Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'iron' occurs 123 times in the standard works.

38 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'iron' in the standard works and contain 30.9% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 14 minutes to read the entire list.

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Dan. 2:33-45 (14 in 13 verses)

2 Sam. 12:31 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 29:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Prov. 27:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 60:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 15:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 4:3 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 8:24 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 8:30 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 10:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 28:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 8:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 123:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 94 2 96
NT 7 0 7
BM 18 1 19
1 Ne. 10 0 10
2 Ne. 2 0 2
Jarom 1 0 1
Mosiah 2 0 2
Alma 0 1 1
3 Ne. 1 0 1
Ether 2 0 2
DC 3 0 3
PGP 1 0 1
TOTAL 123 3 126

1 Ne. 8:19
And I beheld a rod of iron, and it extended along the bank of the river, and led to the tree by which I stood.

1 Ne. 8:20
And I also beheld a strait and narrow path, which came along by the rod of iron, even to the tree by which I stood; and it also led by the head of the fountain, unto a large and spacious field, as if it had been a world.

1 Ne. 8:24
And it came to pass that I beheld others pressing forward, and they came forth and caught hold of the end of the rod of iron; and they did press forward through the mist of darkness, clinging to the rod of iron, even until they did come forth and partake of the fruit of the tree.

1 Ne. 8:30
But, to be short in writing, behold, he saw other multitudes pressing forward; and they came and caught hold of the end of the rod of iron; and they did press their way forward, continually holding fast to the rod of iron, until they came forth and fell down and partook of the fruit of the tree.

1 Ne. 11:25
And it came to pass that I beheld that the rod of iron, which my father had seen, was the word of God, which led to the fountain of living waters, or to the tree of life; which waters are a representation of the love of God; and I also beheld that the tree of life was a representation of the love of God.

1 Ne. 13:5
And the angel said unto me: Behold the formation of a church which is most abominable above all other churches, which slayeth the saints of God, yea, and tortureth them and bindeth them down, and yoketh them with a yoke of iron, and bringeth them down into captivity.

1 Ne. 15:23
And they said unto me: What meaneth the rod of iron which our father saw, that led to the tree?

1 Ne. 20:4
And I did it because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass;