Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'butter' occurs 14 times in the standard works.

4 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'butter' in the standard works and contain 28.6% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 1 minutes to read the entire list.

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Isa. 7:22 (2 in 1 verse)

 7:22 And it shall come to pass, for the abundance of milk that they shall give he shall eat butter: for butter and honey shall every one eat that is left in the land.




2 Ne. 17:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 11 0 11
NT 0 0 0
BM 3 0 3
DC 0 1 1
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 14 1 15

Gen. 18:8
And he took butter, and milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set it before them; and he stood by them under the tree, and they did eat.

Deut. 32:14
Butter of kine, and milk of sheep, with fat of lambs, and rams of the breed of Bashan, and goats, with the fat of kidneys of wheat; and thou didst drink the pure blood of the grape.

Judg. 5:25
He asked water, and she gave him milk; she brought forth butter in a lordly dish.

2 Sam. 17:29
And honey, and butter, and sheep, and cheese of kine, for David, and for the people that were with him, to eat: for they said, The people is hungry, and weary, and thirsty, in the wilderness.

Job 20:17
He shall not see the rivers, the floods, the brooks of honey and butter.

Job 29:6
When I washed my steps with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil;

Ps. 55:21
The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart: his words were softer than oil, yet were they drawn swords.

Prov. 30:33
Surely the churning of milk bringeth forth butter, and the wringing of the nose bringeth forth blood: so the forcing of wrath bringeth forth strife.

Isa. 7:15
Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and choose the good.

Isa. 7:22
And it shall come to pass, for the abundance of milk that they shall give he shall eat butter: for butter and honey shall every one eat that is left in the land.

2 Ne. 17:15
Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil and to choose the good.

2 Ne. 17:22
And it shall come to pass, for the abundance of milk they shall give he shall eat butter; for butter and honey shall every one eat that is left in the land.

D&C 124:138
And again, I give unto you Joseph Young, Josiah Butterfield, Daniel Miles, Henry Herriman, Zera Pulsipher, Levi Hancock, James Foster, to preside over the quorum of seventies;