Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'zion' occurs 425 times in the standard works.

159 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'zion' in the standard works and contain 37.4% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 68 minutes to read the entire list.

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D&C 97:18-21 (6 in 4 verses)

D&C 72:13-18 (6 in 6 verses)

Moses 7:18-23 (6 in 6 verses)

D&C 45:67-71 (5 in 5 verses)

D&C 97:1-5 (5 in 5 verses)

D&C 107:74 (4 in 1 verse)

D&C 104:47-48 (4 in 2 verses)

Moses 7:68-69 (4 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 14:3-5 (4 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 26:29-31 (4 in 3 verses)

D&C 82:12-14 (4 in 3 verses)

D&C 113:7-9 (4 in 3 verses)

D&C 119:5-7 (4 in 3 verses)

D&C 68:29-32 (4 in 4 verses)

D&C 84:99-100 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 103:34-35 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 107:36-37 (3 in 2 verses)

Isa. 4:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 63:39-41 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 72:24-26 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 90:30-32 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 90:32-34 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 101:16-18 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 27:3 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 28:21 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 64:38 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 84:104 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 100:13 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 111:2 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 133:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 48:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 3:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 52:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 52:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Joel 3:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Micah 4:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Micah 4:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Zech. 8:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 6:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 8:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 13:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 12:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 20:36-37 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 21:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 58:49-50 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 63:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 64:34-35 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 68:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 69:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 69:8-70:1 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 93:53-94:1 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 101:74-75 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 103:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 105:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 105:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 119:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 133:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 153 8 161
NT 0 0 0
BM 45 0 45
1 Ne. 4 0 4
2 Ne. 31 0 31
Mosiah 4 0 4
3 Ne. 5 0 5
Moro. 1 0 1
DC 210 0 210
PGP 17 0 17
TOTAL 425 8 433

1 Ne. 13:37
And blessed are they who shall seek to bring forth my Zion at that day, for they shall have the gift and the power of the Holy Ghost; and if they endure unto the end they shall be lifted up at the last day, and shall be saved in the everlasting kingdom of the Lamb; and whoso shall publish peace, yea, tidings of great joy, how beautiful upon the mountains shall they be.

1 Ne. 21:14
But, behold, Zion hath said: The Lord hath forsaken me, and my Lord hath forgotten me-- but he will show that he hath not.

1 Ne. 22:14
And every nation which shall war against thee, O house of Israel, shall be turned one against another, and they shall fall into the pit which they digged to ensnare the people of the Lord. And all that fight against Zion shall be destroyed, and that great whore, who hath perverted the right ways of the Lord, yea, that great and abominable church, shall tumble to the dust and great shall be the fall of it.

1 Ne. 22:19
For behold, the righteous shall not perish; for the time surely must come that all they who fight against Zion shall be cut off.

2 Ne. 6:12
And blessed are the Gentiles, they of whom the prophet has written; for behold, if it so be that they shall repent and fight not against Zion, and do not unite themselves to that great and abominable church, they shall be saved; for the Lord God will fulfil his covenants which he has made unto his children; and for this cause the prophet has written these things.

2 Ne. 6:13
Wherefore, they that fight against Zion and the covenant people of the Lord shall lick up the dust of their feet; and the people of the Lord shall not be ashamed. For the people of the Lord are they who wait for him; for they still wait for the coming of the Messiah.

2 Ne. 8:3
For the Lord shall comfort Zion, he will comfort all her waste places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the Lord. Joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving and the voice of melody.

2 Ne. 8:11
Therefore, the redeemed of the Lord shall return, and come with singing unto Zion; and everlasting joy and holiness shall be upon their heads; and they shall obtain gladness and joy; sorrow and mourning shall flee away.

2 Ne. 8:16
And I have put my words in thy mouth, and have covered thee in the shadow of mine hand, that I may plant the heavens and lay the foundations of the earth, and say unto Zion: Behold, thou art my people.

2 Ne. 8:24
Awake, awake, put on thy strength, O Zion; put on thy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city; for henceforth there shall no more come into thee the uncircumcised and the unclean.

2 Ne. 8:25
Shake thyself from the dust; arise, sit down, O Jerusalem; loose thyself from the bands of thy neck, O captive daughter of Zion.

2 Ne. 10:13
And he that fighteth against Zion shall perish, saith God.

2 Ne. 10:16
Wherefore, he that fighteth against Zion, both Jew and Gentile, both bond and free, both male and female, shall perish; for they are they who are the whore of all the earth; for they who are not for me are against me, saith our God.

2 Ne. 12:3
And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths; for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.

2 Ne. 13:16
Moreover, the Lord saith: Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with stretched-forth necks and wanton eyes, walking and mincing as they go, and making a tinkling with their feet--

2 Ne. 13:17
Therefore the Lord will smite with a scab the crown of the head of the daughters of Zion, and the Lord will discover their secret parts.

