Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'scattered' occurs 148 times in the standard works.

37 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'scattered' in the standard works and contain 25% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 14 minutes to read the entire list.

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1 Ne. 22:3-8 (7 in 6 verses)

Alma 17:27-28 (4 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 34:5-6 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 25:15-16 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 18:6-7 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 10:12-14 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 34:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Morm. 5:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 1:33 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 113:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 11:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 19:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 28:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 59 0 59
NT 12 0 12
BM 60 0 60
1 Ne. 16 0 16
2 Ne. 7 0 7
Jarom 1 0 1
Omni 1 0 1
Mosiah 2 0 2
Alma 16 0 16
Hel. 3 0 3
3 Ne. 8 0 8
Morm. 3 0 3
Ether 3 0 3
DC 17 0 17
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 148 0 148

Alma 2:37
Yea, they were met on every hand, and slain and driven, until they were scattered on the west, and on the north, until they had reached the wilderness, which was called Hermounts; and it was that part of the wilderness which was infested by wild and ravenous beasts.

Alma 13:22
Yea, and the voice of the Lord, by the mouth of angels, doth declare it unto all nations; yea, doth declare it, that they may have glad tidings of great joy; yea, and he doth sound these glad tidings among all his people, yea, even to them that are scattered abroad upon the face of the earth; wherefore they have come unto us.

Alma 16:8
And they came upon the armies of the Lamanites, and the Lamanites were scattered and driven into the wilderness; and they took their brethren who had been taken captive by the Lamanites, and there was not one soul of them had been lost that were taken captive. And they were brought by their brethren to possess their own lands.

Alma 17:27
Therefore, as Ammon and the servants of the king were driving forth their flocks to this place of water, behold, a certain number of the Lamanites, who had been with their flocks to water, stood and scattered the flocks of Ammon and the servants of the king, and they scattered them insomuch that they fled many ways.

Alma 17:28
Now the servants of the king began to murmur, saying: Now the king will slay us, as he has our brethren because their flocks were scattered by the wickedness of these men. And they began to weep exceedingly, saying: Behold, our flocks are scattered already.

Alma 18:6
For he had slain many of them because their brethren had scattered their flocks at the place of water; and thus, because they had had their flocks scattered they were slain.

Alma 18:7
Now it was the practice of these Lamanites to stand by the waters of Sebus to scatter the flocks of the people, that thereby they might drive away many that were scattered unto their own land, it being a practice of plunder among them.

Alma 18:20
And the king said: How knowest thou the thoughts of my heart? Thou mayest speak boldly, and tell me concerning these things; and also tell me by what power ye slew and smote off the arms of my brethren that scattered my flocks--

Alma 19:20
But others rebuked them, saying: The king hath brought this evil upon his house, because he slew his servants who had had their flocks scattered at the waters of Sebus.

Alma 19:21
And they were also rebuked by those men who had stood at the waters of Sebus and scattered the flocks which belonged to the king, for they were angry with Ammon because of the number which he had slain of their brethren at the waters of Sebus, while defending the flocks of the king.

Alma 25:12
And he said unto the priests of Noah that their seed should cause many to be put to death, in the like manner as he was, and that they should be scattered abroad and slain, even as a sheep having no shepherd is driven and slain by wild beasts; and now behold, these words were verified, for they were driven by the Lamanites, and they were hunted, and they were smitten.

Alma 28:2
And thus there was a tremendous battle; yea, even such an one as never had been known among all the people in the land from the time Lehi left Jerusalem; yea, and tens of thousands of the Lamanites were slain and scattered abroad.

Alma 28:3
Yea, and also there was a tremendous slaughter among the people of Nephi; nevertheless, the Lamanites were driven and scattered, and the people of Nephi returned again to their land.