Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'ass' occurs 95 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 'ass' in the standard works and contain 42.1% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 17 minutes to read the entire list.

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Num. 22:21-33 (14 in 13 verses)

1 Kgs. 13:27-29 (4 in 3 verses)

Judg. 15:15-16 (3 in 2 verses)

Matt. 21:5-7 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Kgs. 13:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Job 39:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Zech. 9:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 22:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 23:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 22:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 13:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

John 12:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 81 1852 1933
NT 9 304 313
BM 5 1779 1784
1 Ne. 1 234 235
2 Ne. 0 102 102
Jacob 0 54 54
Enos 0 8 8
Jarom 0 7 7
Omni 0 17 17
W of M 0 7 7
Mosiah 4 203 207
Alma 0 496 496
Hel. 0 142 142
3 Ne. 0 193 193
4 Ne. 0 41 41
Morm. 0 83 83
Ether 0 189 189
Moro. 0 3 3
DC 0 205 205
PGP 0 90 90
TOTAL 95 4230 4325

1 Ne. 18:25
And it came to pass that we did find upon the land of promise, as we journeyed in the wilderness, that there were beasts in the forests of every kind, both the cow and the ox, and the ass=hlgree>ass and the horse, and the goat and the wild goat, and all manner of wild animals, which were for the use of men. And we did find all manner of ore, both of gold, and of silver, and of copper.

Mosiah 5:14
And again, doth a man take an ass=hlgree>ass which belongeth to his neighbor, and keep him? I say unto you, Nay; he will not even suffer that he shall feed among his flocks, but will drive him away, and cast him out. I say unto you, that even so shall it be among you if ye know not the name by which ye are called.

Mosiah 12:5
Yea, and I will cause that they shall have burdens lashed upon their backs; and they shall be driven before like a dumb ass=hlgree>ass.

Mosiah 13:24
Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife, nor his man-servant, nor his maid-servant, nor his ox, nor his ass=hlgree>ass, nor anything that is thy neighbor's.

Mosiah 21:3
Now they durst not slay them, because of the oath which their king had made unto Limhi; but they would smite them on their cheeks, and exercise authority over them; and began to put heavy burdens upon their backs, and drive them as they would a dumb ass=hlgree>ass--