Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'fire' occurs 702 times in the standard works.

265 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'fire' in the standard works and contain 37.7% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 108 minutes to read the entire list.

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Alma 14:8-15 (8 in 8 verses)

Mark 9:43-49 (7 in 7 verses)

Ezek. 15:4-7 (6 in 4 verses)

Dan. 3:22-27 (6 in 6 verses)

Deut. 5:22-26 (5 in 5 verses)

2 Kgs. 1:10-14 (5 in 5 verses)

James 3:5-6 (4 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 17:11-12 (4 in 2 verses)

Lev. 1:7-9 (4 in 3 verses)

Lev. 9:24-10:2 (4 in 3 verses)

1 Kgs. 18:23-25 (4 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 5:2-4 (4 in 3 verses)

Lev. 1:17-2:3 (4 in 4 verses)

Num. 31:23 (3 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 19:12 (3 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 1:13 (3 in 1 verse)

Alma 5:52 (3 in 1 verse)

Lev. 23:36-37 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 14:30-31 (3 in 2 verses)

Isa. 66:15-16 (3 in 2 verses)

Jer. 36:22-23 (3 in 2 verses)


Ezek. 39:9-10 (3 in 2 verses)

 39:9 And they that dwell in the cities of Israel shall go forth, and shall set on fire and burn the weapons, both the shields and the bucklers, the bows and the arrows, and the handstaves, and the spears, and they shall burn them with fire seven years:

 39:10 So that they shall take no wood out of the field, neither cut down any out of the forests; for they shall burn the weapons with fire: and they shall spoil those that spoiled them, and rob those that robbed them, saith the Lord God.




Rev. 9:17-18 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 22:17-18 (3 in 2 verses)

Hel. 5:23-24 (3 in 2 verses)

Ex. 12:8-10 (3 in 3 verses)

Lev. 2:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)

Lev. 3:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

Num. 11:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

Matt. 3:10-12 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Cor. 3:13-15 (3 in 3 verses)

Jacob 5:45-47 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 25:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)

Hel. 5:43-45 (3 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 9:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)

Ex. 3:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 22:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 4:36 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 32:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 9:20 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 2:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 83:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 44:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 47:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 50:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 64:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 51:58 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 1:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 1:27 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 8:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Zech. 12:6 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 7:11 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 9:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Jacob 6:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 14:18 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 9:20 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 17:24 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 2:23 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 133:41 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 22:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 9:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 13:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 1:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 6:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 6:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 6:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 10:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 16:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 9:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 15:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 28:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 4:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 5:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 15:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 23:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 18:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Prov. 26:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 9:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 10:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 33:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 38:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 43:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Lam. 2:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 10:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 21:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 22:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 24:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Joel 1:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 18:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 3:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 22:55-56 (2 in 2 verses)

Rev. 8:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Rev. 20:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Rev. 20:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 19:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 20:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 31:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 8:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 10:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 12:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 19:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 43:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 466 10 476
Gen. 3 0 3
Ex. 24 2 26
Lev. 74 0 74
Num. 37 0 37
Deut. 30 0 30
Josh. 9 0 9
Judg. 15 2 17
1 Sam. 4 0 4
2 Sam. 6 0 6
1 Kgs. 10 0 10
2 Kgs. 17 1 18
1 Chr. 2 0 2
2 Chr. 6 0 6
Neh. 6 0 6
Job 8 0 8
Ps. 29 0 29
Prov. 6 1 7
Song. 1 0 1
Isa. 38 2 40
Jer. 42 1 43
Lam. 4 0 4
Ezek. 53 0 53
Dan. 8 0 8
Hosea 2 0 2
Joel 5 0 5
Amos 9 1 10
Obad. 1 0 1
Micah 2 0 2
Nahum 3 0 3
Hab. 1 0 1
Zeph. 2 0 2
Zech. 7 0 7
Mal. 2 0 2
NT 83 0 83
BM 118 2 120
DC 32 0 32
PGP 3 1 4
TOTAL 702 13 715

Ezek. 1:4
And I looked, and, behold, a whirlwind came out of the north, a great cloud, and a fire infolding itself, and a brightness was about it, and out of the midst thereof as the colour of amber, out of the midst of the fire.

Ezek. 1:13
As for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance was like burning coals of fire, and like the appearance of lamps: it went up and down among the living creatures; and the fire was bright, and out of the fire went forth lightning.

Ezek. 1:27
And I saw as the colour of amber, as the appearance of fire round about within it, from the appearance of his loins even upward, and from the appearance of his loins even downward, I saw as it were the appearance of fire, and it had brightness round about.

Ezek. 5:2
Thou shalt burn with fire a third part in the midst of the city, when the days of the siege are fulfilled: and thou shalt take a third part, and smite about it with a knife: and a third part thou shalt scatter in the wind; and I will draw out a sword after them.

Ezek. 5:4
Then take of them again, and cast them into the midst of the fire, and burn them in the fire; for thereof shall a fire come forth into all the house of Israel.

Ezek. 8:2
Then I beheld, and lo a likeness as the appearance of fire: from the appearance of his loins even downward, fire; and from his loins even upward, as the appearance of brightness, as the colour of amber.

Ezek. 10:2
And he spake unto the man clothed with linen, and said, Go in between the wheels, even under the cherub, and fill thine hand with coals of fire from between the cherubims, and scatter them over the city. And he went in in my sight.

Ezek. 10:6
And it came to pass, that when he had commanded the man clothed with linen, saying, Take fire from between the wheels, from between the cherubims; then he went in, and stood beside the wheels.

Ezek. 10:7
And one cherub stretched forth his hand from between the cherubims unto the fire that was between the cherubims, and took thereof, and put it into the hands of him that was clothed with linen: who took it, and went out.

