Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'rock' occurs 166 times in the standard works.

62 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'rock' in the standard works and contain 37.3% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 24 minutes to read the entire list.

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Num. 20:8-11 (5 in 4 verses)

Deut. 32:30-31 (3 in 2 verses)

Deut. 32:13-15 (3 in 3 verses)

Judg. 20:45-47 (3 in 3 verses)

Ex. 17:6 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 14:4 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 22:47 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 25:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Job 39:28 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 48:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Luke 6:48 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Cor. 10:4 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 20:21 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 4:35 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 5:12 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 33:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 33:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 6:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 22:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 31:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 62:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 24:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)


Matt. 7:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

 7:24 Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:

 7:25 And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock.




3 Ne. 11:39-40 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 14:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 18:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 13:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 18:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 106 19 125
NT 13 4 17
Matt. 4 1 5
Mark 1 0 1
Luke 4 0 4
Acts 0 1 1
Rom. 1 0 1
1 Cor. 2 0 2
1 Pet. 1 0 1
Rev. 0 2 2
BM 34 10 44
DC 11 2 13
PGP 2 1 3
TOTAL 166 36 202

Matt. 7:24
Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:

Matt. 7:25
And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock.

Matt. 16:18
And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.

Matt. 27:51
And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent;

Matt. 27:60
And laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock: and he rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulchre, and departed.