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)

 8:19 And he said, They were my brethren, even the sons of my mother: as the Lord liveth, if ye had saved them alive, I would not slay you.

 8:20 And he said unto Jether his firstborn, Up, and slay them. But the youth drew not his sword: for he feared, because he was yet a youth.




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
Gen. 12 1 13
Ex. 8 0 8
Lev. 4 0 4
Num. 5 8 13
Deut. 3 5 8
Josh. 1 10 11
Judg. 3 1 4
1 Sam. 11 0 11
2 Sam. 3 0 3
1 Kgs. 11 1 12
2 Kgs. 3 0 3
2 Chr. 2 0 2
Neh. 3 0 3
Esth. 1 0 1
Job 3 1 4
Ps. 7 0 7
Prov. 1 0 1
Isa. 4 2 6
Jer. 10 0 10
Ezek. 7 4 11
Dan. 1 0 1
Hosea 2 0 2
Amos 3 0 3
Hab. 1 0 1
Zech. 1 0 1
NT 7 1 8
BM 108 8 116
DC 3 0 3
PGP 3 1 4
TOTAL 231 43 274

Judg. 8:19
And he said, They were my brethren, even the sons of my mother: as the Lord liveth, if ye had saved them alive, I would not slay you.

Judg. 8:20
And he said unto Jether his firstborn, Up, and slay them. But the youth drew not his sword: for he feared, because he was yet a youth.

Judg. 9:54
Then he called hastily unto the young man his armourbearer, and said unto him, Draw thy sword, and slay me, that men say not of me, A woman slew him. And his young man thrust him through, and he died.

Judg. 9:56
Thus God rendered the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did unto his father, in slaying his seventy brethren: