Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'hosts' occurs 387 times in the standard works.

138 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'hosts' in the standard works and contain 35.7% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 64 minutes to read the entire list.

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Zech. 7:12-8:9 (12 in 12 verses)

Hag. 2:4-9 (6 in 6 verses)

Hag. 2:6-11 (6 in 6 verses)

Zech. 8:18-23 (6 in 6 verses)

Jacob 2:28-33 (6 in 6 verses)

Zech. 1:3-6 (5 in 4 verses)

Isa. 22:12-15 (4 in 4 verses)

Mal. 1:8-11 (4 in 4 verses)

Isa. 14:22-24 (3 in 3 verses)

Isa. 19:16-18 (3 in 3 verses)

Jer. 25:27-29 (3 in 3 verses)

Jer. 35:17-19 (3 in 3 verses)

Amos 5:14-16 (3 in 3 verses)

Mal. 3:10-12 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 24:22-24 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 26:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 24:10-12 (3 in 3 verses)

Judg. 8:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 18:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 46:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Hag. 2:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Zech. 8:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Zech. 14:21 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 20:2 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 23:4 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 28:32 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 7:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 10:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 31:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 23:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 27:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 32:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 33:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 50:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 51:57-58 (2 in 2 verses)

Zeph. 2:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Zech. 1:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Zech. 2:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Zech. 3:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Zech. 7:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Zech. 14:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Mal. 1:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Mal. 2:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)


2 Ne. 20:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

 20:23 For the Lord God of Hosts shall make a consumption, even determined in all the land.

 20:24 Therefore, thus saith the Lord God of Hosts: O my people that dwellest in Zion, be not afraid of the Assyrian; he shall smite thee with a rod, and shall lift up his staff against thee, after the manner of Egypt.




2 Ne. 27:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 13:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 88:112-113 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 127:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 299 0 299
NT 0 0 0
BM 64 0 64
1 Ne. 2 0 2
2 Ne. 36 0 36
Jacob 6 0 6
Mosiah 3 0 3
Alma 3 0 3
Hel. 3 0 3
3 Ne. 11 0 11
DC 22 0 22
PGP 2 0 2
TOTAL 387 0 387

2 Ne. 8:15
But I am the Lord thy God, whose waves roared; the Lord of Hosts is my name.

2 Ne. 12:12
For the day of the Lord of Hosts soon cometh upon all nations, yea, upon every one; yea, upon the proud and lofty, and upon every one who is lifted up, and he shall be brought low.

2 Ne. 13:1
For behold, the Lord, the Lord of Hosts, doth take away from Jerusalem, and from Judah, the stay and the staff, the whole staff of bread, and the whole stay of water--

2 Ne. 13:15
What mean ye? Ye beat my people to pieces, and grind the faces of the poor, saith the Lord God of Hosts.

2 Ne. 15:7
For the vineyard of the Lord of Hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant; and he looked for judgment, and behold, oppression; for righteousness, but behold, a cry.

2 Ne. 15:9
In mine ears, said the Lord of Hosts, of a truth many houses shall be desolate, and great and fair cities without inhabitant.

2 Ne. 15:16
But the Lord of Hosts shall be exalted in judgment, and God that is holy shall be sanctified in righteousness.

2 Ne. 15:24
Therefore, as the fire devoureth the stubble, and the flame consumeth the chaff, their root shall be rottenness, and their blossoms shall go up as dust; because they have cast away the law of the Lord of Hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.

2 Ne. 16:3
And one cried unto another, and said: Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord of Hosts; the whole earth is full of his glory.

2 Ne. 16:5
Then said I: Wo is unto me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips; and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; for mine eyes have seen the King, the Lord of Hosts.

2 Ne. 18:13
Sanctify the Lord of Hosts himself, and let him be your fear, and let him be your dread.

2 Ne. 18:18
Behold, I and the children whom the Lord hath given me are for signs and for wonders in Israel from the Lord of Hosts, which dwelleth in Mount Zion.

2 Ne. 19:7
Of the increase of government and peace there is no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth, even forever. The zeal of the Lord of Hosts will perform this.

