Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'slay' occurs 231 times in the standard works.

40 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'slay' in the standard works and contain 17.3% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 17 minutes to read the entire list.

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Alma 20:17-21 (5 in 5 verses)

Jer. 40:14-15 (3 in 2 verses)

Num. 35:19-21 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 22:19-21 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Kgs. 19:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Neh. 6:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 9:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 11:28 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 44:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 8:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 8:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 5:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 3:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 20:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 17:35-36 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 20:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 24:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 110 33 143
NT 7 1 8
Luke 2 0 2
John 1 0 1
Acts 3 0 3
1 Tim. 0 1 1
Rev. 1 0 1
BM 108 8 116
DC 3 0 3
PGP 3 1 4
TOTAL 231 43 274

Luke 11:49
Therefore also said the wisdom of God, I will send them prophets and apostles, and some of them they shall slay and persecute:

Luke 19:27
But those mine enemies, which would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before me.

John 5:16
And therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus, and sought to slay him, because he had done these things on the sabbath day.

Acts 5:33
When they heard that, they were cut to the heart, and took counsel to slay them.

Acts 9:29
And he spake boldly in the name of the Lord Jesus, and disputed against the Grecians: but they went about to slay him.

Acts 11:7
And I heard a voice saying unto me, Arise, Peter; slay and eat.

1 Tim. 1:9
Knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers,

Rev. 9:15
And the four angels were loosed, which were prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year, for to slay the third part of men.