Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'fire' occurs 702 times in the standard works.

265 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'fire' in the standard works and contain 37.7% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 108 minutes to read the entire list.

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Alma 14:8-15 (8 in 8 verses)

Mark 9:43-49 (7 in 7 verses)

Ezek. 15:4-7 (6 in 4 verses)

Dan. 3:22-27 (6 in 6 verses)

Deut. 5:22-26 (5 in 5 verses)

2 Kgs. 1:10-14 (5 in 5 verses)


James 3:5-6 (4 in 2 verses)

 3:5 Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!

 3:6 And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.




1 Ne. 17:11-12 (4 in 2 verses)

Lev. 1:7-9 (4 in 3 verses)

Lev. 9:24-10:2 (4 in 3 verses)

1 Kgs. 18:23-25 (4 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 5:2-4 (4 in 3 verses)

Lev. 1:17-2:3 (4 in 4 verses)

Num. 31:23 (3 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 19:12 (3 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 1:13 (3 in 1 verse)

Alma 5:52 (3 in 1 verse)

Lev. 23:36-37 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 14:30-31 (3 in 2 verses)

Isa. 66:15-16 (3 in 2 verses)

Jer. 36:22-23 (3 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 39:9-10 (3 in 2 verses)

Rev. 9:17-18 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 22:17-18 (3 in 2 verses)

Hel. 5:23-24 (3 in 2 verses)

Ex. 12:8-10 (3 in 3 verses)

Lev. 2:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)

Lev. 3:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

Num. 11:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

Matt. 3:10-12 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Cor. 3:13-15 (3 in 3 verses)

Jacob 5:45-47 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 25:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)

Hel. 5:43-45 (3 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 9:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)

Ex. 3:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 22:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 4:36 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 32:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 9:20 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 2:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 83:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 44:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 47:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 50:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 64:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 51:58 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 1:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 1:27 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 8:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Zech. 12:6 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 7:11 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 9:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Jacob 6:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 14:18 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 9:20 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 17:24 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 2:23 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 133:41 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 22:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 9:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 13:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 1:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 6:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 6:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 6:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 10:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 16:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 9:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 15:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 28:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 4:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 5:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 15:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 23:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 18:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Prov. 26:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 9:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 10:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 33:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 38:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 43:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Lam. 2:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 10:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 21:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 22:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 24:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Joel 1:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 18:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 3:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 22:55-56 (2 in 2 verses)

Rev. 8:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Rev. 20:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Rev. 20:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 19:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 20:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 31:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 8:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 10:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 12:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 19:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 43:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 466 10 476
NT 83 0 83
Matt. 12 0 12
Mark 9 0 9
Luke 8 0 8
John 3 0 3
Acts 6 0 6
Rom. 1 0 1
1 Cor. 3 0 3
2 Thes. 1 0 1
Heb. 4 0 4
James 5 0 5
1 Pet. 1 0 1
2 Pet. 2 0 2
Jude 2 0 2
Rev. 26 0 26
BM 118 2 120
DC 32 0 32
PGP 3 1 4
TOTAL 702 13 715

James 3:5
Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!

James 3:6
And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.

James 5:3
Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days.