Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'burn' occurs 156 times in the standard works.

35 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'burn' in the standard works and contain 22.4% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 13 minutes to read the entire list.

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2 Chr. 26:16-19 (4 in 4 verses)

JS-H 1:37 (3 in 1 verse)

Ex. 30:7-8 (3 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 39:9-10 (3 in 2 verses)

Lev. 6:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 19:5 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 13:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Mal. 4:1 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 25:1 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 133:64 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 29:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 13:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 43:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 44:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 14:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 130 518 648
NT 8 28 36
BM 9 35 44
1 Ne. 0 4 4
2 Ne. 2 6 8
Jacob 1 4 5
Mosiah 0 2 2
Alma 2 4 6
Hel. 0 4 4
3 Ne. 3 9 12
4 Ne. 0 1 1
Morm. 0 1 1
Ether 1 0 1
DC 6 16 22
PGP 3 1 4
TOTAL 156 598 754

2 Ne. 20:17
And the light of Israel shall be for a fire, and his Holy One for a flame, and shall burn and shall devour his thorns and his briers in one day;

2 Ne. 26:4
Wherefore, all those who are proud, and that do wickedly, the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the Lord of Hosts, for they shall be as stubble.

Jacob 5:9
Take thou the branches of the wild olive tree, and graft them in, in the stead thereof; and these which I have plucked off I will cast into the fire and burn them, that they may not cumber the ground of my vineyard.

Alma 14:12
Now Amulek said unto Alma: Behold, perhaps they will burn us also.

Alma 14:13
And Alma said: Be it according to the will of the Lord. But, behold, our work is not finished; therefore they burn us not.

3 Ne. 11:3
And it came to pass that while they were thus conversing one with another, they heard a voice as if it came out of heaven; and they cast their eyes round about, for they understood not the voice which they heard; and it was not a harsh voice, neither was it a loud voice; nevertheless, and notwithstanding it being a small voice it did pierce them that did hear to the center, insomuch that there was no part of their frame that it did not cause to quake; yea, it did pierce them to the very soul, and did cause their hearts to burn.

3 Ne. 25:1
For behold, the day cometh that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble; and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the Lord of Hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.

Ether 14:17
Now the name of the brother of Lib was called Shiz. And it came to pass that Shiz pursued after Coriantumr, and he did overthrow many cities, and he did slay both women and children, and he did burn the cities.