Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'smite' occurs 191 times in the standard works.

46 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'smite' in the standard works and contain 24.1% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 19 minutes to read the entire list.

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2 Kgs. 6:18-22 (5 in 5 verses)

Alma 43:44 (3 in 1 verse)

Num. 35:16-18 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Sam. 26:8-10 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Kgs. 20:35-37 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Kgs. 13:17-19 (3 in 3 verses)

Ex. 12:23 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 23:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 19:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Zech. 12:4 (2 in 1 verse)

4 Ne. 1:34 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 109:28 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 12:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 21:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 28:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 21:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 23:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 3:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 98:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 115 14 129
NT 10 2 12
BM 54 3 57
1 Ne. 7 0 7
2 Ne. 11 2 13
Jacob 2 0 2
Mosiah 4 0 4
Alma 15 0 15
Hel. 5 0 5
3 Ne. 3 0 3
4 Ne. 2 0 2
Morm. 1 1 2
Ether 3 0 3
Moro. 1 0 1
DC 10 0 10
PGP 2 0 2
TOTAL 191 19 210

1 Ne. 3:28
And it came to pass that Laman was angry with me, and also with my father; and also was Lemuel, for he hearkened unto the words of Laman. Wherefore Laman and Lemuel did speak many hard words unto us, their younger brothers, and they did smite us even with a rod.

1 Ne. 3:29
And it came to pass as they smote us with a rod, behold, an angel of the Lord came and stood before them, and he spake unto them, saying: Why do ye smite your younger brother with a rod? Know ye not that the Lord hath chosen him to be a ruler over you, and this because of your iniquities? Behold ye shall go up to Jerusalem again, and the Lord will deliver Laban into your hands.

1 Ne. 17:11
And it came to pass that I, Nephi, did make a bellows wherewith to blow the fire, of the skins of beasts; and after I had made a bellows, that I might have wherewith to blow the fire, I did smite two stones together that I might make fire.

1 Ne. 17:48
And now it came to pass that when I had spoken these words they were angry with me, and were desirous to throw me into the depths of the sea; and as they came forth to lay their hands upon me I spake unto them, saying: In the name of the Almighty God, I command you that ye touch me not, for I am filled with the power of God, even unto the consuming of my flesh; and whoso shall lay his hands upon me shall wither even as a dried reed; and he shall be as naught before the power of God, for God shall smite him.

1 Ne. 18:10
And I, Nephi, began to fear exceedingly lest the Lord should be angry with us, and smite us because of our iniquity, that we should be swallowed up in the depths of the sea; wherefore, I, Nephi, began to speak to them with much soberness; but behold they were angry with me, saying: We will not that our younger brother shall be a ruler over us.

1 Ne. 19:9
And the world, because of their iniquity, shall judge him to be a thing of naught; wherefore they scourge him, and he suffereth it; and they smite him, and he suffereth it. Yea, they spit upon him, and he suffereth it, because of his loving kindness and his long-suffering towards the children of men.

1 Ne. 21:10
They shall not hunger nor thirst, neither shall the heat nor the sun smite them; for he that hath mercy on them shall lead them, even by the springs of water shall he guide them.