Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'stone' occurs 214 times in the standard works.

64 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'stone' in the standard works and contain 29.9% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 24 minutes to read the entire list.

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JS-H 1:51-52 (4 in 2 verses)

Gen. 28:22-29:3 (4 in 4 verses)

Isa. 28:16 (3 in 1 verse)

Ex. 28:10-11 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 17:49-50 (3 in 2 verses)

Deut. 9:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)

John 10:31-33 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Pet. 2:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

Ex. 20:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 34:4 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 6:18 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 12:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 118:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 51:26 (2 in 1 verse)

Hag. 2:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Zech. 3:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Rev. 2:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Rev. 21:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 24:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 6:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)


1 Chr. 22:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

 22:14 Now, behold, in my trouble I have prepared for the house of the Lord an hundred thousand talents of gold, and a thousand thousand talents of silver; and of brass and iron without weight; for it is in abundance: timber also and stone have I prepared; and thou mayest add thereto.

 22:15 Moreover there are workmen with thee in abundance, hewers and workers of stone and timber, and all manner of cunning men for every manner of work.




Dan. 2:34-35 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 16:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 20:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

John 11:38-39 (2 in 2 verses)

Jacob 4:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 130:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 140 196 336
Gen. 12 4 16
Ex. 19 23 42
Lev. 6 9 15
Num. 4 4 8
Deut. 16 14 30
Josh. 5 19 24
Judg. 2 2 4
1 Sam. 11 1 12
2 Sam. 2 5 7
1 Kgs. 6 28 34
2 Kgs. 5 3 8
1 Chr. 2 9 11
2 Chr. 2 14 16
Ezra 0 2 2
Neh. 2 1 3
Job 4 12 16
Ps. 3 6 9
Prov. 5 0 5
Eccl. 0 3 3
Isa. 5 15 20
Jer. 4 4 8
Lam. 2 2 4
Ezek. 8 10 18
Dan. 6 1 7
Amos 1 0 1
Micah 0 1 1
Hab. 2 0 2
Hag. 2 0 2
Zech. 4 4 8
NT 52 43 95
BM 9 63 72
DC 6 9 15
PGP 7 6 13
TOTAL 214 317 531

1 Chr. 12:2
They were armed with bows, and could use both the right hand and the left in hurling stones and shooting arrows out of a bow, even of Saul's brethren of Benjamin.

1 Chr. 20:2
And David took the crown of their king from off his head, and found it to weigh a talent of gold, and there were precious stones in it; and it was set upon David's head: and he brought also exceeding much spoil out of the city.

1 Chr. 22:2
And David commanded to gather together the strangers that were in the land of Israel; and he set masons to hew wrought stones to build the house of God.

1 Chr. 22:14
Now, behold, in my trouble I have prepared for the house of the Lord an hundred thousand talents of gold, and a thousand thousand talents of silver; and of brass and iron without weight; for it is in abundance: timber also and stone have I prepared; and thou mayest add thereto.

1 Chr. 22:15
Moreover there are workmen with thee in abundance, hewers and workers of stone and timber, and all manner of cunning men for every manner of work.

1 Chr. 29:2
Now I have prepared with all my might for the house of my God the gold for things to be made of gold, and the silver for things of silver, and the brass for things of brass, the iron for things of iron, and wood for things of wood; onyx stones, and stones to be set, glistering stones, and of divers colours, and all manner of precious stones, and marble stones in abundance.

1 Chr. 29:8
And they with whom precious stones were found gave them to the treasure of the house of the Lord, by the hand of Jehiel the Gershonite.