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
DC 5 4 9
PGP 1 0 1
TOTAL 79 35 114

D&C 88:94
And another angel shall sound his trump, saying: That great church, the mother of abominations, that made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, that persecuteth the saints of God, that shed their blood-- she who sitteth upon many waters, and upon the islands of the sea-- behold, she is the tares of the earth; she is bound in bundles; her bands are made strong, no man can loose them; therefore, she is ready to be burned. And he shall sound his trump both long and loud, and all nations shall hear it.

D&C 101:66
While the tares shall be bound in bundles, and their bands made strong, that they may be burned with unquenchable fire.

D&C 113:9
What are we to understand by Zion loosing herself from the bands of her neck; 2d verse?

D&C 113:10
We are to understand that the scattered remnants are exhorted to return to the Lord from whence they have fallen; which if they do, the promise of the Lord is that he will speak to them, or give them revelation. See the 6th, 7th, and 8th verses. The bands of her neck are the curses of God upon her, or the remnants of Israel in their scattered condition among the Gentiles.

D&C 138:16
They were assembled awaiting the advent of the Son of God into the spirit world, to declare their redemption from the bands of death.