Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'bones' occurs 118 times in the standard works.

50 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'bones' in the standard works and contain 42.4% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 19 minutes to read the entire list.

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2 Sam. 21:12-14 (6 in 3 verses)

Jer. 8:1 (5 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 23:14-18 (5 in 5 verses)

2 Kgs. 23:16-20 (5 in 5 verses)

Ezek. 37:1-5 (5 in 5 verses)


Ezek. 37:3-7 (5 in 5 verses)

 37:3 And he said unto me, Son of man, can these bones live? And I answered, O Lord God, thou knowest.

 37:4 Again he said unto me, Prophesy upon these bones, and say unto them, O ye dry bones, hear the word of the Lord.

 37:5 Thus saith the Lord God unto these bones; Behold, I will cause breath to enter into you, and ye shall live:

 37:6 And I will lay sinews upon you, and will bring up flesh upon you, and cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and ye shall live; and ye shall know that I am the Lord.

 37:7 So I prophesied as I was commanded: and as I prophesied, there was a noise, and behold a shaking, and the bones came together, bone to his bone.




Ezek. 24:4-5 (3 in 2 verses)

Ex. 13:19 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 13:31 (2 in 1 verse)

Job 40:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 37:11 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 130:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Micah 3:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 21:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 129:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 94 0 94
Gen. 2 0 2
Ex. 2 0 2
Num. 1 0 1
Josh. 1 0 1
Judg. 1 0 1
1 Sam. 1 0 1
2 Sam. 7 0 7
1 Kgs. 3 0 3
2 Kgs. 7 0 7
1 Chr. 1 0 1
2 Chr. 1 0 1
Job 10 0 10
Ps. 15 0 15
Prov. 6 0 6
Eccl. 1 0 1
Isa. 3 0 3
Jer. 8 0 8
Lam. 3 0 3
Ezek. 14 0 14
Dan. 1 0 1
Amos 2 0 2
Micah 2 0 2
Hab. 1 0 1
Zeph. 1 0 1
NT 5 0 5
BM 9 0 9
DC 8 0 8
PGP 2 0 2
TOTAL 118 0 118

Ezek. 6:5
And I will lay the dead carcases of the children of Israel before their idols; and I will scatter your bones round about your altars.

Ezek. 24:4
Gather the pieces thereof into it, even every good piece, the thigh, and the shoulder; fill it with the choice bones.

Ezek. 24:5
Take the choice of the flock, and burn also the bones under it, and make it boil well, and let them seethe the bones of it therein.

Ezek. 24:10
Heap on wood, kindle the fire, consume the flesh, and spice it well, and let the bones be burned.

Ezek. 32:27
And they shall not lie with the mighty that are fallen of the uncircumcised, which are gone down to hell with their weapons of war: and they have laid their swords under their heads, but their iniquities shall be upon their bones, though they were the terror of the mighty in the land of the living.

Ezek. 37:1
The hand of the Lord was upon me, and carried me out in the spirit of the Lord, and set me down in the midst of the valley which was full of bones,

Ezek. 37:3
And he said unto me, Son of man, can these bones live? And I answered, O Lord God, thou knowest.

Ezek. 37:4
Again he said unto me, Prophesy upon these bones, and say unto them, O ye dry bones, hear the word of the Lord.

Ezek. 37:5
Thus saith the Lord God unto these bones; Behold, I will cause breath to enter into you, and ye shall live:

Ezek. 37:7
So I prophesied as I was commanded: and as I prophesied, there was a noise, and behold a shaking, and the bones came together, bone to his bone.

Ezek. 37:11
Then he said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: behold, they say, Our bones are dried, and our hope is lost: we are cut off for our parts.