Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'bands' occurs 79 times in the standard works.

16 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'bands' in the standard works and contain 20.3% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 6 minutes to read the entire list.

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2 Kgs. 24:2 (4 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 38:6 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 7:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 15:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 5:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 11:41-42 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 113:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 41 7 48
NT 5 13 18
BM 27 11 38
1 Ne. 3 0 3
2 Ne. 1 1 2
Jacob 0 4 4
Mosiah 8 1 9
Alma 13 1 14
Hel. 1 0 1
3 Ne. 1 0 1
Morm. 0 2 2
Moro. 0 2 2
DC 5 4 9
PGP 1 0 1
TOTAL 79 35 114

Mosiah 7:8
And it came to pass when they had been in prison two days they were again brought before the king, and their bands were loosed; and they stood before the king, and were permitted, or rather commanded, that they should answer the questions which he should ask them.

Mosiah 7:13
For I am assured that if ye had known me ye would not have suffered that I should have worn these bands. For I am Ammon, and am a descendant of Zarahemla, and have come up out of the land of Zarahemla to inquire concerning our brethren, whom Zeniff brought up out of that land.

Mosiah 15:8
And thus God breaketh the bands of death, having gained the victory over death; giving the Son power to make intercession for the children of men--

Mosiah 15:9
Having ascended into heaven, having the bowels of mercy; being filled with compassion towards the children of men; standing betwixt them and justice; having broken the bands of death, taken upon himself their iniquity and their transgressions, having redeemed them, and satisfied the demands of justice.

Mosiah 15:20
But behold, the bands of death shall be broken, and the Son reigneth, and hath power over the dead; therefore, he bringeth to pass the resurrection of the dead.

Mosiah 15:23
They are raised to dwell with God who has redeemed them; thus they have eternal life through Christ, who has broken the bands of death.

Mosiah 16:7
And if Christ had not risen from the dead, or have broken the bands of death that the grave should have no victory, and that death should have no sting, there could have been no resurrection.

Mosiah 23:12
And now I say unto you, ye have been oppressed by king Noah, and have been in bondage to him and his priests, and have been brought into iniquity by them; therefore ye were bound with the bands of iniquity.

Mosiah 23:33
And it came to pass that Amulon did plead with the Lamanites; and he also sent forth their wives, who were the daughters of the Lamanites, to plead with their brethren, that they should not destroy their husbands.