms of the world, in all their glory, are not arrayed like one of these.