Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'spear' occurs 46 times in the standard works.

20 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'spear' in the standard works and contain 43.5% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 9 minutes to read the entire list.

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2 Sam. 23:18-21 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Chr. 11:20-23 (4 in 4 verses)

Josh. 8:18 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 17:7 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 2:23 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 26:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 26:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 23:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 45 17 62
NT 1 1 2
BM 0 2 2
DC 0 0 0
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 46 20 66

1 Sam. 13:19
Now there was no smith found throughout all the land of Israel: for the Philistines said, Lest the Hebrews make them swords or spears:

2 Kgs. 11:10
And to the captains over hundreds did the priest give king David's spears and shields, that were in the temple of the Lord.

2 Chr. 11:12
And in every several city he put shields and spears, and made them exceeding strong, having Judah and Benjamin on his side.

2 Chr. 14:8
And Asa had an army of men that bare targets and spears, out of Judah three hundred thousand; and out of Benjamin, that bare shields and drew bows, two hundred and fourscore thousand: all these were mighty men of valour.

2 Chr. 23:9
Moreover Jehoiada the priest delivered to the captains of hundreds spears, and bucklers, and shields, that had been king David's, which were in the house of God.

2 Chr. 26:14
And Uzziah prepared for them throughout all the host shields, and spears, and helmets, and habergeons, and bows, and slings to cast stones.

Neh. 4:13
Therefore set I in the lower places behind the wall, and on the higher places, I even set the people after their families with their swords, their spears, and their bows.

Neh. 4:16
And it came to pass from that time forth, that the half of my servants wrought in the work, and the other half of them held both the spears, the shields, and the bows, and the habergeons; and the rulers were behind all the house of Judah.

Neh. 4:21
So we laboured in the work: and half of them held the spears from the rising of the morning till the stars appeared.

Job 41:7
Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons? or his head with fish spears?

Ps. 57:4
My soul is among lions: and I lie even among them that are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.

Ps. 68:30
Rebuke the company of spearmen, the multitude of the bulls, with the calves of the people, till every one submit himself with pieces of silver: scatter thou the people that delight in war.

Isa. 2:4
And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.

Jer. 46:4
Harness the horses; and get up, ye horsemen, and stand forth with your helmets; furbish the spears, and put on the brigandines.

Ezek. 39:9
And they that dwell in the cities of Israel shall go forth, and shall set on fire and burn the weapons, both the shields and the bucklers, the bows and the arrows, and the handstaves, and the spears, and they shall burn them with fire seven years:

Joel 3:10
Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruninghooks into spears: let the weak say, I am strong.

Micah 4:3
And he shall judge among many people, and rebuke strong nations afar off; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up a sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.

Acts 23:23
And he called unto him two centurions, saying, Make ready two hundred soldiers to go to Caesarea, and horsemen threescore and ten, and spearmen two hundred, at the third hour of the night;

2 Ne. 12:4
And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plow-shares, and their spears into pruning-hooks-- nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.

Alma 17:7
Nevertheless they departed out of the land of Zarahemla, and took their swords, and their spears, and their bows, and their arrows, and their slings; and this they did that they might provide food for themselves while in the wilderness.