Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'tread' occurs 40 times in the standard works.

4 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'tread' in the standard works and contain 10% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 2 minutes to read the entire list.

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Deut. 11:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 16:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 31 13 44
NT 2 3 5
BM 6 3 9
2 Ne. 2 1 3
3 Ne. 3 2 5
Morm. 1 0 1
DC 1 1 2
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 40 20 60

2 Ne. 17:25
And all hills that shall be digged with the mattock, there shall not come thither the fear of briers and thorns; but it shall be for the sending forth of oxen, and the treading of lesser cattle.

2 Ne. 20:6
I will send him against a hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.

2 Ne. 24:25
That I will bring the Assyrian in my land, and upon my mountains tread him under foot; then shall his yoke depart from off them, and his burden depart from off their shoulders.

3 Ne. 16:14
And I will not suffer my people, who are of the house of Israel, to go through among them, and tread them down, saith the Father.

3 Ne. 16:15
But if they will not turn unto me, and hearken unto my voice, I will suffer them, yea, I will suffer my people, O house of Israel, that they shall go through among them, and shall tread them down, and they shall be as salt that hath lost its savor, which is thenceforth good for nothing but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of my people, O house of Israel.

3 Ne. 20:16
Then shall ye, who are a remnant of the house of Jacob, go forth among them; and ye shall be in the midst of them who shall be many; and ye shall be among them as a lion among the beasts of the forest, and as a young lion among the flocks of sheep, who, if he goeth through both treadeth down and teareth in pieces, and none can deliver.

3 Ne. 21:12
And my people who are a remnant of Jacob shall be among the Gentiles, yea, in the midst of them as a lion among the beasts of the forest, as a young lion among the flocks of sheep, who, if he go through both treadeth down and teareth in pieces, and none can deliver.

3 Ne. 25:3
And ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I shall do this, saith the Lord of Hosts.

Morm. 5:6
And it came to pass that in the three hundred and eightieth year the Lamanites did come again against us to battle, and we did stand against them boldly; but it was all in vain, for so great were their numbers that they did tread the people of the Nephites under their feet.