Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'bones' occurs 118 times in the standard works.

50 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'bones' in the standard works and contain 42.4% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 19 minutes to read the entire list.

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2 Sam. 21:12-14 (6 in 3 verses)

Jer. 8:1 (5 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 23:14-18 (5 in 5 verses)

2 Kgs. 23:16-20 (5 in 5 verses)

Ezek. 37:1-5 (5 in 5 verses)

Ezek. 37:3-7 (5 in 5 verses)

Ezek. 24:4-5 (3 in 2 verses)

Ex. 13:19 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 13:31 (2 in 1 verse)

Job 40:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 37:11 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 130:22 (2 in 1 verse)


Micah 3:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

 3:2 Who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones;

 3:3 Who also eat the flesh of my people, and flay their skin from off them; and they break their bones, and chop them in pieces, as for the pot, and as flesh within the caldron.




Mosiah 21:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 129:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 94 0 94
Gen. 2 0 2
Ex. 2 0 2
Num. 1 0 1
Josh. 1 0 1
Judg. 1 0 1
1 Sam. 1 0 1
2 Sam. 7 0 7
1 Kgs. 3 0 3
2 Kgs. 7 0 7
1 Chr. 1 0 1
2 Chr. 1 0 1
Job 10 0 10
Ps. 15 0 15
Prov. 6 0 6
Eccl. 1 0 1
Isa. 3 0 3
Jer. 8 0 8
Lam. 3 0 3
Ezek. 14 0 14
Dan. 1 0 1
Amos 2 0 2
Micah 2 0 2
Hab. 1 0 1
Zeph. 1 0 1
NT 5 0 5
BM 9 0 9
DC 8 0 8
PGP 2 0 2
TOTAL 118 0 118

Micah 3:2
Who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones;

Micah 3:3
Who also eat the flesh of my people, and flay their skin from off them; and they break their bones, and chop them in pieces, as for the pot, and as flesh within the caldron.