Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'burned' occurs 124 times in the standard works.

22 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'burned' in the standard works and contain 17.7% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 9 minutes to read the entire list.

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Hel. 5:23-24 (4 in 2 verses)

 5:23 And it came to pass that Nephi and Lehi were encircled about as if by fire, even insomuch that they durst not lay their hands upon them for fear lest they should be burned. Nevertheless, Nephi and Lehi were not burned; and they were as standing in the midst of fire and were not burned.

 5:24 And when they saw that they were encircled about with a pillar of fire, and that it burned them not, their hearts did take courage.




2 Kgs. 23:15-16 (3 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 9:9-10 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 23:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

Jer. 36:27-29 (3 in 3 verses)

Jer. 52:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Prov. 6:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 15:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 85 0 85
NT 13 0 13
BM 20 0 20
1 Ne. 2 0 2
Jacob 4 0 4
Alma 1 0 1
Hel. 4 0 4
3 Ne. 7 0 7
4 Ne. 1 0 1
Morm. 1 0 1
DC 6 0 6
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 124 0 124

Hel. 5:23
And it came to pass that Nephi and Lehi were encircled about as if by fire, even insomuch that they durst not lay their hands upon them for fear lest they should be burned. Nevertheless, Nephi and Lehi were not burned; and they were as standing in the midst of fire and were not burned.

Hel. 5:24
And when they saw that they were encircled about with a pillar of fire, and that it burned them not, their hearts did take courage.