Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'buried' occurs 128 times in the standard works.

23 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'buried' in the standard works and contain 18% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 9 minutes to read the entire list.

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Gen. 49:31 (3 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 13:31 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 24:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 24:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 25:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 50:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 24:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 2:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 5:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)


Alma 30:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

 30:1 Behold, now it came to pass that after the people of Ammon were established in the land of Jershon, yea, and also after the Lamanites were driven out of the land, and their dead were buried by the people of the land--

 30:2 Now their dead were not numbered because of the greatness of their numbers; neither were the dead of the Nephites numbered-- but it came to pass after they had buried their dead, and also after the days of fasting, and mourning, and prayer, (and it was in the sixteenth year of the reign of the judges over the people of Nephi) there began to be continual peace throughout all the land.




Ether 6:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 97 0 97
NT 9 0 9
BM 21 0 21
1 Ne. 2 0 2
2 Ne. 1 0 1
Mosiah 1 0 1
Alma 9 0 9
Hel. 2 0 2
3 Ne. 4 0 4
Ether 2 0 2
DC 1 0 1
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 128 0 128

Alma 3:1
And it came to pass that the Nephites who were not slain by the weapons of war, after having buried those who had been slain-- now the number of the slain were not numbered, because of the greatness of their number-- after they had finished burying their dead they all returned to their lands, and to their houses, and their wives, and their children.

Alma 24:19
And thus we see that, when these Lamanites were brought to believe and to know the truth, they were firm, and would suffer even unto death rather than commit sin; and thus we see that they buried their weapons of peace, or they buried the weapons of war, for peace.

Alma 26:32
For behold, they had rather sacrifice their lives than even to take the life of their enemy; and they have buried their weapons of war deep in the earth, because of their love towards their brethren.

Alma 30:1
Behold, now it came to pass that after the people of Ammon were established in the land of Jershon, yea, and also after the Lamanites were driven out of the land, and their dead were buried by the people of the land--

Alma 30:2
Now their dead were not numbered because of the greatness of their numbers; neither were the dead of the Nephites numbered-- but it came to pass after they had buried their dead, and also after the days of fasting, and mourning, and prayer, (and it was in the sixteenth year of the reign of the judges over the people of Nephi) there began to be continual peace throughout all the land.

Alma 44:22
And it came to pass that they did cast their dead into the waters of Sidon, and they have gone forth and are buried in the depths of the sea.

Alma 45:19
Behold, this we know, that he was a righteous man; and the saying went abroad in the church that he was taken up by the Spirit, or buried by the hand of the Lord, even as Moses. But behold, the scriptures saith the Lord took Moses unto himself; and we suppose that he has also received Alma in the spirit, unto himself; therefore, for this cause we know nothing concerning his death and burial.

Alma 57:28
And now it came to pass that after we had thus taken care of our wounded men, and had buried our dead and also the dead of the Lamanites, who were many, behold, we did inquire of Gid concerning the prisoners whom they had started to go down to the land of Zarahemla with.