Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'heads' occurs 177 times in the standard works.

38 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'heads' in the standard works and contain 21.5% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 16 minutes to read the entire list.

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2 Kgs. 10:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 44:18-20 (3 in 3 verses)

Rev. 9:17-19 (3 in 3 verses)

Rev. 13:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

Josh. 21:1 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 5:24 (2 in 1 verse)

Lam. 2:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 1:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Rev. 12:3 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 22:13 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 20:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 74:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 14:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 1:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)


Mosiah 7:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

 7:18 And it came to pass that when they had gathered themselves together that he spake unto them in this wise, saying: O ye, my people, lift up your heads and be comforted; for behold, the time is at hand, or is not far distant, when we shall no longer be in subjection to our enemies, notwithstanding our many strugglings, which have been in vain; yet I trust there remaineth an effectual struggle to be made.

 7:19 Therefore, lift up your heads, and rejoice, and put your trust in God, in that God who was the God of Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob; and also, that God who brought the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt, and caused that they should walk through the Red Sea on dry ground, and fed them with manna that they might not perish in the wilderness; and many more things did he do for them.




Mosiah 29:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 3:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 91 3 94
NT 19 6 25
BM 37 3 40
1 Ne. 2 0 2
2 Ne. 6 0 6
Jacob 5 0 5
Enos 2 0 2
Mosiah 6 0 6
Alma 10 3 13
3 Ne. 4 0 4
Morm. 1 0 1
Ether 1 0 1
DC 24 2 26
PGP 6 0 6
TOTAL 177 14 191

Mosiah 7:18
And it came to pass that when they had gathered themselves together that he spake unto them in this wise, saying: O ye, my people, lift up your heads and be comforted; for behold, the time is at hand, or is not far distant, when we shall no longer be in subjection to our enemies, notwithstanding our many strugglings, which have been in vain; yet I trust there remaineth an effectual struggle to be made.

Mosiah 7:19
Therefore, lift up your heads, and rejoice, and put your trust in God, in that God who was the God of Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob; and also, that God who brought the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt, and caused that they should walk through the Red Sea on dry ground, and fed them with manna that they might not perish in the wilderness; and many more things did he do for them.

Mosiah 10:8
And it came to pass that they came up upon the north of the land of Shilom, with their numerous hosts, men armed with bows, and with arrows, and with swords, and with cimeters, and with stones, and with slings; and they had their heads shaved that they were naked; and they were girded with a leathern girdle about their loins.

Mosiah 24:13
And it came to pass that the voice of the Lord came to them in their afflictions, saying: Lift up your heads and be of good comfort, for I know of the covenant which ye have made unto me; and I will covenant with my people and deliver them out of bondage.

Mosiah 29:30
And I command you to do these things in the fear of the Lord; and I command you to do these things, and that ye have no king; that if these people commit sins and iniquities they shall be answered upon their own heads.

Mosiah 29:31
For behold I say unto you, the sins of many people have been caused by the iniquities of their kings; therefore their iniquities are answered upon the heads of their kings.