Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'battle' occurs 312 times in the standard works.

113 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'battle' in the standard works and contain 36.2% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 50 minutes to read the entire list.

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3 Ne. 4:4-7 (5 in 4 verses)

Mosiah 10:6-10 (5 in 5 verses)

Ether 13:27-31 (5 in 5 verses)

2 Sam. 21:17-20 (4 in 4 verses)

Hel. 1:29-30 (3 in 2 verses)

Ether 14:3-4 (3 in 2 verses)

Deut. 20:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

Deut. 20:5-7 (3 in 3 verses)

Zech. 10:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 58:15-17 (3 in 3 verses)

Ether 8:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

Ether 15:17-19 (3 in 3 verses)

Judg. 20:39 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 17:13 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 29:4 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 22:30 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 19:17 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 13:3 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 18:29 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 62:19 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 4:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Morm. 3:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 14:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 31:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 11:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 20:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)


1 Sam. 4:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

 4:1 And the word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now Israel went out against the Philistines to battle, and pitched beside Eben-ezer: and the Philistines pitched in Aphek.

 4:2 And the Philistines put themselves in array against Israel: and when they joined battle, Israel was smitten before the Philistines: and they slew of the army in the field about four thousand men.




1 Sam. 14:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 17:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 17:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 10:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 12:36-37 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 19:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Zech. 14:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 13:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 9:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 47:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 47:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 51:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 3:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 4:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Morm. 3:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Morm. 4:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 7:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 14:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 15:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 88:113-114 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 165 8 173
Gen. 1 0 1
Num. 7 0 7
Deut. 10 1 11
Josh. 5 0 5
Judg. 11 0 11
1 Sam. 23 3 26
2 Sam. 21 0 21
1 Kgs. 10 0 10
2 Kgs. 2 0 2
1 Chr. 18 1 19
2 Chr. 14 1 15
Job 4 0 4
Ps. 7 0 7
Prov. 1 0 1
Eccl. 1 0 1
Isa. 6 1 7
Jer. 7 1 8
Ezek. 2 0 2
Dan. 2 0 2
Hosea 4 0 4
Joel 1 0 1
Amos 1 0 1
Obad. 1 0 1
Zech. 6 0 6
NT 5 0 5
BM 134 3 137
DC 6 5 11
PGP 2 0 2
TOTAL 312 16 328

1 Sam. 4:1
And the word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now Israel went out against the Philistines to battle, and pitched beside Eben-ezer: and the Philistines pitched in Aphek.

1 Sam. 4:2
And the Philistines put themselves in array against Israel: and when they joined battle, Israel was smitten before the Philistines: and they slew of the army in the field about four thousand men.

1 Sam. 7:10
And as Samuel was offering up the burnt offering, the Philistines drew near to battle against Israel: but the Lord thundered with a great thunder on that day upon the Philistines, and discomfited them; and they were smitten before Israel.

1 Sam. 8:20
That we also may be like all the nations; and that our king may judge us, and go out before us, and fight our battles.

1 Sam. 13:22
So it came to pass in the day of battle, that there was neither sword nor spear found in the hand of any of the people that were with Saul and Jonathan: but with Saul and with Jonathan his son was there found.

1 Sam. 14:20
And Saul and all the people that were with him assembled themselves, and they came to the battle: and, behold, every man's sword was against his fellow, and there was a very great discomfiture.

1 Sam. 14:22
Likewise all the men of Israel which had hid themselves in mount Ephraim, when they heard that the Philistines fled, even they also followed hard after them in the battle.

1 Sam. 14:23
So the Lord saved Israel that day: and the battle passed over unto Beth-aven.

1 Sam. 17:1
Now the Philistines gathered together their armies to battle, and were gathered together at Shochoh, which belongeth to Judah, and pitched between Shochoh and Azekah, in Ephes-dammim.

1 Sam. 17:2
And Saul and the men of Israel were gathered together, and pitched by the valley of Elah, and set the battle in array against the Philistines.

1 Sam. 17:8
And he stood and cried unto the armies of Israel, and said unto them, Why are ye come out to set your battle in array? am not I a Philistine, and ye servants to Saul? choose you a man for you, and let him come down to me.

1 Sam. 17:13
And the three eldest sons of Jesse went and followed Saul to the battle: and the names of his three sons that went to the battle were Eliab the firstborn, and next unto him Abinadab, and the third Shammah.

1 Sam. 17:20
And David rose up early in the morning, and left the sheep with a keeper, and took, and went, as Jesse had commanded him; and he came to the trench, as the host was going forth to the fight, and shouted for the battle.

1 Sam. 17:21
For Israel and the Philistines had put the battle in array, army against army.

1 Sam. 17:28
And Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spake unto the men; and Eliab's anger was kindled against David, and he said, Why camest thou down hither? and with whom hast thou left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know thy pride, and the naughtiness of thine heart; for thou art come down that thou mightest see the battle.

1 Sam. 17:47
And all this assembly shall know that the Lord saveth not with sword and spear: for the battle is the Lord's, and he will give you into our hands.

1 Sam. 18:17
And Saul said to David, Behold my elder daughter Merab, her will I give thee to wife: only be thou valiant for me, and fight the Lord's battles. For Saul said, Let not mine hand be upon him, but let the hand of the Philistines be upon him.

1 Sam. 25:28
I pray thee, forgive the trespass of thine handmaid: for the Lord will certainly make my lord a sure house; because my lord fighteth the battles of the Lord, and evil hath not been found in thee all thy days.

1 Sam. 26:10
David said furthermore, As the Lord liveth, the Lord shall smite him; or his day shall come to die; or he shall descend into battle, and perish.

1 Sam. 28:1
And it came to pass in those days, that the Philistines gathered their armies together for warfare, to fight with Israel. And Achish said unto David, Know thou assuredly, that thou shalt go out with me to battle, thou and thy men.

1 Sam. 29:4
And the princes of the Philistines were wroth with him; and the princes of the Philistines said unto him, Make this fellow return, that he may go again to his place which thou hast appointed him, and let him not go down with us to battle, lest in the battle he be an adversary to us: for wherewith should he reconcile himself unto his master? should it not be with the heads of these men?

1 Sam. 29:9
And Achish answered and said to David, I know that thou art good in my sight, as an angel of God: notwithstanding the princes of the Philistines have said, He shall not go up with us to the battle.

1 Sam. 30:24
For who will hearken unto you in this matter? but as his part is that goeth down to the battle, so shall his part be that tarrieth by the stuff: they shall part alike.

1 Sam. 31:3
And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers hit him; and he was sore wounded of the archers.