Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'lion' occurs 115 times in the standard works.

60 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'lion' in the standard works and contain 52.2% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 19 minutes to read the entire list.

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1 Kgs. 13:24-28 (6 in 5 verses)

Job 4:10-11 (4 in 2 verses)

Nahum 2:11-12 (4 in 2 verses)

Gen. 49:9 (3 in 1 verse)


Judg. 14:8-9 (3 in 2 verses)

 14:8 And after a time he returned to take her, and he turned aside to see the carcase of the lion: and, behold, there was a swarm of bees and honey in the carcase of the lion.

 14:9 And he took thereof in his hands, and went on eating, and came to his father and mother, and he gave them, and they did eat: but he told not them that he had taken the honey out of the carcase of the lion.




Num. 23:24 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 24:9 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 20:36 (2 in 1 verse)

Job 28:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 17:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 91:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Prov. 26:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 31:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Hosea 5:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Joel 1:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Amos 3:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Micah 5:8 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 20:16 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 21:12 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 17:36-37 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 11:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 19:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Hosea 13:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 21:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 30:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 98 69 167
Gen. 3 1 4
Num. 4 0 4
Deut. 2 1 3
Josh. 0 1 1
Judg. 5 0 5
Ruth 0 3 3
1 Sam. 3 1 4
2 Sam. 2 3 5
1 Kgs. 8 7 15
2 Kgs. 0 2 2
1 Chr. 1 2 3
2 Chr. 0 2 2
Ezra 0 1 1
Neh. 0 1 1
Job 8 3 11
Ps. 8 8 16
Prov. 8 1 9
Eccl. 1 0 1
Song. 0 1 1
Isa. 10 2 12
Jer. 7 8 15
Lam. 1 0 1
Ezek. 8 6 14
Dan. 1 9 10
Hosea 5 0 5
Joel 2 0 2
Amos 5 0 5
Micah 2 0 2
Nahum 4 4 8
Zeph. 0 1 1
Zech. 0 1 1
NT 6 3 9
BM 10 29 39
DC 1 8 9
PGP 0 2 2
TOTAL 115 111 226

Judg. 14:5
Then went Samson down, and his father and his mother, to Timnath, and came to the vineyards of Timnath: and, behold, a young lion roared against him.

Judg. 14:8
And after a time he returned to take her, and he turned aside to see the carcase of the lion: and, behold, there was a swarm of bees and honey in the carcase of the lion.

Judg. 14:9
And he took thereof in his hands, and went on eating, and came to his father and mother, and he gave them, and they did eat: but he told not them that he had taken the honey out of the carcase of the lion.

Judg. 14:18
And the men of the city said unto him on the seventh day before the sun went down, What is sweeter than honey? and what is stronger than a lion? And he said unto them, If ye had not plowed with my heifer, ye had not found out my riddle.