2 Ne. 19:13
For the people turneth not unto him that smiteth them, neither do they seek the Lord of Hosts.

2 Ne. 19:19
Through the wrath of the Lord of Hosts is the land darkened, and the people shall be as the fuel of the fire; no man shall spare his brother.

2 Ne. 20:16
Therefore shall the Lord, the Lord of Hosts, send among his fat ones, leanness; and under his glory he shall kindle a burning like the burning of a fire.

2 Ne. 20:23
For the Lord God of Hosts shall make a consumption, even determined in all the land.

2 Ne. 20:24
Therefore, thus saith the Lord God of Hosts: O my people that dwellest in Zion, be not afraid of the Assyrian; he shall smite thee with a rod, and shall lift up his staff against thee, after the manner of Egypt.

2 Ne. 20:26
And the Lord of Hosts shall stir up a scourge for him according to the slaughter of Midian at the rock of Oreb; and as his rod was upon the sea so shall he lift it up after the manner of Egypt.

2 Ne. 20:33
Behold, the Lord, the Lord of Hosts shall lop the bough with terror; and the high ones of stature shall be hewn down; and the haughty shall be humbled.

2 Ne. 23:4
The noise of the multitude in the mountains like as of a great people, a tumultuous noise of the kingdoms of nations gathered together, the Lord of Hosts mustereth the hosts of the battle.

2 Ne. 23:13
Therefore, I will shake the heavens, and the earth shall remove out of her place, in the wrath of the Lord of Hosts, and in the day of his fierce anger.

2 Ne. 24:22
For I will rise up against them, saith the Lord of Hosts, and cut off from Babylon the name, and remnant, and son, and nephew, saith the Lord.

2 Ne. 24:23
I will also make it a possession for the bittern, and pools of water; and I will sweep it with the besom of destruction, saith the Lord of Hosts.

2 Ne. 24:24
The Lord of Hosts hath sworn, saying: Surely as I have thought, so shall it come to pass; and as I have purposed, so shall it stand--

2 Ne. 24:27
For the Lord of Hosts hath purposed, and who shall disannul? And his hand is stretched out, and who shall turn it back?

2 Ne. 26:4
Wherefore, all those who are proud, and that do wickedly, the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the Lord of Hosts, for they shall be as stubble.

2 Ne. 26:5
And they that kill the prophets, and the saints, the depths of the earth shall swallow them up, saith the Lord of Hosts; and mountains shall cover them, and whirlwinds shall carry them away, and buildings shall fall upon them and crush them to pieces and grind them to powder.

2 Ne. 26:6
And they shall be visited with thunderings, and lightnings, and earthquakes, and all manner of destructions, for the fire of the anger of the Lord shall be kindled against them, and they shall be as stubble, and the day that cometh shall consume them, saith the Lord of Hosts.

2 Ne. 27:2
And when that day shall come they shall be visited of the Lord of Hosts, with thunder and with earthquake, and with a great noise, and with storm, and with tempest, and with the flame of devouring fire.

2 Ne. 27:27
And wo unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the Lord! And their works are in the dark; and they say: Who seeth us, and who knoweth us? And they also say: Surely, your turning of things upside down shall be esteemed as the potter's clay. But behold, I will show unto them, saith the Lord of Hosts, that I know all their works. For shall the work say of him that made it, he made me not? Or shall the thing framed say of him that framed it, he had no understanding?

2 Ne. 27:28
But behold, saith the Lord of Hosts: I will show unto the children of men that it is yet a very little while and Lebanon shall be turned into a fruitful field; and the fruitful field shall be esteemed as a forest.

2 Ne. 28:17
But behold, if the inhabitants of the earth shall repent of their wickedness and abominations they shall not be destroyed, saith the Lord of Hosts.

2 Ne. 28:32
Wo be unto the Gentiles, saith the Lord God of Hosts! For notwithstanding I shall lengthen out mine arm unto them from day to day, they will deny me; nevertheless, I will be merciful unto them, saith the Lord God, if they will repent and come unto me; for mine arm is lengthened out all the day long, saith the Lord God of Hosts.