Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'wars' occurs 91 times in the standard works.

37 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'wars' in the standard works and contain 40.7% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 10 minutes to read the entire list.

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1 Ne. 12:21 (4 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 14:15-16 (4 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 12:2-3 (3 in 2 verses)

Matt. 24:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Mark 13:7 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 9:4 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 25:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 28:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Morm. 8:30 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 38:29 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 45:26 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 45:63 (2 in 1 verse)

JS-M 1:23 (2 in 1 verse)

JS-M 1:28 (2 in 1 verse)

Enos 1:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Jarom 1:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 9 0 9
NT 6 0 6
BM 61 0 61
1 Ne. 14 0 14
2 Ne. 4 0 4
Jacob 3 0 3
Enos 2 0 2
Jarom 2 0 2
Omni 1 0 1
Mosiah 4 0 4
Alma 17 0 17
Hel. 6 0 6
3 Ne. 2 0 2
Morm. 2 0 2
Ether 3 0 3
Moro. 1 0 1
DC 9 1 10
PGP 6 0 6
TOTAL 91 1 92

Hel. 3:14
But behold, a hundredth part of the proceedings of this people, yea, the account of the Lamanites and of the Nephites, and their wars, and contentions, and dissensions, and their preaching, and their prophecies, and their shipping and their building of ships, and their building of temples, and of synagogues and their sanctuaries, and their righteousness, and their wickedness, and their murders, and their robbings, and their plundering, and all manner of abominations and whoredoms, cannot be contained in this work.

Hel. 3:17
And now I return again to mine account; therefore, what I have spoken had passed after there had been great contentions, and disturbances, and wars, and dissensions, among the people of Nephi.

Hel. 3:22
And it came to pass that the wars and contentions began to cease, in a small degree, among the people of the Nephites, in the latter end of the forty and eighth year of the reign of the judges over the people of Nephi.

Hel. 6:17
For behold, the Lord had blessed them so long with the riches of the world that they had not been stirred up to anger, to wars, nor to bloodshed; therefore they began to set their hearts upon their riches; yea, they began to seek to get gain that they might be lifted up one above another; therefore they began to commit secret murders, and to rob and to plunder, that they might get gain.

Hel. 11:1
And now it came to pass in the seventy and second year of the reign of the judges that the contentions did increase, insomuch that there were wars throughout all the land among all the people of Nephi.

Hel. 12:2
Yea, and we may see at the very time when he doth prosper his people, yea, in the increase of their fields, their flocks and their herds, and in gold, and in silver, and in all manner of precious things of every kind and art; sparing their lives, and delivering them out of the hands of their enemies; softening the hearts of their enemies that they should not declare wars against them; yea, and in fine, doing all things for the welfare and happiness of his people; yea, then is the time that they do harden their hearts, and do forget the Lord their God, and do trample under their feet the Holy One-- yea, and this because of their ease, and their exceedingly great prosperity.