2 Ne. 14:3
And it shall come to pass, they that are left in Zion and remain in Jerusalem shall be called holy, every one that is written among the living in Jerusalem--

2 Ne. 14:4
When the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and shall have purged the blood of Jerusalem from the midst thereof by the spirit of judgment and by the spirit of burning.

2 Ne. 14:5
And the Lord will create upon every dwelling-place of mount Zion, and upon her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day and the shining of a flaming fire by night; for upon all the glory of Zion shall be a defence.

2 Ne. 18:18
Behold, I and the children whom the Lord hath given me are for signs and for wonders in Israel from the Lord of Hosts, which dwelleth in Mount Zion.

2 Ne. 20:12
Wherefore it shall come to pass that when the Lord hath performed his whole work upon Mount Zion and upon Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the stout heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his high looks.

2 Ne. 20:24
Therefore, thus saith the Lord God of Hosts: O my people that dwellest in Zion, be not afraid of the Assyrian; he shall smite thee with a rod, and shall lift up his staff against thee, after the manner of Egypt.

2 Ne. 20:32
As yet shall he remain at Nob that day; he shall shake his hand against the mount of the daughter of Zion, the hill of Jerusalem.

2 Ne. 22:6
Cry out and shout, thou inhabitant of Zion; for great is the Holy One of Israel in the midst of thee.

2 Ne. 24:32
What shall then answer the messengers of the nations? That the Lord hath founded Zion, and the poor of his people shall trust in it.

2 Ne. 26:29
He commandeth that there shall be no priestcrafts; for, behold, priestcrafts are that men preach and set themselves up for a light unto the world, that they may get gain and praise of the world; but they seek not the welfare of Zion.

2 Ne. 26:30
Behold, the Lord hath forbidden this thing; wherefore, the Lord God hath given a commandment that all men should have charity, which charity is love. And except they should have charity they were nothing. Wherefore, if they should have charity they would not suffer the laborer in Zion to perish.

2 Ne. 26:31
But the laborer in Zion shall labor for Zion; for if they labor for money they shall perish.

2 Ne. 27:3
And all the nations that fight against Zion, and that distress her, shall be as a dream of a night vision; yea, it shall be unto them, even as unto a hungry man which dreameth, and behold he eateth but he awaketh and his soul is empty; or like unto a thirsty man which dreameth, and behold he drinketh but he awaketh and behold he is faint, and his soul hath appetite; yea, even so shall the multitude of all the nations be that fight against Mount Zion.

2 Ne. 28:21
And others will he pacify, and lull them away into carnal security, that they will say: All is well in Zion; yea, Zion prospereth, all is well-- and thus the devil cheateth their souls, and leadeth them away carefully down to hell.

2 Ne. 28:24
Therefore, wo be unto him that is at ease in Zion!

Mosiah 12:21
How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings; that publisheth peace; that bringeth good tidings of good; that publisheth salvation; that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth;

Mosiah 12:22
Thy watchmen shall lift up the voice; with the voice together shall they sing; for they shall see eye to eye when the Lord shall bring again Zion;

Mosiah 15:14
And these are they who have published peace, who have brought good tidings of good, who have published salvation; and said unto Zion: Thy God reigneth!

Mosiah 15:29
Yea, Lord, thy watchmen shall lift up their voice; with the voice together shall they sing; for they shall see eye to eye, when the Lord shall bring again Zion.

3 Ne. 16:18
Thy watchmen shall lift up the voice; with the voice together shall they sing, for they shall see eye to eye when the Lord shall bring again Zion.

3 Ne. 20:36
And then shall be brought to pass that which is written: Awake, awake again, and put on thy strength, O Zion; put on thy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city, for henceforth there shall no more come into thee the uncircumcised and the unclean.

3 Ne. 20:37
Shake thyself from the dust; arise, sit down, O Jerusalem; loose thyself from the bands of thy neck, O captive daughter of Zion.

3 Ne. 20:40
And then shall they say: How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings unto them, that publisheth peace; that bringeth good tidings unto them of good, that publisheth salvation; that saith unto Zion: Thy God reigneth!

3 Ne. 21:1
And verily I say unto you, I give unto you a sign, that ye may know the time when these things shall be about to take place-- that I shall gather in, from their long dispersion, my people, O house of Israel, and shall establish again among them my Zion;

Moro. 10:31
And awake, and arise from the dust, O Jerusalem; yea, and put on thy beautiful garments, O daughter of Zion; and strengthen thy stakes and enlarge thy borders forever, that thou mayest no more be confounded, that the covenants of the Eternal Father which he hath made unto thee, O house of Israel, may be fulfilled.