Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'trees' occurs 191 times in the standard works.

87 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'trees' in the standard works and contain 45.5% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 34 minutes to read the entire list.

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Judg. 9:8-15 (8 in 8 verses)

Ezek. 31:14-18 (6 in 5 verses)

Jacob 5:55-60 (6 in 6 verses)

Jacob 5:46-49 (4 in 4 verses)

Lev. 23:40 (3 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 2:8 (3 in 1 verse)

Deut. 20:19-20 (3 in 2 verses)

Josh. 10:26-27 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 10:11-12 (3 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 31:8-9 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 101:44-46 (3 in 3 verses)

Ex. 10:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 24:6 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 5:10 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 6:32 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 9:11 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 19:23 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 27:28 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 1:15 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 9:27 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 105:33 (2 in 1 verse)

Amos 4:9 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 5:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 14:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 9:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Job 40:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 104:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Eccl. 2:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 31:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 41:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Zech. 1:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Jacob 5:65-66 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 146 2 148
NT 11 0 11
BM 21 0 21
2 Ne. 3 0 3
Jacob 17 0 17
Mosiah 1 0 1
DC 11 0 11
PGP 2 0 2
TOTAL 191 2 193

2 Ne. 17:2
And it was told the house of David, saying: Syria is confederate with Ephraim. And his heart was moved, and the heart of his people, as the trees of the wood are moved with the wind.

2 Ne. 20:19
And the rest of the trees of his forest shall be few, that a child may write them.

2 Ne. 24:8
Yea, the fir trees rejoice at thee, and also the cedars of Lebanon, saying: Since thou art laid down no feller is come up against us.

Jacob 4:6
Wherefore, we search the prophets, and we have many revelations and the spirit of prophecy; and having all these witnesses we obtain a hope, and our faith becometh unshaken, insomuch that we truly can command in the name of Jesus and the very trees obey us, or the mountains, or the waves of the sea.

Jacob 5:42
Behold, I knew that all the fruit of the vineyard, save it were these, had become corrupted. And now these which have once brought forth good fruit have also become corrupted; and now all the trees of my vineyard are good for nothing save it be to be hewn down and cast into the fire.

Jacob 5:46
And now, behold, notwithstanding all the care which we have taken of my vineyard, the trees thereof have become corrupted, that they bring forth no good fruit; and these I had hoped to preserve, to have laid up fruit thereof against the season, unto mine own self. But, behold, they have become like unto the wild olive tree, and they are of no worth but to be hewn down and cast into the fire; and it grieveth me that I should lose them.

Jacob 5:47
But what could I have done more in my vineyard? Have I slackened mine hand, that I have not nourished it? Nay, I have nourished it, and I have digged about it, and I have pruned it, and I have dunged it; and I have stretched forth mine hand almost all the day long, and the end draweth nigh. And it grieveth me that I should hew down all the trees of my vineyard, and cast them into the fire that they should be burned. Who is it that has corrupted my vineyard?

Jacob 5:48
And it came to pass that the servant said unto his master: Is it not the loftiness of thy vineyard-- have not the branches thereof overcome the roots which are good? And because the branches have overcome the roots thereof, behold they grew faster than the strength of the roots, taking strength unto themselves. Behold, I say, is not this the cause that the trees of thy vineyard have become corrupted?

Jacob 5:49
And it came to pass that the Lord of the vineyard said unto the servant: Let us go to and hew down the trees of the vineyard and cast them into the fire, that they shall not cumber the ground of my vineyard, for I have done all. What could I have done more for my vineyard?

Jacob 5:51
And the Lord said: Yea, I will spare it a little longer, for it grieveth me that I should lose the trees of my vineyard.

Jacob 5:55
And it came to pass that they took from the natural tree which had become wild, and grafted in unto the natural trees, which also had become wild.

Jacob 5:56
And they also took of the natural trees which had become wild, and grafted into their mother tree.

Jacob 5:57
And the Lord of the vineyard said unto the servant: Pluck not the wild branches from the trees, save it be those which are most bitter; and in them ye shall graft according to that which I have said.

Jacob 5:58
And we will nourish again the trees of the vineyard, and we will trim up the branches thereof; and we will pluck from the trees those branches which are ripened, that must perish, and cast them into the fire.

Jacob 5:60
And because that I have preserved the natural branches and the roots thereof, and that I have grafted in the natural branches again into their mother tree, and have preserved the roots of their mother tree, that, perhaps, the trees of my vineyard may bring forth again good fruit; and that I may have joy again in the fruit of my vineyard, and, perhaps, that I may rejoice exceedingly that I have preserved the roots and the branches of the first fruit--

Jacob 5:63
Graft in the branches; begin at the last that they may be first, and that the first may be last, and dig about the trees, both old and young, the first and the last; and the last and the first, that all may be nourished once again for the last time.

Jacob 5:65
And as they begin to grow ye shall clear away the branches which bring forth bitter fruit, according to the strength of the good and the size thereof; and ye shall not clear away the bad thereof all at once, lest the roots thereof should be too strong for the graft, and the graft thereof shall perish, and I lose the trees of my vineyard.

Jacob 5:66
For it grieveth me that I should lose the trees of my vineyard; wherefore ye shall clear away the bad according as the good shall grow, that the root and the top may be equal in strength, until the good shall overcome the bad, and the bad be hewn down and cast into the fire, that they cumber not the ground of my vineyard; and thus will I sweep away the bad out of my vineyard.

Jacob 5:74
And thus they labored, with all diligence, according to the commandments of the Lord of the vineyard, even until the bad had been cast away out of the vineyard, and the Lord had preserved unto himself that the trees had become again the natural fruit; and they became like unto one body; and the fruits were equal; and the Lord of the vineyard had preserved unto himself the natural fruit, which was most precious unto him from the beginning.

Mosiah 18:5
Now, there was in Mormon a fountain of pure water, and Alma resorted thither, there being near the water a thicket of small trees, where he did hide himself in the daytime from the searches of the king.