Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'waves' occurs 36 times in the standard works.

6 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'waves' in the standard works and contain 16.7% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 3 minutes to read the entire list.

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Ps. 93:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 2:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 6:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 20 0 20
NT 6 0 6
BM 8 0 8
1 Ne. 1 0 1
2 Ne. 1 0 1
Jacob 1 0 1
Morm. 1 0 1
Ether 4 0 4
DC 2 0 2
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 36 0 36

1 Ne. 20:18
O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments-- then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea.

2 Ne. 8:15
But I am the Lord thy God, whose waves roared; the Lord of Hosts is my name.

Jacob 4:6
Wherefore, we search the prophets, and we have many revelations and the spirit of prophecy; and having all these witnesses we obtain a hope, and our faith becometh unshaken, insomuch that we truly can command in the name of Jesus and the very trees obey us, or the mountains, or the waves of the sea.

Morm. 5:18
But now, behold, they are led about by Satan, even as chaff is driven before the wind, or as a vessel is tossed about upon the waves, without sail or anchor, or without anything wherewith to steer her; and even as she is, so are they.

Ether 2:24
For behold, ye shall be as a whale in the midst of the sea; for the mountain waves shall dash upon you. Nevertheless, I will bring you up again out of the depths of the sea; for the winds have gone forth out of my mouth, and also the rains and the floods have I sent forth.

Ether 2:25
And behold, I prepare you against these things; for ye cannot cross this great deep save I prepare you against the waves of the sea, and the winds which have gone forth, and the floods which shall come. Therefore what will ye that I should prepare for you that ye may have light when ye are swallowed up in the depths of the sea?

Ether 6:5
And it came to pass that the Lord God caused that there should be a furious wind blow upon the face of the waters, towards the promised land; and thus they were tossed upon the waves of the sea before the wind.

Ether 6:6
And it came to pass that they were many times buried in the depths of the sea, because of the mountain waves which broke upon them, and also the great and terrible tempests which were caused by the fierceness of the wind.