Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'sword' occurs 558 times in the standard works.

200 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'sword' in the standard works and contain 35.8% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 80 minutes to read the entire list.

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Ezek. 32:20-32 (13 in 13 verses)

Ezek. 21:9-15 (9 in 7 verses)

Jer. 50:35-37 (5 in 3 verses)

Jer. 14:12-16 (5 in 5 verses)

Ezek. 33:2-6 (5 in 5 verses)

Matt. 26:51-52 (4 in 2 verses)

Alma 17:37-39 (4 in 3 verses)

Alma 19:22-24 (4 in 3 verses)

Ether 15:28-30 (4 in 3 verses)

Alma 24:21-24 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 44:10-13 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 44:12-15 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Sam. 25:13 (3 in 1 verse)

Isa. 31:8 (3 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 21:8-9 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 31:4-5 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 12:9-10 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 10:4-5 (3 in 2 verses)

Jer. 15:2-3 (3 in 2 verses)

Jer. 44:12-13 (3 in 2 verses)

Lev. 26:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

Josh. 11:10-12 (3 in 3 verses)

Jer. 21:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 11:8-10 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 21:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 30:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 60:28-30 (3 in 3 verses)

Deut. 13:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 8:24 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 22:19 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 3:24 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 19:17 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 21:5 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 21:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Job 19:29 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 18:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 20:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 43:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 5:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 7:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 14:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 21:28 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 38:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Rev. 13:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Rev. 19:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 1:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 13:5 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 122:6 (2 in 1 verse)


Gen. 34:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

 34:25 And it came to pass on the third day, when they were sore, that two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brethren, took each man his sword, and came upon the city boldly, and slew all the males.

 34:26 And they slew Hamor and Shechem his son with the edge of the sword, and took Dinah out of Shechem's house, and went out.




Lev. 26:36-37 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 32:41-42 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 4:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 17:50-51 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 37:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 34:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 29:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 42:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 44:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 6:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 21:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 30:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 30:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 31:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 32:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 33:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

John 18:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 4:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 10:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 42:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 51:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 11:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 14:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 393 18 411
Gen. 6 0 6
Ex. 7 0 7
Lev. 7 0 7
Num. 9 0 9
Deut. 8 0 8
Josh. 18 0 18
Judg. 21 0 21
1 Sam. 23 1 24
2 Sam. 16 0 16
1 Kgs. 10 0 10
2 Kgs. 7 1 8
1 Chr. 11 0 11
2 Chr. 8 0 8
Ezra 1 0 1
Neh. 1 1 2
Esth. 1 0 1
Job 14 0 14
Ps. 18 2 20
Prov. 3 1 4
Song. 1 1 2
Isa. 20 2 22
Jer. 71 0 71
Lam. 4 0 4
Ezek. 82 7 89
Dan. 1 0 1
Hosea 5 0 5
Joel 1 1 2
Amos 8 0 8
Micah 3 1 4
Nahum 3 0 3
Zeph. 1 0 1
Hag. 1 0 1
Zech. 3 0 3
NT 31 6 37
BM 115 42 157
DC 17 0 17
PGP 2 0 2
TOTAL 558 66 624

Gen. 3:24
So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.

Gen. 27:40
And by thy sword shalt thou live, and shalt serve thy brother; and it shall come to pass when thou shalt have the dominion, that thou shalt break his yoke from off thy neck.

Gen. 31:26
And Laban said to Jacob, What hast thou done, that thou hast stolen away unawares to me, and carried away my daughters, as captives taken with the sword?

Gen. 34:25
And it came to pass on the third day, when they were sore, that two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brethren, took each man his sword, and came upon the city boldly, and slew all the males.

Gen. 34:26
And they slew Hamor and Shechem his son with the edge of the sword, and took Dinah out of Shechem's house, and went out.

Gen. 48:22
Moreover I have given to thee one portion above thy brethren, which I took out of the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my bow.