Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'hosts' occurs 387 times in the standard works.

138 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'hosts' in the standard works and contain 35.7% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 64 minutes to read the entire list.

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Zech. 7:12-8:9 (12 in 12 verses)

Hag. 2:4-9 (6 in 6 verses)

Hag. 2:6-11 (6 in 6 verses)

Zech. 8:18-23 (6 in 6 verses)


Jacob 2:28-33 (6 in 6 verses)

 2:28 For I, the Lord God, delight in the chastity of women. And whoredoms are an abomination before me; thus saith the Lord of Hosts.

 2:29 Wherefore, this people shall keep my commandments, saith the Lord of Hosts, or cursed be the land for their sakes.

 2:30 For if I will, saith the Lord of Hosts, raise up seed unto me, I will command my people; otherwise they shall hearken unto these things.

 2:31 For behold, I, the Lord, have seen the sorrow, and heard the mourning of the daughters of my people in the land of Jerusalem, yea, and in all the lands of my people, because of the wickedness and abominations of their husbands.

 2:32 And I will not suffer, saith the Lord of Hosts, that the cries of the fair daughters of this people, which I have led out of the land of Jerusalem, shall come up unto me against the men of my people, saith the Lord of Hosts.

 2:33 For they shall not lead away captive the daughters of my people because of their tenderness, save I shall visit them with a sore curse, even unto destruction; for they shall not commit whoredoms, like unto them of old, saith the Lord of Hosts.




Zech. 1:3-6 (5 in 4 verses)

Isa. 22:12-15 (4 in 4 verses)

Mal. 1:8-11 (4 in 4 verses)

Isa. 14:22-24 (3 in 3 verses)

Isa. 19:16-18 (3 in 3 verses)

Jer. 25:27-29 (3 in 3 verses)

Jer. 35:17-19 (3 in 3 verses)

Amos 5:14-16 (3 in 3 verses)

Mal. 3:10-12 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 24:22-24 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 26:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 24:10-12 (3 in 3 verses)

Judg. 8:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 18:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 46:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Hag. 2:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Zech. 8:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Zech. 14:21 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 20:2 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 23:4 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 28:32 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 7:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 10:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 31:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 23:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 27:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 32:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 33:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 50:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 51:57-58 (2 in 2 verses)

Zeph. 2:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Zech. 1:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Zech. 2:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Zech. 3:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Zech. 7:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Zech. 14:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Mal. 1:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Mal. 2:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 20:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 27:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 13:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 88:112-113 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 127:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 299 0 299
NT 0 0 0
BM 64 0 64
1 Ne. 2 0 2
2 Ne. 36 0 36
Jacob 6 0 6
Mosiah 3 0 3
Alma 3 0 3
Hel. 3 0 3
3 Ne. 11 0 11
DC 22 0 22
PGP 2 0 2
TOTAL 387 0 387

Jacob 2:28
For I, the Lord God, delight in the chastity of women. And whoredoms are an abomination before me; thus saith the Lord of Hosts.

Jacob 2:29
Wherefore, this people shall keep my commandments, saith the Lord of Hosts, or cursed be the land for their sakes.

Jacob 2:30
For if I will, saith the Lord of Hosts, raise up seed unto me, I will command my people; otherwise they shall hearken unto these things.

Jacob 2:32
And I will not suffer, saith the Lord of Hosts, that the cries of the fair daughters of this people, which I have led out of the land of Jerusalem, shall come up unto me against the men of my people, saith the Lord of Hosts.

Jacob 2:33
For they shall not lead away captive the daughters of my people because of their tenderness, save I shall visit them with a sore curse, even unto destruction; for they shall not commit whoredoms, like unto them of old, saith the Lord of Hosts.