Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'sheep' occurs 218 times in the standard works.

73 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'sheep' in the standard works and contain 33.5% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 35 minutes to read the entire list.

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John 10:2-16 (15 in 15 verses)

Gen. 29:6-10 (5 in 5 verses)

Ex. 22:1-4 (4 in 4 verses)

Ezek. 34:11-12 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 25:2-4 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 5:37-39 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Chr. 30:24 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 22:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 29:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 30:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 22:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 31:36-37 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 18:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 15:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 53:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 12:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 18:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 25:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

John 2:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

John 10:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

John 21:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)


Mosiah 14:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

 14:6 All we, like sheep, have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquities of us all.

 14:7 He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth; he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb so he opened not his mouth.




Mosiah 26:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 5:59-60 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 15:24-16:1 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 10:59-60 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 145 10 155
NT 43 2 45
BM 26 0 26
DC 3 0 3
PGP 1 0 1
TOTAL 218 12 230

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