Ezek. 15:4
Behold, it is cast into the fire for fuel; the fire devoureth both the ends of it, and the midst of it is burned. Is it meet for any work?

Ezek. 15:5
Behold, when it was whole, it was meet for no work: how much less shall it be meet yet for any work, when the fire hath devoured it, and it is burned?

Ezek. 15:6
Therefore thus saith the Lord God; As the vine tree among the trees of the forest, which I have given to the fire for fuel, so will I give the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

Ezek. 15:7
And I will set my face against them; they shall go out from one fire, and another fire shall devour them; and ye shall know that I am the Lord, when I set my face against them.

Ezek. 16:21
That thou hast slain my children, and delivered them to cause them to pass through the fire for them?

Ezek. 16:41
And they shall burn thine houses with fire, and execute judgments upon thee in the sight of many women: and I will cause thee to cease from playing the harlot, and thou also shalt give no hire any more.

Ezek. 19:12
But she was plucked up in fury, she was cast down to the ground, and the east wind dried up her fruit: her strong rods were broken and withered; the fire consumed them.

Ezek. 19:14
And fire is gone out of a rod of her branches, which hath devoured her fruit, so that she hath no strong rod to be a sceptre to rule. This is a lamentation, and shall be for a lamentation.

Ezek. 20:26
And I polluted them in their own gifts, in that they caused to pass through the fire all that openeth the womb, that I might make them desolate, to the end that they might know that I am the Lord.

Ezek. 20:31
For when ye offer your gifts, when ye make your sons to pass through the fire, ye pollute yourselves with all your idols, even unto this day: and shall I be inquired of by you, O house of Israel? As I live, saith the Lord God, I will not be inquired of by you.

Ezek. 20:47
And say to the forest of the south, Hear the word of the Lord; Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I will kindle a fire in thee, and it shall devour every green tree in thee, and every dry tree: the flaming flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from the south to the north shall be burned therein.

Ezek. 21:31
And I will pour out mine indignation upon thee, I will blow against thee in the fire of my wrath, and deliver thee into the hand of brutish men, and skilful to destroy.

Ezek. 21:32
Thou shalt be for fuel to the fire; thy blood shall be in the midst of the land; thou shalt be no more remembered: for I the Lord have spoken it.

Ezek. 22:20
As they gather silver, and brass, and iron, and lead, and tin, into the midst of the furnace, to blow the fire upon it, to melt it; so will I gather you in mine anger and in my fury, and I will leave you there, and melt you.

Ezek. 22:21
Yea, I will gather you, and blow upon you in the fire of my wrath, and ye shall be melted in the midst thereof.

Ezek. 22:31
Therefore have I poured out mine indignation upon them; I have consumed them with the fire of my wrath: their own way have I recompensed upon their heads, saith the Lord God.

Ezek. 23:25
And I will set my jealousy against thee, and they shall deal furiously with thee: they shall take away thy nose and thine ears; and thy remnant shall fall by the sword: they shall take thy sons and thy daughters; and thy residue shall be devoured by the fire.

Ezek. 23:37
That they have committed adultery, and blood is in their hands, and with their idols have they committed adultery, and have also caused their sons, whom they bare unto me, to pass for them through the fire, to devour them.

Ezek. 23:47
And the company shall stone them with stones, and dispatch them with their swords; they shall slay their sons and their daughters, and burn up their houses with fire.

Ezek. 24:9
Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Woe to the bloody city! I will even make the pile for fire great.

Ezek. 24:10
Heap on wood, kindle the fire, consume the flesh, and spice it well, and let the bones be burned.

Ezek. 24:12
She hath wearied herself with lies, and her great scum went not forth out of her: her scum shall be in the fire.

Ezek. 28:14
Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth; and I have set thee so: thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire.

Ezek. 28:16
By the multitude of thy merchandise they have filled the midst of thee with violence, and thou hast sinned: therefore I will cast thee as profane out of the mountain of God: and I will destroy thee, O covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire.

Ezek. 28:18
Thou hast defiled thy sanctuaries by the multitude of thine iniquities, by the iniquity of thy traffick; therefore will I bring forth a fire from the midst of thee, it shall devour thee, and I will bring thee to ashes upon the earth in the sight of all them that behold thee.

Ezek. 30:8
And they shall know that I am the Lord, when I have set a fire in Egypt, and when all her helpers shall be destroyed.

Ezek. 30:14
And I will make Pathros desolate, and will set fire in Zoan, and will execute judgments in No.

Ezek. 30:16
And I will set fire in Egypt: Sin shall have great pain, and No shall be rent asunder, and Noph shall have distresses daily.

Ezek. 36:5
Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Surely in the fire of my jealousy have I spoken against the residue of the heathen, and against all Idumea, which have appointed my land into their possession with the joy of all their heart, with despiteful minds, to cast it out for a prey.

Ezek. 38:19
For in my jealousy and in the fire of my wrath have I spoken, Surely in that day there shall be a great shaking in the land of Israel;

Ezek. 38:22
And I will plead against him with pestilence and with blood; and I will rain upon him, and upon his bands, and upon the many people that are with him, an overflowing rain, and great hailstones, fire, and brimstone.

Ezek. 39:6
And I will send a fire on Magog, and among them that dwell carelessly in the isles: and they shall know that I am the Lord.

Ezek. 39:9
And they that dwell in the cities of Israel shall go forth, and shall set on fire and burn the weapons, both the shields and the bucklers, the bows and the arrows, and the handstaves, and the spears, and they shall burn them with fire seven years:

Ezek. 39:10
So that they shall take no wood out of the field, neither cut down any out of the forests; for they shall burn the weapons with fire: and they shall spoil those that spoiled them, and rob those that robbed them, saith the Lord God.