Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'sword' occurs 558 times in the standard works.

200 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'sword' in the standard works and contain 35.8% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 80 minutes to read the entire list.

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Ezek. 32:20-32 (13 in 13 verses)

Ezek. 21:9-15 (9 in 7 verses)

Jer. 50:35-37 (5 in 3 verses)

Jer. 14:12-16 (5 in 5 verses)

Ezek. 33:2-6 (5 in 5 verses)

Matt. 26:51-52 (4 in 2 verses)

Alma 17:37-39 (4 in 3 verses)

Alma 19:22-24 (4 in 3 verses)

Ether 15:28-30 (4 in 3 verses)

Alma 24:21-24 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 44:10-13 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 44:12-15 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Sam. 25:13 (3 in 1 verse)

Isa. 31:8 (3 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 21:8-9 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 31:4-5 (3 in 2 verses)


2 Sam. 12:9-10 (3 in 2 verses)

 12:9 Wherefore hast thou despised the commandment of the Lord, to do evil in his sight? thou hast killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and hast taken his wife to be thy wife, and hast slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon.

 12:10 Now therefore the sword shall never depart from thine house; because thou hast despised me, and hast taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be thy wife.




1 Chr. 10:4-5 (3 in 2 verses)

Jer. 15:2-3 (3 in 2 verses)

Jer. 44:12-13 (3 in 2 verses)

Lev. 26:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

Josh. 11:10-12 (3 in 3 verses)

Jer. 21:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 11:8-10 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 21:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 30:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 60:28-30 (3 in 3 verses)

Deut. 13:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 8:24 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 22:19 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 3:24 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 19:17 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 21:5 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 21:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Job 19:29 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 18:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 20:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 43:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 5:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 7:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 14:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 21:28 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 38:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Rev. 13:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Rev. 19:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 1:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 13:5 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 122:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 34:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 26:36-37 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 32:41-42 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 4:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 17:50-51 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 37:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 34:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 29:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 42:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 44:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 6:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 21:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 30:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 30:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 31:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 32:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 33:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

John 18:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 4:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 10:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 42:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 51:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 11:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 14:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 393 18 411
Gen. 6 0 6
Ex. 7 0 7
Lev. 7 0 7
Num. 9 0 9
Deut. 8 0 8
Josh. 18 0 18
Judg. 21 0 21
1 Sam. 23 1 24
2 Sam. 16 0 16
1 Kgs. 10 0 10
2 Kgs. 7 1 8
1 Chr. 11 0 11
2 Chr. 8 0 8
Ezra 1 0 1
Neh. 1 1 2
Esth. 1 0 1
Job 14 0 14
Ps. 18 2 20
Prov. 3 1 4
Song. 1 1 2
Isa. 20 2 22
Jer. 71 0 71
Lam. 4 0 4
Ezek. 82 7 89
Dan. 1 0 1
Hosea 5 0 5
Joel 1 1 2
Amos 8 0 8
Micah 3 1 4
Nahum 3 0 3
Zeph. 1 0 1
Hag. 1 0 1
Zech. 3 0 3
NT 31 6 37
BM 115 42 157
DC 17 0 17
PGP 2 0 2
TOTAL 558 66 624

2 Sam. 1:12
And they mourned, and wept, and fasted until even, for Saul, and for Jonathan his son, and for the people of the Lord, and for the house of Israel; because they were fallen by the sword.

2 Sam. 1:22
From the blood of the slain, from the fat of the mighty, the bow of Jonathan turned not back, and the sword of Saul returned not empty.

2 Sam. 2:16
And they caught every one his fellow by the head, and thrust his sword in his fellow's side; so they fell down together: wherefore that place was called Helkath-hazzurim, which is in Gibeon.

2 Sam. 2:26
Then Abner called to Joab, and said, Shall the sword devour for ever? knowest thou not that it will be bitterness in the latter end? how long shall it be then, ere thou bid the people return from following their brethren?

2 Sam. 3:29
Let it rest on the head of Joab, and on all his father's house; and let there not fail from the house of Joab one that hath an issue, or that is a leper, or that leaneth on a staff, or that falleth on the sword, or that lacketh bread.

2 Sam. 11:25
Then David said unto the messenger, Thus shalt thou say unto Joab, Let not this thing displease thee, for the sword devoureth one as well as another: make thy battle more strong against the city, and overthrow it: and encourage thou him.

2 Sam. 12:9
Wherefore hast thou despised the commandment of the Lord, to do evil in his sight? thou hast killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and hast taken his wife to be thy wife, and hast slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon.

2 Sam. 12:10
Now therefore the sword shall never depart from thine house; because thou hast despised me, and hast taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be thy wife.

2 Sam. 15:14
And David said unto all his servants that were with him at Jerusalem, Arise, and let us flee; for we shall not else escape from Absalom: make speed to depart, lest he overtake us suddenly, and bring evil upon us, and smite the city with the edge of the sword.

2 Sam. 18:8
For the battle was there scattered over the face of all the country: and the wood devoured more people that day than the sword devoured.

2 Sam. 20:8
When they were at the great stone which is in Gibeon, Amasa went before them. And Joab's garment that he had put on was girded unto him, and upon it a girdle with a sword fastened upon his loins in the sheath thereof; and as he went forth it fell out.

2 Sam. 20:10
But Amasa took no heed to the sword that was in Joab's hand: so he smote him therewith in the fifth rib, and shed out his bowels to the ground, and struck him not again; and he died. So Joab and Abishai his brother pursued after Sheba the son of Bichri.

2 Sam. 21:16
And Ishbi-benob, which was of the sons of the giant, the weight of whose spear weighed three hundred shekels of brass in weight, he being girded with a new sword, thought to have slain David.

2 Sam. 23:10
He arose, and smote the Philistines until his hand was weary, and his hand clave unto the sword: and the Lord wrought a great victory that day; and the people returned after him only to spoil.

2 Sam. 24:9
And Joab gave up the sum of the number of the people unto the king: and there were in Israel eight hundred thousand valiant men that drew the sword; and the men of Judah were five hundred thousand men.