Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'break' occurs 181 times in the standard works.

33 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'break' in the standard works and contain 18.2% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 12 minutes to read the entire list.

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Jer. 51:20-23 (9 in 4 verses)

Ex. 19:21-24 (4 in 4 verses)

Ps. 58:6 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 16:18 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 58:21 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 109:33 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 19:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)


Ezek. 16:38-39 (2 in 2 verses)

 16:38 And I will judge thee, as women that break wedlock and shed blood are judged; and I will give thee blood in fury and jealousy.

 16:39 And I will also give thee into their hand, and they shall throw down thine eminent place, and shall break down thy high places: they shall strip thee also of thy clothes, and shall take thy fair jewels, and leave thee naked and bare.




Hosea 10:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 6:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 56:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 13:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 130 34 164
Gen. 2 2 4
Ex. 12 3 15
Lev. 7 0 7
Num. 3 0 3
Deut. 4 0 4
Judg. 2 0 2
1 Sam. 1 0 1
2 Sam. 1 0 1
1 Kgs. 1 0 1
2 Kgs. 2 0 2
1 Chr. 0 1 1
2 Chr. 1 0 1
Ezra 1 0 1
Neh. 1 0 1
Job 4 6 10
Ps. 11 6 17
Prov. 0 1 1
Eccl. 1 1 2
Song. 2 0 2
Isa. 18 4 22
Jer. 24 2 26
Lam. 0 1 1
Ezek. 15 3 18
Dan. 4 2 6
Hosea 6 1 7
Joel 1 0 1
Amos 2 0 2
Micah 1 1 2
Nahum 1 0 1
Zech. 2 0 2
NT 10 7 17
BM 26 4 30
DC 15 4 19
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 181 49 230

Ezek. 4:16
Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, behold, I will break the staff of bread in Jerusalem: and they shall eat bread by weight, and with care; and they shall drink water by measure, and with astonishment:

Ezek. 5:16
When I shall send upon them the evil arrows of famine, which shall be for their destruction, and which I will send to destroy you: and I will increase the famine upon you, and will break your staff of bread:

Ezek. 13:14
So will I break down the wall that ye have daubed with untempered mortar, and bring it down to the ground, so that the foundation thereof shall be discovered, and it shall fall, and ye shall be consumed in the midst thereof: and ye shall know that I am the Lord.

Ezek. 14:13
Son of man, when the land sinneth against me by trespassing grievously, then will I stretch out mine hand upon it, and will break the staff of the bread thereof, and will send famine upon it, and will cut off man and beast from it:

Ezek. 16:38
And I will judge thee, as women that break wedlock and shed blood are judged; and I will give thee blood in fury and jealousy.

Ezek. 16:39
And I will also give thee into their hand, and they shall throw down thine eminent place, and shall break down thy high places: they shall strip thee also of thy clothes, and shall take thy fair jewels, and leave thee naked and bare.

Ezek. 16:59
For thus saith the Lord God; I will even deal with thee as thou hast done, which hast despised the oath in breaking the covenant.

Ezek. 17:15
But he rebelled against him in sending his ambassadors into Egypt, that they might give him horses and much people. Shall he prosper? shall he escape that doeth such things? or shall he break the covenant, and be delivered?

Ezek. 17:18
Seeing he despised the oath by breaking the covenant, when, lo, he had given his hand, and hath done all these things, he shall not escape.

Ezek. 21:6
Sigh therefore, thou son of man, with the breaking of thy loins; and with bitterness sigh before their eyes.

Ezek. 23:34
Thou shalt even drink it and suck it out, and thou shalt break the sherds thereof, and pluck off thine own breasts: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord God.

Ezek. 26:4
And they shall destroy the walls of Tyrus, and break down her towers: I will also scrape her dust from her, and make her like the top of a rock.

Ezek. 26:9
And he shall set engines of war against thy walls, and with his axes he shall break down thy towers.

Ezek. 26:12
And they shall make a spoil of thy riches, and make a prey of thy merchandise: and they shall break down thy walls, and destroy thy pleasant houses: and they shall lay thy stones and thy timber and thy dust in the midst of the water.

Ezek. 29:7
When they took hold of thee by thy hand, thou didst break, and rend all their shoulder: and when they leaned upon thee, thou brakest, and madest all their loins to be at a stand.

Ezek. 30:18
At Tehaphnehes also the day shall be darkened, when I shall break there the yokes of Egypt: and the pomp of her strength shall cease in her: as for her, a cloud shall cover her, and her daughters shall go into captivity.

Ezek. 30:22
Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and will break his arms, the strong, and that which was broken; and I will cause the sword to fall out of his hand.

Ezek. 30:24
And I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and put my sword in his hand: but I will break Pharaoh's arms, and he shall groan before him with the groanings of a deadly wounded man.