Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'shepherd' occurs 67 times in the standard works.

21 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'shepherd' in the standard works and contain 31.3% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 8 minutes to read the entire list.

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Alma 5:37-41 (8 in 5 verses)


John 10:11-14 (4 in 4 verses)

 10:11 I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.

 10:12 But he that is an hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth: and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep.

 10:13 The hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, and careth not for the sheep.

 10:14 I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine.




Zech. 11:15-17 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 34:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Zech. 13:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 5:59-60 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 31 34 65
NT 14 4 18
Matt. 3 0 3
Mark 2 0 2
Luke 0 4 4
John 6 0 6
Heb. 1 0 1
1 Pet. 2 0 2
BM 21 1 22
DC 1 0 1
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 67 39 106

John 10:2
But he that entereth in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.

John 10:11
I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.

John 10:12
But he that is an hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth: and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep.

John 10:14
I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine.

John 10:16
And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd.