Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'sheep' occurs 218 times in the standard works.

73 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'sheep' in the standard works and contain 33.5% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 35 minutes to read the entire list.

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John 10:2-16 (15 in 15 verses)

 10:2 But he that entereth in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.

 10:3 To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice: and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out.

 10:4 And when he putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice.

 10:5 And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him: for they know not the voice of strangers.

 10:6 This parable spake Jesus unto them: but they understood not what things they were which he spake unto them.

 10:7 Then said Jesus unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep.

 10:8 All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them.

 10:9 I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.

 10:10 The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.

 10:11 I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.

 10:12 But he that is an hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth: and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep.

 10:13 The hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, and careth not for the sheep.

 10:14 I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine.

 10:15 As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep.

 10:16 And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd.





Gen. 29:6-10 (5 in 5 verses)

 29:6 And he said unto them, Is he well? And they said, He is well: and, behold, Rachel his daughter cometh with the sheep.

 29:7 And he said, Lo, it is yet high day, neither is it time that the cattle should be gathered together: water ye the sheep, and go and feed them.

 29:8 And they said, We cannot, until all the flocks be gathered together, and till they roll the stone from the well's mouth; then we water the sheep.

 29:9 And while he yet spake with them, Rachel came with her father's sheep: for she kept them.

 29:10 And it came to pass, when Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban his mother's brother, and the sheep of Laban his mother's brother, that Jacob went near, and rolled the stone from the well's mouth, and watered the flock of Laban his mother's brother.





Ex. 22:1-4 (4 in 4 verses)

 22:1 If a man shall steal an ox, or a sheep, and kill it, or sell it; he shall restore five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep.

 22:2 If a thief be found breaking up, and be smitten that he die, there shall no blood be shed for him.

 22:3 If the sun be risen upon him, there shall be blood shed for him; for he should make full restitution; if he have nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft.

 22:4 If the theft be certainly found in his hand alive, whether it be ox, or ass, or sheep; he shall restore double.





Ezek. 34:11-12 (3 in 2 verses)

 34:11 For thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I, even I, will both search my sheep, and seek them out.

 34:12 As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered; so will I seek out my sheep, and will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day.





1 Sam. 25:2-4 (3 in 3 verses)

 25:2 And there was a man in Maon, whose possessions were in Carmel; and the man was very great, and he had three thousand sheep, and a thousand goats: and he was shearing his sheep in Carmel.

 25:3 Now the name of the man was Nabal; and the name of his wife Abigail: and she was a woman of good understanding, and of a beautiful countenance: but the man was churlish and evil in his doings; and he was of the house of Caleb.

 25:4 And David heard in the wilderness that Nabal did shear his sheep.





Alma 5:37-39 (3 in 3 verses)

 5:37 O ye workers of iniquity; ye that are puffed up in the vain things of the world, ye that have professed to have known the ways of righteousness nevertheless have gone astray, as sheep having no shepherd, notwithstanding a shepherd hath called after you and is still calling after you, but ye will not hearken unto his voice!

 5:38 Behold, I say unto you, that the good shepherd doth call you; yea, and in his own name he doth call you, which is the name of Christ; and if ye will not hearken unto the voice of the good shepherd, to the name by which ye are called, behold, ye are not the sheep of the good shepherd.

 5:39 And now if ye are not the sheep of the good shepherd, of what fold are ye? Behold, I say unto you, that the devil is your shepherd, and ye are of his fold; and now, who can deny this? Behold, I say unto you, whosoever denieth this is a liar and a child of the devil.





2 Chr. 30:24 (2 in 1 verse)

 30:24 For Hezekiah king of Judah did give to the congregation a thousand bullocks and seven thousand sheep; and the princes gave to the congregation a thousand bullocks and ten thousand sheep: and a great number of priests sanctified themselves.





1 Ne. 22:25 (2 in 1 verse)

 22:25 And he gathereth his children from the four quarters of the earth; and he numbereth his sheep, and they know him; and there shall be one fold and one shepherd; and he shall feed his sheep, and in him they shall find pasture.





Gen. 29:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

 29:2 And he looked, and behold a well in the field, and, lo, there were three flocks of sheep lying by it; for out of that well they watered the flocks: and a great stone was upon the well's mouth.

 29:3 And thither were all the flocks gathered: and they rolled the stone from the well's mouth, and watered the sheep, and put the stone again upon the well's mouth in his place.





Gen. 30:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

 30:32 I will pass through all thy flock to day, removing from thence all the speckled and spotted cattle, and all the brown cattle among the sheep, and the spotted and speckled among the goats: and of such shall be my hire.

 30:33 So shall my righteousness answer for me in time to come, when it shall come for my hire before thy face: every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats, and brown among the sheep, that shall be counted stolen with me.





Ex. 22:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

 22:9 For all manner of trespass, whether it be for ox, for ass, for sheep, for raiment, or for any manner of lost thing, which another challengeth to be his, the cause of both parties shall come before the judges; and whom the judges shall condemn, he shall pay double unto his neighbour.

