Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'heaps' occurs 24 times in the standard works.

6 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'heaps' in the standard works and contain 25% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 3 minutes to read the entire list.

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2 Chr. 31:6-9 (4 in 4 verses)

Judg. 15:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 20 0 20
NT 0 0 0
BM 4 0 4
Alma 2 0 2
Ether 2 0 2
DC 0 0 0
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 24 0 24

Alma 28:11
And the bodies of many thousands are laid low in the earth, while the bodies of many thousands are moldering in heaps upon the face of the earth; yea, and many thousands are mourning for the loss of their kindred, because they have reason to fear, according to the promises of the Lord, that they are consigned to a state of endless wo.

Alma 50:1
And now it came to pass that Moroni did not stop making preparations for war, or to defend his people against the Lamanites; for he caused that his armies should commence in the commencement of the twentieth year of the reign of the judges, that they should commence in digging up heaps of earth round about all the cities, throughout all the land which was possessed by the Nephites.

Ether 10:23
And they did work in all manner of ore, and they did make gold, and silver, and iron, and brass, and all manner of metals; and they did dig it out of the earth; wherefore, they did cast up mighty heaps of earth to get ore, of gold, and of silver, and of iron, and of copper. And they did work all manner of fine work.

Ether 11:6
And there was great calamity in all the land, for they had testified that a great curse should come upon the land, and also upon the people, and that there should be a great destruction among them, such an one as never had been upon the face of the earth, and their bones should become as heaps of earth upon the face of the land except they should repent of their wickedness.