Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'fight' occurs 144 times in the standard works.

40 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'fight' in the standard works and contain 27.8% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 17 minutes to read the entire list.

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Isa. 29:7-8 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 43:43-44 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 35:20-22 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 11:34-36 (3 in 3 verses)

Ps. 35:1 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Tim. 6:12 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 27:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 53:17 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 105:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 1:41-42 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 11:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 17:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 17:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 20:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)


1 Kgs. 22:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

 22:31 But the king of Syria commanded his thirty and two captains that had rule over his chariots, saying, Fight neither with small nor great, save only with the king of Israel.

 22:32 And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that they said, Surely it is the king of Israel. And they turned aside to fight against him: and Jehoshaphat cried out.




2 Chr. 18:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 21:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 6:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 96 6 102
Ex. 3 1 4
Deut. 7 0 7
Josh. 4 1 5
Judg. 16 0 16
1 Sam. 13 2 15
2 Sam. 1 0 1
1 Kgs. 7 0 7
2 Kgs. 3 0 3
2 Chr. 11 1 12
Neh. 3 0 3
Ps. 4 1 5
Isa. 6 0 6
Jer. 13 0 13
Dan. 2 0 2
Zech. 3 0 3
NT 11 2 13
BM 30 9 39
DC 7 0 7
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 144 17 161

1 Kgs. 12:21
And when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he assembled all the house of Judah, with the tribe of Benjamin, an hundred and fourscore thousand chosen men, which were warriors, to fight against the house of Israel, to bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam the son of Solomon.

1 Kgs. 12:24
Thus saith the Lord, Ye shall not go up, nor fight against your brethren the children of Israel: return every man to his house; for this thing is from me. They hearkened therefore to the word of the Lord, and returned to depart, according to the word of the Lord.

1 Kgs. 20:23
And the servants of the king of Syria said unto him, Their gods are gods of the hills; therefore they were stronger than we; but let us fight against them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they.

1 Kgs. 20:25
And number thee an army, like the army that thou hast lost, horse for horse, and chariot for chariot: and we will fight against them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they. And he hearkened unto their voice, and did so.

1 Kgs. 20:26
And it came to pass at the return of the year, that Ben-hadad numbered the Syrians, and went up to Aphek, to fight against Israel.

1 Kgs. 22:31
But the king of Syria commanded his thirty and two captains that had rule over his chariots, saying, Fight neither with small nor great, save only with the king of Israel.

1 Kgs. 22:32
And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that they said, Surely it is the king of Israel. And they turned aside to fight against him: and Jehoshaphat cried out.