Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'rend' occurs 29 times in the standard works.

5 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'rend' in the standard works and contain 17.2% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 3 minutes to read the entire list.

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1 Kgs. 11:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)


Ether 15:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

 15:16 And it came to pass that when it was night they were weary, and retired to their camps; and after they had retired to their camps they took up a howling and a lamentation for the loss of the slain of their people; and so great were their cries, their howlings and lamentations, that they did rend the air exceedingly.

 15:17 And it came to pass that on the morrow they did go again to battle, and great and terrible was that day; nevertheless, they conquered not, and when the night came again they did rend the air with their cries, and their howlings, and their mournings, for the loss of the slain of their people.




Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 17 32 49
NT 2 10 12
BM 8 8 16
1 Ne. 1 0 1
Mosiah 0 3 3
Alma 1 4 5
Hel. 1 1 2
3 Ne. 2 0 2
Ether 3 0 3
DC 2 9 11
PGP 0 1 1
TOTAL 29 60 89

Ether 4:15
Behold, when ye shall rend that veil of unbelief which doth cause you to remain in your awful state of wickedness, and hardness of heart, and blindness of mind, then shall the great and marvelous things which have been hid up from the foundation of the world from you-- yea, when ye shall call upon the Father in my name, with a broken heart and a contrite spirit, then shall ye know that the Father hath remembered the covenant which he made unto your fathers, O house of Israel.

Ether 15:16
And it came to pass that when it was night they were weary, and retired to their camps; and after they had retired to their camps they took up a howling and a lamentation for the loss of the slain of their people; and so great were their cries, their howlings and lamentations, that they did rend the air exceedingly.

Ether 15:17
And it came to pass that on the morrow they did go again to battle, and great and terrible was that day; nevertheless, they conquered not, and when the night came again they did rend the air with their cries, and their howlings, and their mournings, for the loss of the slain of their people.