Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'beasts' occurs 212 times in the standard works.

60 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'beasts' in the standard works and contain 28.3% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 22 minutes to read the entire list.

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D&C 77:2-4 (6 in 3 verses)

Lev. 11:2-3 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 89:12-14 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 7:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 18:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 18:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 34:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 56:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 50:39 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 14:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 32:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Acts 10:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Acts 11:6 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 28:22 (2 in 1 verse)

4 Ne. 1:33 (2 in 1 verse)

Job 5:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Eccl. 3:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 13:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)


Dan. 4:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

 4:14 He cried aloud, and said thus, Hew down the tree, and cut off his branches, shake off his leaves, and scatter his fruit: let the beasts get away from under it, and the fowls from his branches:

 4:15 Nevertheless leave the stump of his roots in the earth, even with a band of iron and brass, in the tender grass of the field; and let it be wet with the dew of heaven, and let his portion be with the beasts in the grass of the earth:




Zeph. 2:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Rev. 4:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Rev. 5:14-6:1 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 16:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 23:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 2:37-38 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 2:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Abr. 4:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 126 0 126
Gen. 6 0 6
Ex. 3 0 3
Lev. 12 0 12
Num. 7 0 7
Deut. 5 0 5
1 Sam. 2 0 2
2 Sam. 1 0 1
1 Kgs. 2 0 2
2 Kgs. 1 0 1
2 Chr. 1 0 1
Ezra 2 0 2
Job 7 0 7
Ps. 8 0 8
Prov. 2 0 2
Eccl. 2 0 2
Isa. 13 0 13
Jer. 11 0 11
Ezek. 15 0 15
Dan. 14 0 14
Hosea 3 0 3
Joel 3 0 3
Amos 1 0 1
Micah 1 0 1
Hab. 1 0 1
Zeph. 2 0 2
Zech. 1 0 1
NT 30 0 30
BM 34 0 34
DC 17 0 17
PGP 5 0 5
TOTAL 212 0 212

Dan. 2:38
And wheresoever the children of men dwell, the beasts of the field and the fowls of the heaven hath he given into thine hand, and hath made thee ruler over them all. Thou art this head of gold.

Dan. 4:12
The leaves thereof were fair, and the fruit thereof much, and in it was meat for all: the beasts of the field had shadow under it, and the fowls of the heaven dwelt in the boughs thereof, and all flesh was fed of it.

Dan. 4:14
He cried aloud, and said thus, Hew down the tree, and cut off his branches, shake off his leaves, and scatter his fruit: let the beasts get away from under it, and the fowls from his branches:

Dan. 4:15
Nevertheless leave the stump of his roots in the earth, even with a band of iron and brass, in the tender grass of the field; and let it be wet with the dew of heaven, and let his portion be with the beasts in the grass of the earth:

Dan. 4:21
Whose leaves were fair, and the fruit thereof much, and in it was meat for all; under which the beasts of the field dwelt, and upon whose branches the fowls of the heaven had their habitation:

Dan. 4:23
And whereas the king saw a watcher and an holy one coming down from heaven, and saying, Hew the tree down, and destroy it; yet leave the stump of the roots thereof in the earth, even with a band of iron and brass, in the tender grass of the field; and let it be wet with the dew of heaven, and let his portion be with the beasts of the field, till seven times pass over him;

Dan. 4:25
That they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field, and they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, and they shall wet thee with the dew of heaven, and seven times shall pass over thee, till thou know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.

Dan. 4:32
And they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field: they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, and seven times shall pass over thee, until thou know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.

Dan. 5:21
And he was driven from the sons of men; and his heart was made like the beasts, and his dwelling was with the wild asses: they fed him with grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven; till he knew that the most high God ruled in the kingdom of men, and that he appointeth over it whomsoever he will.

Dan. 7:3
And four great beasts came up from the sea, diverse one from another.

Dan. 7:7
After this I saw in the night visions, and behold a fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, and strong exceedingly; and it had great iron teeth: it devoured and brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with the feet of it: and it was diverse from all the beasts that were before it; and it had ten horns.

Dan. 7:12
As concerning the rest of the beasts, they had their dominion taken away: yet their lives were prolonged for a season and time.

Dan. 7:17
These great beasts, which are four, are four kings, which shall arise out of the earth.

Dan. 8:4
I saw the ram pushing westward, and northward, and southward; so that no beasts might stand before him, neither was there any that could deliver out of his hand; but he did according to his will, and became great.