Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'swords' occurs 66 times in the standard works.

22 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'swords' in the standard works and contain 33.3% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 9 minutes to read the entire list.

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Alma 24:12-17 (8 in 6 verses)

Alma 44:17-18 (3 in 2 verses)


Ether 15:22-24 (3 in 3 verses)

 15:22 And when the night came they were drunken with anger, even as a man who is drunken with wine; and they slept again upon their swords.

 15:23 And on the morrow they fought again; and when the night came they had all fallen by the sword save it were fifty and two of the people of Coriantumr, and sixty and nine of the people of Shiz.

 15:24 And it came to pass that they slept upon their swords that night, and on the morrow they fought again, and they contended in their might with their swords and with their shields, all that day.




Alma 57:33 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 7:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 43:37-38 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 44:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 18 0 18
NT 6 0 6
BM 42 0 42
2 Ne. 2 0 2
Mosiah 3 0 3
Alma 28 0 28
Hel. 3 0 3
Ether 6 0 6
DC 0 0 0
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 66 0 66

Ether 7:9
Wherefore, he came to the hill Ephraim, and he did molten out of the hill, and made swords out of steel for those whom he had drawn away with him; and after he had armed them with swords he returned to the city Nehor, and gave battle unto his brother Corihor, by which means he obtained the kingdom and restored it unto his father Kib.

Ether 15:20
And it came to pass that they fought all that day, and when the night came they slept upon their swords.

Ether 15:22
And when the night came they were drunken with anger, even as a man who is drunken with wine; and they slept again upon their swords.

Ether 15:24
And it came to pass that they slept upon their swords that night, and on the morrow they fought again, and they contended in their might with their swords and with their shields, all that day.