Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'slay' occurs 231 times in the standard works.

40 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'slay' in the standard works and contain 17.3% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 17 minutes to read the entire list.

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Alma 20:17-21 (5 in 5 verses)

Jer. 40:14-15 (3 in 2 verses)

Num. 35:19-21 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 22:19-21 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Kgs. 19:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Neh. 6:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 9:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 11:28 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 44:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 8:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 8:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 5:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 3:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 20:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 17:35-36 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 20:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 24:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 110 33 143
NT 7 1 8
BM 108 8 116
DC 3 0 3
PGP 3 1 4
Moses 2 1 3
Abr. 1 0 1
TOTAL 231 43 274

Moses 5:39
Behold thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the Lord, and from thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth; and it shall come to pass, that he that findeth me will slay me, because of mine iniquities, for these things are not hid from the Lord.

Moses 7:7
And the Lord said unto me: Prophesy; and I prophesied, saying: Behold the people of Canaan, which are numerous, shall go forth in battle array against the people of Shum, and shall slay them that they shall utterly be destroyed; and the people of Canaan shall divide themselves in the land, and the land shall be barren and unfruitful, and none other people shall dwell there but the people of Canaan;

Abr. 1:12
And it came to pass that the priests laid violence upon me, that they might slay me also, as they did those virgins upon this altar; and that you may have a knowledge of this altar, I will refer you to the representation at the commencement of this record.