 22:10 If a man deliver unto his neighbour an ass, or an ox, or a sheep, or any beast, to keep; and it die, or be hurt, or driven away, no man seeing it:





Num. 31:36-37 (2 in 2 verses)

 31:36 And the half, which was the portion of them that went out to war, was in number three hundred thousand and seven and thirty thousand and five hundred sheep:

 31:37 And the Lord's tribute of the sheep was six hundred and threescore and fifteen.





Deut. 18:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

 18:3 And this shall be the priest's due from the people, from them that offer a sacrifice, whether it be ox or sheep; and they shall give unto the priest the shoulder, and the two cheeks, and the maw.

 18:4 The firstfruit also of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil, and the first of the fleece of thy sheep, shalt thou give him.





1 Sam. 15:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

 15:14 And Samuel said, What meaneth then this bleating of the sheep in mine ears, and the lowing of the oxen which I hear?

 15:15 And Saul said, They have brought them from the Amalekites: for the people spared the best of the sheep and of the oxen, to sacrifice unto the Lord thy God; and the rest we have utterly destroyed.





Isa. 53:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

 53:6 All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.

 53:7 He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth.





Matt. 12:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

 12:11 And he said unto them, What man shall there be among you, that shall have one sheep, and if it fall into a pit on the sabbath day, will he not lay hold on it, and lift it out?

 12:12 How much then is a man better than a sheep? Wherefore it is lawful to do well on the sabbath days.





Matt. 18:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

 18:12 How think ye? if a man have an hundred sheep, and one of them be gone astray, doth he not leave the ninety and nine, and goeth into the mountains, and seeketh that which is gone astray?

 18:13 And if so be that he find it, verily I say unto you, he rejoiceth more of that sheep, than of the ninety and nine which went not astray.





Matt. 25:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

 25:32 And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats:

 25:33 And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.





John 2:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

 2:14 And found in the temple those that sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the changers of money sitting:

 2:15 And when he had made a scourge of small cords, he drove them all out of the temple, and the sheep, and the oxen; and poured out the changers' money, and overthrew the tables;





John 10:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

 10:26 But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep, as I said unto you.

 10:27 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:





John 21:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

 21:16 He saith to him again the second time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my sheep.

 21:17 He saith unto him the third time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? Peter was grieved because he said unto him the third time, Lovest thou me? And he said unto him, Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus saith unto him, Feed my sheep.





Mosiah 14:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

 14:6 All we, like sheep, have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquities of us all.

 14:7 He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth; he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb so he opened not his mouth.





Mosiah 26:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

 26:20 Thou art my servant; and I covenant with thee that thou shalt have eternal life; and thou shalt serve me and go forth in my name, and shalt gather together my sheep.

 26:21 And he that will hear my voice shall be my sheep; and him shall ye receive into the church, and him will I also receive.





Alma 5:59-60 (2 in 2 verses)

 5:59 For what shepherd is there among you having many sheep doth not watch over them, that the wolves enter not and devour his flock? And behold, if a wolf enter his flock doth he not drive him out? Yea, and at the last, if he can, he will destroy him.

 5:60 And now I say unto you that the good shepherd doth call after you; and if you will hearken unto his voice he will bring you into his fold, and ye are his sheep; and he commandeth you that ye suffer no ravenous wolf to enter among you, that ye may not be destroyed.





3 Ne. 15:24-16:1 (2 in 2 verses)

 15:24 But behold, ye have both heard my voice, and seen me; and ye are my sheep, and ye are numbered among those whom the Father hath given me.

 16:1 And verily, verily, I say unto you that I have other sheep, which are not of this land, neither of the land of Jerusalem, neither in any parts of that land round about whither I have been to minister.





D&C 10:59-60 (2 in 2 verses)

 10:59 I am he who said-- Other sheep have I which are not of this fold-- unto my disciples, and many there were that understood me not.

 10:60 And I will show unto this people that I had other sheep, and that they were a branch of the house of Jacob;




Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 145 10 155
NT 43 2 45
BM 26 0 26
1 Ne. 2 0 2
2 Ne. 2 0 2
Mosiah 5 0 5
Alma 6 0 6
Hel. 1 0 1
3 Ne. 9 0 9
Ether 1 0 1
DC 3 0 3
PGP 1 0 1
TOTAL 218 12 230

Mosiah 14:6
All we, like sheep, have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquities of us all.

Mosiah 14:7
He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth; he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb so he opened not his mouth.

Mosiah 15:6
And after all this, after working many mighty miracles among the children of men, he shall be led, yea, even as Isaiah said, as a sheep before the shearer is dumb, so he opened not his mouth.

Mosiah 26:20
Thou art my servant; and I covenant with thee that thou shalt have eternal life; and thou shalt serve me and go forth in my name, and shalt gather together my sheep.

Mosiah 26:21
And he that will hear my voice shall be my sheep; and him shall ye receive into the church, and him will I also receive.