Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'tower' occurs 83 times in the standard works.

41 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'tower' in the standard works and contain 49.4% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 17 minutes to read the entire list.

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Judg. 9:46-52 (7 in 7 verses)

D&C 101:45-48 (5 in 4 verses)

Hel. 7:10-14 (5 in 5 verses)

Neh. 12:38-39 (3 in 2 verses)


Mosiah 11:12-13 (3 in 2 verses)

 11:12 And it came to pass that he built a tower near the temple; yea, a very high tower, even so high that he could stand upon the top thereof and overlook the land of Shilom, and also the land of Shemlon, which was possessed by the Lamanites; and he could even look over all the land round about.

 11:13 And it came to pass that he caused many buildings to be built in the land Shilom; and he caused a great tower to be built on the hill north of the land Shilom, which had been a resort for the children of Nephi at the time they fled out of the land; and thus he did do with the riches which he obtained by the taxation of his people.




D&C 101:53-54 (3 in 2 verses)

Neh. 3:25-27 (3 in 3 verses)

Neh. 3:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Song. 7:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 6:28 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 11:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 2:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 19:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 44 19 63
NT 4 0 4
BM 24 4 28
2 Ne. 2 0 2
Omni 1 0 1
Mosiah 9 0 9
Alma 1 4 5
Hel. 7 0 7
Ether 3 0 3
Moro. 1 0 1
DC 11 2 13
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 83 25 108

Mosiah 2:7
For the multitude being so great that king Benjamin could not teach them all within the walls of the temple, therefore he caused a tower to be erected, that thereby his people might hear the words which he should speak unto them.

Mosiah 2:8
And it came to pass that he began to speak to his people from the tower; and they could not all hear his words because of the greatness of the multitude; therefore he caused that the words which he spake should be written and sent forth among those that were not under the sound of his voice, that they might also receive his words.

Mosiah 11:12
And it came to pass that he built a tower near the temple; yea, a very high tower, even so high that he could stand upon the top thereof and overlook the land of Shilom, and also the land of Shemlon, which was possessed by the Lamanites; and he could even look over all the land round about.

Mosiah 11:13
And it came to pass that he caused many buildings to be built in the land Shilom; and he caused a great tower to be built on the hill north of the land Shilom, which had been a resort for the children of Nephi at the time they fled out of the land; and thus he did do with the riches which he obtained by the taxation of his people.

Mosiah 19:5
And it came to pass that he fought with the king; and when the king saw that he was about to overpower him, he fled and ran and got upon the tower which was near the temple.

Mosiah 19:6
And Gideon pursued after him and was about to get upon the tower to slay the king, and the king cast his eyes round about towards the land of Shemlon, and behold, the army of the Lamanites were within the borders of the land.

Mosiah 20:8
And now Limhi had discovered them from the tower, even all their preparations for war did he discover; therefore he gathered his people together, and laid wait for them in the fields and in the forests.

Mosiah 28:17
Now after Mosiah had finished translating these records, behold, it gave an account of the people who were destroyed, from the time that they were destroyed back to the building of the great tower, at the time the Lord confounded the language of the people and they were scattered abroad upon the face of all the earth, yea, and even from that time back until the creation of Adam.