Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'break' occurs 181 times in the standard works.

33 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'break' in the standard works and contain 18.2% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 12 minutes to read the entire list.

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Jer. 51:20-23 (9 in 4 verses)

Ex. 19:21-24 (4 in 4 verses)

Ps. 58:6 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 16:18 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 58:21 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 109:33 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 19:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 16:38-39 (2 in 2 verses)

Hosea 10:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 6:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 56:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 13:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 130 34 164
Gen. 2 2 4
Ex. 12 3 15
Lev. 7 0 7
Num. 3 0 3
Deut. 4 0 4
Judg. 2 0 2
1 Sam. 1 0 1
2 Sam. 1 0 1
1 Kgs. 1 0 1
2 Kgs. 2 0 2
1 Chr. 0 1 1
2 Chr. 1 0 1
Ezra 1 0 1
Neh. 1 0 1
Job 4 6 10
Ps. 11 6 17
Prov. 0 1 1
Eccl. 1 1 2
Song. 2 0 2
Isa. 18 4 22
Jer. 24 2 26
Lam. 0 1 1
Ezek. 15 3 18
Dan. 4 2 6
Hosea 6 1 7
Joel 1 0 1
Amos 2 0 2
Micah 1 1 2
Nahum 1 0 1
Zech. 2 0 2
NT 10 7 17
BM 26 4 30
DC 15 4 19
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 181 49 230

Ps. 2:3
Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.

Ps. 2:9
Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.

Ps. 10:15
Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil man: seek out his wickedness till thou find none.

Ps. 29:5
The voice of the Lord breaketh the cedars; yea, the Lord breaketh the cedars of Lebanon.

Ps. 46:9
He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth; he breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder; he burneth the chariot in the fire.

Ps. 48:7
Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish with an east wind.

Ps. 58:6
Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the great teeth of the young lions, O Lord.

Ps. 72:4
He shall judge the poor of the people, he shall save the children of the needy, and shall break in pieces the oppressor.

Ps. 74:6
But now they break down the carved work thereof at once with axes and hammers.

Ps. 89:31
If they break my statutes, and keep not my commandments;

Ps. 89:34
My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.

Ps. 94:5
They break in pieces thy people, O Lord, and afflict thine heritage.

Ps. 119:20
My soul breaketh for the longing that it hath unto thy judgments at all times.

Ps. 141:5
Let the righteous smite me; it shall be a kindness: and let him reprove me; it shall be an excellent oil, which shall not break my head: for yet my prayer also shall be in their calamities.

Ps. 144:14
That our oxen may be strong to labour; that there be no breaking in, nor going out; that there be no complaining in our streets.