Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'stones' occurs 227 times in the standard works.

101 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'stones' in the standard works and contain 44.5% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 37 minutes to read the entire list.

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1 Kgs. 7:9-12 (9 in 4 verses)

1 Chr. 29:2 (5 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 5:17-18 (4 in 2 verses)

Ex. 28:9-12 (4 in 4 verses)

Lev. 14:40-43 (4 in 4 verses)

Lev. 14:42-45 (4 in 4 verses)

Josh. 4:6-9 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 17:36 (3 in 1 verse)

JS-H 1:35 (3 in 1 verse)

JS-H 1:52 (3 in 1 verse)

Josh. 7:25-26 (3 in 2 verses)

Ether 6:2-3 (3 in 2 verses)

Deut. 27:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)


Alma 49:2-4 (3 in 3 verses)

 49:2 And behold, the city had been rebuilt, and Moroni had stationed an army by the borders of the city, and they had cast up dirt round about to shield them from the arrows and the stones of the Lamanites; for behold, they fought with stones and with arrows.

 49:3 Behold, I said that the city of Ammonihah had been rebuilt. I say unto you, yea, that it was in part rebuilt; and because the Lamanites had destroyed it once because of the iniquity of the people, they supposed that it would again become an easy prey for them.

 49:4 But behold, how great was their disappointment; for behold, the Nephites had dug up a ridge of earth round about them, which was so high that the Lamanites could not cast their stones and their arrows at them that they might take effect, neither could they come upon them save it was by their place of entrance.




Gen. 31:46 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 25:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 28:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 35:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 35:27 (2 in 1 verse)

Eccl. 3:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 16:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 16:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 39:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 15:35-36 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 4:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 8:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 10:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 18:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 9:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 26:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 18:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 54:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 43:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Zech. 9:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 50:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 22:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 3:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 161 10 171
NT 17 2 19
BM 42 0 42
1 Ne. 4 0 4
2 Ne. 3 0 3
Mosiah 2 0 2
Alma 17 0 17
Hel. 5 0 5
3 Ne. 2 0 2
Ether 9 0 9
DC 1 0 1
PGP 6 0 6
TOTAL 227 12 239

Alma 2:12
Therefore the people of the Nephites were aware of the intent of the Amlicites, and therefore they did prepare to meet them; yea, they did arm themselves with swords, and with cimeters, and with bows, and with arrows, and with stones, and with slings, and with all manner of weapons of war, of every kind.

Alma 3:5
Now the heads of the Lamanites were shorn; and they were naked, save it were skin which was girded about their loins, and also their armor, which was girded about them, and their bows, and their arrows, and their stones, and their slings, and so forth.

Alma 14:7
And it came to pass that he began to cry unto the people, saying: Behold, I am guilty, and these men are spotless before God. And he began to plead for them from that time forth; but they reviled him, saying: Art thou also possessed with the devil? And they spit upon him, and cast him out from among them, and also all those who believed in the words which had been spoken by Alma and Amulek; and they cast them out, and sent men to cast stones at them.

Alma 17:14
And assuredly it was great, for they had undertaken to preach the word of God to a wild and a hardened and a ferocious people; a people who delighted in murdering the Nephites, and robbing and plundering them; and their hearts were set upon riches, or upon gold and silver, and precious stones; yet they sought to obtain these things by murdering and plundering, that they might not labor for them with their own hands.

Alma 17:36
But Ammon stood forth and began to cast stones at them with his sling; yea, with mighty power he did sling stones amongst them; and thus he slew a certain number of them insomuch that they began to be astonished at his power; nevertheless they were angry because of the slain of their brethren, and they were determined that he should fall; therefore, seeing that they could not hit him with their stones, they came forth with clubs to slay him.

Alma 23:2
Yea, he sent a decree among them, that they should not lay their hands on them to bind them, or to cast them into prison; neither should they spit upon them, nor smite them, nor cast them out of their synagogues, nor scourge them; neither should they cast stones at them, but that they should have free access to their houses, and also their temples, and their sanctuaries.

Alma 43:20
Now the army of Zerahemnah was not prepared with any such thing; they had only their swords and their cimeters, their bows and their arrows, their stones and their slings; and they were naked, save it were a skin which was girded about their loins; yea, all were naked, save it were the Zoramites and the Amalekites;

Alma 49:2
And behold, the city had been rebuilt, and Moroni had stationed an army by the borders of the city, and they had cast up dirt round about to shield them from the arrows and the stones of the Lamanites; for behold, they fought with stones and with arrows.

Alma 49:4
But behold, how great was their disappointment; for behold, the Nephites had dug up a ridge of earth round about them, which was so high that the Lamanites could not cast their stones and their arrows at them that they might take effect, neither could they come upon them save it was by their place of entrance.

Alma 49:19
And thus were the Nephites prepared to destroy all such as should attempt to climb up to enter the fort by any other way, by casting over stones and arrows at them.

Alma 49:22
Now when they found that they could not obtain power over the Nephites by the pass, they began to dig down their banks of earth that they might obtain a pass to their armies, that they might have an equal chance to fight; but behold, in these attempts they were swept off by the stones and arrows which were thrown at them; and instead of filling up their ditches by pulling down the banks of earth, they were filled up in a measure with their dead and wounded bodies.

Alma 50:4
And he caused towers to be erected that overlooked those works of pickets, and he caused places of security to be built upon those towers, that the stones and the arrows of the Lamanites could not hurt them.

Alma 50:5
And they were prepared that they could cast stones from the top thereof, according to their pleasure and their strength, and slay him who should attempt to approach near the walls of the city.

Alma 57:14
For behold, they would break out in great numbers, and would fight with stones, and with clubs, or whatsoever thing they could get into their hands, insomuch that we did slay upwards of two thousand of them after they had surrendered themselves prisoners of war.