Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'idols' occurs 115 times in the standard works.

31 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'idols' in the standard works and contain 27% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 13 minutes to read the entire list.

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Ezek. 14:3-7 (6 in 5 verses)

 14:3 Son of man, these men have set up their idols in their heart, and put the stumblingblock of their iniquity before their face: should I be inquired of at all by them?

 14:4 Therefore speak unto them, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God; Every man of the house of Israel that setteth up his idols in his heart, and putteth the stumblingblock of his iniquity before his face, and cometh to the prophet; I the Lord will answer him that cometh according to the multitude of his idols;

 14:5 That I may take the house of Israel in their own heart, because they are all estranged from me through their idols.

 14:6 Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord God; Repent, and turn yourselves from your idols; and turn away your faces from all your abominations.

 14:7 For every one of the house of Israel, or of the stranger that sojourneth in Israel, which separateth himself from me, and setteth up his idols in his heart, and putteth the stumblingblock of his iniquity before his face, and cometh to a prophet to inquire of him concerning me; I the Lord will answer him by myself:





Isa. 10:10-11 (3 in 2 verses)

 10:10 As my hand hath found the kingdoms of the idols, and whose graven images did excel them of Jerusalem and of Samaria;

 10:11 Shall I not, as I have done unto Samaria and her idols, so do to Jerusalem and her idols?





2 Ne. 20:10-11 (3 in 2 verses)

 20:10 As my hand hath founded the kingdoms of the idols, and whose graven images did excel them of Jerusalem and of Samaria;

 20:11 Shall I not, as I have done unto Samaria and her idols, so do to Jerusalem and to her idols?





Isa. 2:18-20 (3 in 3 verses)

 2:18 And the idols he shall utterly abolish.

 2:19 And they shall go into the holes of the rocks, and into the caves of the earth, for fear of the Lord, and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth.

 2:20 In that day a man shall cast his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which they made each one for himself to worship, to the moles and to the bats;





Ezek. 6:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

 6:4 And your altars shall be desolate, and your images shall be broken: and I will cast down your slain men before your idols.

 6:5 And I will lay the dead carcases of the children of Israel before their idols; and I will scatter your bones round about your altars.

 6:6 In all your dwellingplaces the cities shall be laid waste, and the high places shall be desolate; that your altars may be laid waste and made desolate, and your idols may be broken and cease, and your images may be cut down, and your works may be abolished.





2 Ne. 12:18-20 (3 in 3 verses)

 12:18 And the idols he shall utterly abolish.

 12:19 And they shall go into the holes of the rocks, and into the caves of the earth, for the fear of the Lord shall come upon them and the glory of his majesty shall smite them, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth.

 12:20 In that day a man shall cast his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which he hath made for himself to worship, to the moles and to the bats;





Isa. 31:7 (2 in 1 verse)

 31:7 For in that day every man shall cast away his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which your own hands have made unto you for a sin.





Ezek. 6:13 (2 in 1 verse)

 6:13 Then shall ye know that I am the Lord, when their slain men shall be among their idols round about their altars, upon every high hill, in all the tops of the mountains, and under every green tree, and under every thick oak, the place where they did offer sweet savour to all their idols.





Ezek. 20:39 (2 in 1 verse)

 20:39 As for you, O house of Israel, thus saith the Lord God; Go ye, serve ye every one his idols, and hereafter also, if ye will not hearken unto me: but pollute ye my holy name no more with your gifts, and with your idols.





Ezek. 20:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

 20:7 Then said I unto them, Cast ye away every man the abominations of his eyes, and defile not yourselves with the idols of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.

 20:8 But they rebelled against me, and would not hearken unto me: they did not every man cast away the abominations of their eyes, neither did they forsake the idols of Egypt: then I said, I will pour out my fury upon them, to accomplish my anger against them in the midst of the land of Egypt.





Ezek. 22:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

 22:3 Then say thou, Thus saith the Lord God, The city sheddeth blood in the midst of it, that her time may come, and maketh idols against herself to defile herself.

 22:4 Thou art become guilty in thy blood that thou hast shed; and hast defiled thyself in thine idols which thou hast made; and thou hast caused thy days to draw near, and art come even unto thy years: therefore have I made thee a reproach unto the heathen, and a mocking to all countries.




Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 85 0 85
NT 16 0 16
BM 13 0 13
DC 0 0 0
PGP 1 0 1
TOTAL 115 0 115

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