Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'breasts' occurs 29 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 'breasts' in the standard works and contain 13.8% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 2 minutes to read the entire list.

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Lev. 9:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)


Song. 7:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

 7:7 This thy stature is like to a palm tree, and thy breasts to clusters of grapes.

 7:8 I said, I will go up to the palm tree, I will take hold of the boughs thereof: now also thy breasts shall be as clusters of the vine, and the smell of thy nose like apples;




Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 25 0 25
NT 2 0 2
BM 2 0 2
DC 0 0 0
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 29 0 29

Gen. 49:25
Even by the God of thy father, who shall help thee; and by the Almighty, who shall bless thee with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that lieth under, blessings of the breasts, and of the womb:

Lev. 9:20
And they put the fat upon the breasts, and he burnt the fat upon the altar:

Lev. 9:21
And the breasts and the right shoulder Aaron waved for a wave offering before the Lord; as Moses commanded.

Job 3:12
Why did the knees prevent me? or why the breasts that I should suck?

Job 21:24
His breasts are full of milk, and his bones are moistened with marrow.

Ps. 22:9
But thou art he that took me out of the womb: thou didst make me hope when I was upon my mother's breasts.

Prov. 5:19
Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love.

Song. 1:13
A bundle of myrrh is my wellbeloved unto me; he shall lie all night betwixt my breasts.

Song. 4:5
Thy two breasts are like two young roes that are twins, which feed among the lilies.

Song. 7:3
Thy two breasts are like two young roes that are twins.

Song. 7:7
This thy stature is like to a palm tree, and thy breasts to clusters of grapes.

Song. 7:8
I said, I will go up to the palm tree, I will take hold of the boughs thereof: now also thy breasts shall be as clusters of the vine, and the smell of thy nose like apples;

Song. 8:1
O that thou wert as my brother, that sucked the breasts of my mother! when I should find thee without, I would kiss thee; yea, I should not be despised.

Song. 8:8
We have a little sister, and she hath no breasts: what shall we do for our sister in the day when she shall be spoken for?

Song. 8:10
I am a wall, and my breasts like towers: then was I in his eyes as one that found favour.

Isa. 28:9
Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to understand doctrine? them that are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts.

Isa. 66:11
That ye may suck, and be satisfied with the breasts of her consolations; that ye may milk out, and be delighted with the abundance of her glory.

Ezek. 16:7
I have caused thee to multiply as the bud of the field, and thou hast increased and waxen great, and thou art come to excellent ornaments: thy breasts are fashioned, and thine hair is grown, whereas thou wast naked and bare.

Ezek. 23:3
And they committed whoredoms in Egypt; they committed whoredoms in their youth: there were their breasts pressed, and there they bruised the teats of their virginity.

Ezek. 23:8
Neither left she her whoredoms brought from Egypt: for in her youth they lay with her, and they bruised the breasts of her virginity, and poured their whoredom upon her.

Ezek. 23:34
Thou shalt even drink it and suck it out, and thou shalt break the sherds thereof, and pluck off thine own breasts: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord God.

Hosea 2:2
Plead with your mother, plead: for she is not my wife, neither am I her husband: let her therefore put away her whoredoms out of her sight, and her adulteries from between her breasts;

Hosea 9:14
Give them, O Lord: what wilt thou give? give them a miscarrying womb and dry breasts.

Joel 2:16
Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the elders, gather the children, and those that suck the breasts: let the bridegroom go forth of his chamber, and the bride out of her closet.

Nahum 2:7
And Huzzab shall be led away captive, she shall be brought up, and her maids shall lead her as with the voice of doves, tabering upon their breasts.

Luke 23:48
And all the people that came together to that sight, beholding the things which were done, smote their breasts, and returned.

Rev. 15:6
And the seven angels came out of the temple, having the seven plagues, clothed in pure and white linen, and having their breasts girded with golden girdles.

Alma 32:28
Now, we will compare the word unto a seed. Now, if ye give place, that a seed may be planted in your heart, behold, if it be a true seed, or a good seed, if ye do not cast it out by your unbelief, that ye will resist the Spirit of the Lord, behold, it will begin to swell within your breasts; and when you feel these swelling motions, ye will begin to say within yourselves-- It must needs be that this is a good seed, or that the word is good, for it beginneth to enlarge my soul; yea, it beginneth to enlighten my understanding, yea, it beginneth to be delicious to me.

Morm. 6:7
And it came to pass that my people, with their wives and their children, did now behold the armies of the Lamanites marching towards them; and with that awful fear of death which fills the breasts of all the wicked, did they await to receive them.