Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'reeds' occurs 11 times in the standard works.

7 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'reeds' in the standard works and contain 63.6% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 4 minutes to read the entire list.

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Ezek. 42:16-20 (5 in 5 verses)

 42:16 He measured the east side with the measuring reed, five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed round about.

 42:17 He measured the north side, five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed round about.

 42:18 He measured the south side, five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed.

 42:19 He turned about to the west side, and measured five hundred reeds with the measuring reed.

 42:20 He measured it by the four sides: it had a wall round about, five hundred reeds long, and five hundred broad, to make a separation between the sanctuary and the profane place.




Isa. 19:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 11 0 11
NT 0 0 0
BM 0 0 0
DC 0 1 1
PGP 0 1 1
TOTAL 11 2 13

Isa. 19:6
And they shall turn the rivers far away; and the brooks of defence shall be emptied and dried up: the reeds and flags shall wither.

Isa. 19:7
The paper reeds by the brooks, by the mouth of the brooks, and every thing sown by the brooks, shall wither, be driven away, and be no more.

Isa. 35:7
And the parched ground shall become a pool, and the thirsty land springs of water: in the habitation of dragons, where each lay, shall be grass with reeds and rushes.

Jer. 51:32
And that the passages are stopped, and the reeds they have burned with fire, and the men of war are affrighted.

Ezek. 42:16
He measured the east side with the measuring reed, five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed round about.

Ezek. 42:17
He measured the north side, five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed round about.

Ezek. 42:18
He measured the south side, five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed.

Ezek. 42:19
He turned about to the west side, and measured five hundred reeds with the measuring reed.

Ezek. 42:20
He measured it by the four sides: it had a wall round about, five hundred reeds long, and five hundred broad, to make a separation between the sanctuary and the profane place.

Ezek. 45:1
Moreover, when ye shall divide by lot the land for inheritance, ye shall offer an oblation unto the Lord, an holy portion of the land: the length shall be the length of five and twenty thousand reeds, and the breadth shall be ten thousand. This shall be holy in all the borders thereof round about.

Ezek. 48:8
And by the border of Judah, from the east side unto the west side, shall be the offering which ye shall offer of five and twenty thousand reeds in breadth, and in length as one of the other parts, from the east side unto the west side: and the sanctuary shall be in the midst of it.

D&C 123:7
It is an imperative duty that we owe to God, to angels, with whom we shall be brought to stand, and also to ourselves, to our wives and children, who have been made to bow down with grief, sorrow, and care, under the most damning hand of murder, tyranny, and oppression, supported and urged on and upheld by the influence of that spirit which hath so strongly riveted the creeds of the fathers, who have inherited lies, upon the hearts of the children, and filled the world with confusion, and has been growing stronger and stronger, and is now the very mainspring of all corruption, and the whole earth groans under the weight of its iniquity.

JS-H 1:19
I was answered that I must join none of them, for they were all wrong; and the Personage who addressed me said that all their creeds were an abomination in his sight; that those professors were all corrupt; that: "they draw near to me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me, they teach for doctrines the commandments of men, having a form of godliness, but they deny the power thereof."